Buzzer:
Just read some of the input on this thread and to my mind Mercs have always been Stuttgart hill stopper’s, never had one in the fleet and it makes me wonder how they get there cars to go so well but never got it on with the trucks, Buzzer.
A bit like Gardner have to question the quoted ouptut figures of their old NA V8’s and the even worse turbo V6 in the ‘powerliner’ at least.
As for their cars theye were all lumbered with OHC complication and in most cases outgunned by American pushrod simplicity.Also usually tied to an auto box boat anchor added behind it.
A quick check of the used car ads and prices more than proves it especially the older classics.It goes along the lines of you can have two or three Mercs for the price of a good yank. 