With the reputation to go to distance, the Mercedes Benz 230 D has proven its worth to costumers for over three decades. It is true to the owner of a 1976 Mercedes Benz 240 D which he bought in 1981 with a 220,000 kilometer reading. Since then, the 240 D was on service 24 hours a day as a taxi in Thessalonica up to July of 2004. The “Stroke Eight” have covered 4.6 million kilometer during its life time, the highest record mileage of a Mercedes-Benz vehicle known to date.

Introduced in 1974 as, the Mercedes Benz 230 D was a diesel-powered variant of the W115 chassis. It was complete with luxury features like heated seats, cruise control, leather seats, and a powered sunroof in a price four times higher than the regular vehicle at that time. It was powered by a 4-cylinder, 2.4 liter engine that produced 67 hp. The Mercedes-Benz 240 D 3.0 meanwhile was a first five-cylinder diesel-engined passenger car from large-scale production. It was a high performance and reliable vehicle certified to give a smooth ride with efficiency and the most dynamic and fastest diesel-engined car in the world which sold for a total of 53,690 units between October 1974 and November 1976.

Today, the Mercedes Benz 230 D vehicles have the reputation of being the best Mercedes Benz ever created. Though it is not the best performing Mercedes, the 230 D vehicles captivate the essence of the real Mercedes Benz and capture the legacy of a true German made cars. Not only that, the Mercedes Benz 230 becomes the basis of future diesel engined Mercedes. The craftsmanship of the 230