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Junkyard Find: Gray-Market 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380 SEL

The Truth About Cars

Of all the European-market new cars that flooded into the United States during the wild gray-market years of the early and middle 1980s , the Mercedes-Benz W126 S-Class appears to have been the most popular. The easiest way to spot a gray-market W126 is to look for a cloth interior; U.S.-market For the 1981 model year, the U.S.-market