W114/W115s were distinguished by name signs in the market according to engine sizes. W114 models have six -cylinder engines and marketed as 230, 250 and 280. The W115 models had four -cylinder engines and unlike gasoline/gasoline models, they were marketed as 200, 220, 230 and 240 and diesel models carried D mark.
The W114/W115 models were the first battle to use a newly designed suspension from previous models Mercedes-Benz production car. The new semi -rear arms and the rotile front end format, which were first shown in the W114/W115, would be used in all new Mercedes passenger car models, up to the development of multi -linked rear suspensions of the 1980s. W108/109 S class between 280s / 8, 280se / 8 and 300s / 8 (and W113 230SL, 250SL and 280SL "Pagoda") Low -mile swing axle and axle pin / double swing will end the end. The next S-Class had the same engineering as W116, W114/115.Mercedes-Benz W114/W115 was the medium-sized sedan model placed under the S-Class for Mercedes. Mercedes also launched the first 5 -cylinder diesel engine OM617 in this chassis. He was released in 1965 and heard by the W108/109 S-S-class, which herald the new design style. The car was designed by French car designer Paul Bracq, a chief designer in Mercedes-Benz, a period of Mercedes-Benz 600 from 1957 to 1967. Bracq was also responsible for BMW designs (1970–74) and Peugeot designs (1974–96).
In 1969, Mercedes launched a Coupé variety with a longer tailgate of W114 with a 2.5 or 2.8 -liter six -cylinder engine. Although it is a classic and exaggerated design, they usually cost the W113 -based 280 SL model, which usually works until 1971, and its successor 3.5 or 4.5 liter V8 Mercedes SL R107/C107 (1971–1989) Roadster and Coupé, but it is completely converted to the 'hard -to -turn design, but the column -free design, all the glass. From 1969 to 1976, only 67,048 coupés were produced (compared to the sedans). 24,669 was 280c and 280c (above the range) and 42,379 lower 250c and 250c (a Mercedes-Benz 220d Picap on the W115 chassis was briefly produced in Argentina in the 1970s.W114 took a facelift in 1973 - lower engine hood line, lower and wider grille, a single front bumper that will replace the double bumper, lower settlement of the headlights, a column process to keep the side windows clean, the removal of the quarter glass on the front doors, the rear lamps to minimize the clogging of the back lamps and larger side mirrors. The interior has received a new pillow steering wheel with ancestral reel and four -hole design.Mercedes-Benz W115 is known to be a very durable car. In 2004, Greek Taxi driver Gregorios Sachinidis donated his 1976 Mercedes-Benz 240d to the Mercedes-Benz Museum Collection with 4.6 million kilometers (2.9 million miles) at miles meter, and was accepted as Mercedes-Benz, which was recorded. It has been known to date.