This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style designed by Friedrich Geiger with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The 280 E is part of Mercedes-Benz's W 123 family of cars.
The 6 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.7 litres. For this model it provides power and torque figures of 185 bhp (188 PS/138 kW) at 5800 rpm and 240 Nm (177 lbft/24.5 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
The Mercedes-Benz 280 E weighs a claimed 1460 kg at the kerb.
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