Whereas the AMG Hammer screamed its presence from the street with a slammed body kit and thick AMG wheels, the 500E took a subtler approach with less visual drama. Development started in 1989, and in ...

The Mercedes-Benz W124 is the precursor to the E-Class we know today. Manufactured from 1984 to 1997, enthusiasts and Mercedes connoisseurs regard the W124 as the pinnacle of German auto engineering.

The Mercedes-Benz 500E was an odd duck. It was a totally hand-built V8-powered performance version of the company's W124 E-Class sedan, assembled by Porsche in its then-idle 959 factory.

In today’s world of angry-looking sports sedans, the 500E is amazingly reserved. History is written by the victors; so are most autobahn stories. Yet, my abiding memory of Mercedes’s epoch ...

Mercedes-Benz is celebrating the 25th birthday of the 500E, one of the stealthiest Q-ships of the 1990s. The W124 platform debuted in 1984, but it would take another six years for the engineers at ...

The Mercedes W124 500E is one such car. Even to this day, the 500E is being revered by car enthusiasts across the globe, as the first true performance sedan. In this video, Hagerty’s Jason ...

In the latest Cammisa Ultimate Drag Race, the Mercedes 500E proves that autos were fast, even in the ’90s. Admittedly, the video only addresses the 1992 super sedan’s ability to run through ...

For 1992, Mercedes developed the 322-hp 500E and contracted Porsche to build the V-8-powered monster. Porsche modified the W124-generation E-class at its factory to accept the 500SL's 5.0-liter V-8.

The situation led to the joint parentage of the Mercedes 500E. The 500E is all Mercedes. Every component carries one of the company’s parts numbers. But Porsche was contracted to engineer and build it ...