| 818,036 W126 sedans were produced in the lifetime of this chassis making it the longest running sedan series Mercedes Benz ever built.
For comparison:
485,000 examples of the W220 chassis were made between 07/1998 and 07/2005 (one non-MB source only; close to 500k I figure is accurate)
406,532 examples of the W140 chassis were made between 04/1991 and 09/1998 (Source: MB)
818,036 examples of the W126 chassis were made between 12/1979 and 04/1992 (Source: MB)
473,035 examples of the W126 chassis were made between 08/1972 and 09/1980 (MB figure)
361,400 examples of the W109/109 chassis were made between 08/1965 and 11/1972 (estimate)
344,751 examples of the W111/112 chassis were made between 08/1959 and 01/1968 (MB figure)
111,035 examples of the W180/105/128 Pontoon 6-cylinders chassis were made between 06/1954 and 08/1959 (MB figure)
Note: Figures for sedans - no coupes, no cabrios included!
Production dates (serial production) MB figures except
(Data courtesy Juetgen@huge[ok, big really]foot.com)
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