Porsche vs. Mercedes 500E A Test of Automotive Dominance

For Icelandic airline pilot Torfi Sigurjonsson, nothing compares to a big V8. Ever since he had a Mercedes-Benz 560SEL, he says he's been hooked ... ... Porsche- built W124 Mercedes 500E, and Jason explains why the 500E and E500 was NOT a Porsche sports sedan with a Mercedes badge. First ... Porsche started designing the car in 1989, and after widening the fenders and making changes to the suspension of the E-Class, were ready for ... ... Mercedes-Benz from 1991 to 1994 as a high-performance version of the W124. The 500 E was created in close cooperation with Porsche. With its engineering ... The body in white is shipped to Sindelfingen for painting because Porsche cannot duplicate Mercedes-Benz colors. The painted body goes back to ... This month marks 25 years since Mercedes-Benz unveiled the 500E, a special W124 sedan model that looked as ordinary as the average W124 ... Most significantly, however, the 500 E was the product of a once-only collaboration between Mercedes-Benz and, of all folks, Porsche. The 500 ... This very interesting video describes the whole situation of the design and construction of the Mercedes 500E at Porsche. It's in German ... The city of Stuttgart is not just the home of the historic Mercedes-Benz plant at Sindelfingen, but it also became Porsche's base after the ... The highly anticipated Porsche-developed W124-based 500 E (internal code W124.036) was presented at the Paris Motor Show in October 1990.