Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...

A 1979 Mercedes-Benz 240D W123, which should have been immortal, ends up in a San Francisco Bay Area self-service wrecking yard with a mere 247,348 miles on the odometer.

It's an extremely well-traveled W123 diesel (sorry, I couldn't make out the odometer reading through the glass, but I'm betting on at least 300,000 miles), and it began its journey with 67 clattery, ...

“W123” is Mercedes’ internal designation for its “E-Class” from 1976-1985. My grandmother had many choices in 1979. She could have purchased the basic 240D diesel, 300D diesel, 280E sedan, 280CE coupe ...

The 1975-1986 Mercedes-Benz W123 was one of the most reliable production cars ever built, which means many of us tend to think of sensible (i.e., stodgy) gazillion-mile diesel sedans when we picture ...

The Mercedes W123 is a car you buy if you enjoy the nagging suspicion that everything, including the bits you can't see, has been screwed together properly. It's also the car you buy if you enjoy the ...

Lou is a freelance journalist and content writer with a focus on the automotive world. After graduating from Coventry University (Automotive Journalism MA) in 2020, she worked in automotive e-commerce ...