Mercedes-Benz C124

The Mercedes-Benz C124 is the two-door coupé body style of the W124 range of executive cars that Daimler-Benz built from 1984 to 1997. C124 is the factory chassis designation for the coupé, kept apart from the saloon (W124), the estate (S124) and the cabriolet (A124) of the same range. Mercedes-Benz presented the coupé in early 1987. Compared with the saloon it had a shorter wheelbase and a lower roofline, with pillarless glazing, and instead of the large panoramic rear window of its predecessor the ceiling padding extended further back for the comfort of rear passengers. The launch range had two models, the 230CE and the 300CE, using the same M102 and M103 engines as the saloon and estate and with a five-speed manual gearbox as standard. From 1993 the range was sold as the E-Class, and coupé production ended in March 1996.