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Mercedes-Benz 280

Car Sedan

6 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Mercedes-Benz 280 on record.

Netherlands
1969–2008
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
1976–2019
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 30% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Australia Finland Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Switzerland Ukraine

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

6 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/mercedes-benz/280/full

Registration history

1969: 3 vehicles 1970: 5 vehicles 1971: 8 vehicles 1972: 19 vehicles 1973: 13 vehicles 1974: 9 vehicles 1975: 7 vehicles 1976: 26 vehicles 1977: 27 vehicles 27 1978: 16 vehicles 1979: 19 vehicles 1980: 9 vehicles 1981: 7 vehicles 1982: 13 vehicles 1983: 6 vehicles 1984: 7 vehicles 1985: 6 vehicles 1986: 1 vehicle 1993: 3 vehicles 1994: 1 vehicle 1995: 2 vehicles 1996: 5 vehicles 1997: 4 vehicles 1998: 1 vehicle 2008: 1 vehicle 1969 2008
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
1976: 1 vehicle 1 1993: 1 vehicle 2009: 1 vehicle 2010: 1 vehicle 2013: 1 vehicle 2018: 1 vehicle 2019: 1 vehicle 1976 2019
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1969 3
1970 5
1971 8
1972 19
1973 13
1974 9
1975 7
1976 26
1977 27
1978 16
1979 19
1980 9
1981 7
1982 13
1983 6
1984 7
1985 6
1986 1
1993 3
1994 1
1995 2
1996 5
1997 4
1998 1
2008 1
Finland
1976 1
1993 1
2009 1
2010 1
2013 1
2018 1
2019 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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{
  "id": "car/mercedes-benz/280",
  "name": "280",
  "make": {
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    "name": "Mercedes-Benz"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
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    "ch",
    "es",
    "fi",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz",
    "ua"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 5,
    "mass_decile": 3,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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