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Agreed. I'd be hard pressed to name much of anything foreign or domestic that was very good in the 70s/early 80s. The Japanese makes didn't have as many QC issues as many domestic ones did, but they were so cheaply built that they were nothing but rust within a couple years.

Mercedes Benz 240D, much better quality than most.

 

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Mercedes Benz 240D, much better quality than most.

Never had a D but my 1973 Mercedes 280C was a fun and dependable car to drive. Really enjoyed that car.

 

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Never had a D but my 1973 Mercedes 280C was a fun and dependable car to drive. Really enjoyed that car.

Here Mercedes Benz was the default taxi, usually 200D or 240D, did easily one million km and above.

And after a million km still had a good second hand value. Not so much today but G-wagens are still very popular and hold ist value, even G from the eighties, MB 240GD is not a particularly fast car....

 

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Here all the three German premium brands are very popular first time cars, and of course Volvo and VW.

 

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Here all the three German premium brands are very popular first time cars, and of course Volvo and VW.

So, what is the preferred family daily driver in Norway these days?

 

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I still have a Mercedes 240D with manual transmission. About 350K miles and runs like a top, but unsafe to drive as slow as it is. It can't get out of its own way, no airbags, etc.

 

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So, what is the preferred family daily driver in Norway these days?

Of new cars it's Tesla and VW ID4

 

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I still have a Mercedes 240D with manual transmission. About 350K miles and runs like a top, but unsafe to drive as slow as it is. It can't get out of its own way, no airbags, etc.

Yes, it's slow, have a VW transporter with 78hp and if I load it up to max with trailer it passes 5000kg, can't imagine how slow it would be.

Here in Europe it was a common with small engines, it was a very big step in price to go up, and if we talk 240D era just to have a diesel with automatic was a big deal, few other European cars could give you that combination, and none was close to the quality that a 240D had.

Automatic gearing was simple, if you had that you fell in to a few category's, you was disabled, a Mercedes Benz or US car driver. Now the manual gearing is almost gone, maybe 5% of the market.

 

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Of new cars it's Tesla and VW ID4

Reportedly, Tesla does not handle the cold very well. Has there been an issue with that in Norway?

 

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Reportedly, Tesla does not handle the cold very well. Has there been an issue with that in Norway?

No, it has not been any problems, as far as I know.
But it's not a big surprise that heat pumps don't work well at very low temperatures and that will make range shorter.
But again, Norway is not that cold but here I live -20 celsius and below is common tempratur in periods and those EVs seems to work just fine.