It has become a popular young timereven with Wiking. It is only good that Fritz Peltzer was able to warm up in the seventies for the then brand-new series. In fact, the predecessor series was already running in the passenger car range, but the W123, when it was first introduced in 1:87, was more sublime than its predecessor. Whoever takes seat today in the model is astonished at the first glance, how upright one sits in the 240 D. Even in the back seat, no passenger has to make concessions. Perhaps it was the similarity to the predecessor that was criticized at the time, which made the W123 so successful after its presentation in spring 1976. The owners of Mercedes-Benz seemed to rush to the dealers in the following months only in order to place their orders as quickly as possible. The waiting time for the ordering party temporarily soared to more than two years. In fact, plant personnel were able to sell their cars even at 10,000 kilometers on the speedometer even above the list pr