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Does Benz make the engines for those things? If so they could probably be tuned to get more out of the high output power plant.

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I test drove a Mercedes 220 D in 1982, I was interested in the mpgs, but the thing was slow and interest rates were bizarre.

Meh. Underpowered. Did it handle especially well?

Meh. Underpowered. Did it handle especially well?

I have no idea.  But I don't believe they're highly regarded amongst Porsche owners. 

Growing up, a neighbor had one, and when my friend whose dad had a 911 came by once and saw it out front, he said "that's not a real Porsche."

Kinda like the way Mustang owners view the Mustang II, I guess.

Meh. Underpowered. Did it handle especially well?

For it's day, yes it did.  They were "fun to drive" for that period, which really not much else was.

Interestingly, the notion back then was basically 911 or nothing, anything else was a VW, or Audi, or worse.  Today I don't sense many feel that way as much when they see a Panamera or Macan or 718 "Boxster".  I suspect the 718 is more fun than a 911 these days.  

Porsche NA is located here near the airport and one can rent one to drive on their track, my step son did this.  I haven't done it yet.  It looked like a lot of fun.  I have driven a Scuderia in Vegas, it was a present, and that experience was pretty lame.  Driving the CTS-V at COTA was awesome though, it lasted all day.