Happy Birthday Mercedes Benz!

The German carmaker has a reputation for making cars that last (like this workhorse co-opted to carry corn in rural Albania). In 1981, a Greek taxi driver bought a second-hand 1976 240
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Hard Worker
The German carmaker has a reputation for making cars that last (like this workhorse co-opted to carry corn in rural Albania). In 1981, a Greek taxi driver bought a second-hand 1976 240 Diesel with around 136,000 on it. In 2004, he retired the car and gave it to the Mercedes-Benz Museum with more than 2.8 million miles on the odometer.

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