German sedans of the 90s, which are still well taken on the "secondary housing"

  • Dec 24, 2019
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 German sedans that look great now. | Photo: germancarsforsaleblog.com.
German sedans that look great now. | Photo: germancarsforsaleblog.com.

For the past few decades of the motorists themselves reliable machines is considered the model of Germany. And there are quite a few reasons. Despite the intervening years, these cars are well preserved, and their owners are spent on repairs is less than owners of similar new models. Read more about them - later in the review.

Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W124)

Diesel Mercedes-Benz 200D, which drove more than 1 million kilometers. | Photo: stern.de.
Diesel Mercedes-Benz 200D, which drove more than 1 million kilometers. | Photo: stern.de.

Business-class sedan Mercedes-Benz E-Class is available in 12 years, from 1984 to 1996. During this time, the conveyor left 2.5 million copies, many of which are still often found on the Russian roads. Our car is considered one of the symbols of the 1990s, since then it let itself could only representatives of business, or crime. Now, the big German sedan you can buy, and quite inexpensive. Already in the 60-100 thousand rubles, you can take a shabby time machine, which is difficult to give any guarantee. For the 200-250 thousand rubles it is already possible to find a good specimen, however, have to shovel a lot of options. This will be the car on track but with mileage 500-600 thousand. km. If the odometer is "only" 200-300 km, it is probably torn.

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Also produced Mercedes-Benz W124 in the station wagon. | Photo: dataraba.com.
Also produced Mercedes-Benz W124 in the station wagon. | Photo: dataraba.com.

Mercedes-Benz W124 was produced with a lot of options, many of which, such as a sunroof and air conditioning does not always operate in the b / u copies. In serial staged engines of automobiles from 2.0 liters to 3.2 liters.

Do not take the old version with a carburetor or mechanical injection KE-Jetronic, since the system repair Power automatically turns into a quest to search for scarce parts and highly specialized mechanic. Best engine variants - petrol M111 and M104, as well as superreliable dizeli- «one million» OM601, OM602 and OM603.

Mercedes-Benz E 500 1992 starred in the movie "Taxi". | Photo: imcdb.org.
Mercedes-Benz E 500 1992 starred in the movie "Taxi". | Photo: imcdb.org.

There is another version of the Mercedes-Benz W124, which is uncommon, but it has a lot of fans. This so-called "Top", a car with an engine capacity of 5.0 liters, which is lit up in the film "Taxi". Such a car in good condition is worth about one million rubles.

BMW 5 (E34)

The BMW 5 Series is considered the "standard" car for gangsters of the 90s. | Photo: youtube.com. Advertising
The BMW 5 Series is considered the "standard" car for gangsters of the 90s. | Photo: youtube.com. Advertising

In the late '80s and early' 90s in Mercedes-Benz W124 was the main competitor of the BMW 5-Series. For the Bavarian sedan also secure the post renown "gangster cars." The car in the back of E34 has a lot of fans, but time inevitably reduce their number. BMW 5 Series cars, which have 25-30 years, simply rot away on time. Find E34 is very difficult in fair condition.

With regard to engines, i.e. as rather weak (volume 1.8 - 2.5 liters) and powerful version (from 3.0 to 5.0 liters). Moved with a cast iron cylinder block, so that their service life is huge. Problems can throw 6-cylinder in-line engines which are afraid of overheating, as well as system timing VANOS phase change.

BMW turbo diesel is not worth taking, as the fuel pump and the turbocharger are not such a great resource, and no one can predict when they will fail. Version with a V8 engine may also throw up surprises, since it is not very often go on such machines, namely the "chase."

BMW 5 - an advanced version of the usual "five". | Photo: a2goos.com.
BMW 5 - an advanced version of the usual "five". | Photo: a2goos.com.

In general, choose a worthy live specimen BMW E34 easy. Very often, these cars are repaired on the knee, with the help of blue electrical tape and parts of the Russian car industry. In addition, many machines have a criminal history, so there can be problems with the production of registration.

At the same time, owners of the used BMW acquire valuable skills find scarce spare parts and repair of machines with their own hands.

Audi A6 (C4)

Audi A6 can not boast of charisma as the Mercedes-Benz W124 and BMW E34, but it's another reliable German car of the 90s. | Photo: autoevolution.com.
Audi A6 can not boast of charisma as the Mercedes-Benz W124 and BMW E34, but it's another reliable German car of the 90s. | Photo: autoevolution.com.

Audi A6 in the back of C4 was produced from 1991 to 1997., Which until 1994 was called the Audi model 100. To buy a used / have a copy of it will be enough 250 thousand rubles. But this money will have to rethink a bunch avtohlama, it will fall before something really worthwhile.

All the engines for the Audi A6 mid 90's are quite reliable, but we can say that the 2.6 and 2.8-liter V6 is better than others. On any engines of those years the main thing - that the system KE-Jetronis mechanical fuel injection was in order. Her repairs - a task to which baffled many stations. But the automatic transmission should not be afraid. If there are no obvious problems, kicks, then you can safely take a car with automatic transmission.

Rounders Audi A6 C4 Avant are in great demand ever since. | Photo: uk.m.wikipedia.org.
Rounders Audi A6 C4 Avant are in great demand ever since. | Photo: uk.m.wikipedia.org.

Body in the Audi A6 C4 usually well preserved, as quality galvanized and rust machine starts with the front wings. Painting this model even better than the W124.

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