One of the most interesting performance sedans to carry the three-pointed star, the 500E (E500 from 1993) wasn't actually built by Mercedes. In the early 1990s, the luxury brand was busy with other models, deciding to speed up R&D by teaming up with Porsche. While the body was painted at home in Sindelfingen, the super saloon was assembled in Zuffenhausen. Only 10,479 units were ever made (including the E60 AMG), such as this 1992 example.
Despite being 30 years old, the 500E is still going strong. In a full-throttle run on the Autobahn, the driver used the whole speedometer by lifting the orange needle all the way up to 260 km/h (161.5 mph). In reality, he was doing 250 km/h (155 mph) since the car came from the factory with an electronic top speed limiter.
