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Mercedes-Benz 280 E

Car Sedan

4 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

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

Netherlands
1972–2000
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
1976–2021
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 Netherlands New Zealand Norway Switzerland

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

Powertrains on record

4 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-e/full

Registration history

1972: 6 vehicles 1973: 8 vehicles 1974: 4 vehicles 1975: 4 vehicles 1976: 27 vehicles 1977: 32 vehicles 32 1978: 14 vehicles 1979: 26 vehicles 1980: 19 vehicles 1981: 19 vehicles 1982: 23 vehicles 1983: 11 vehicles 1984: 11 vehicles 1985: 3 vehicles 1992: 2 vehicles 1993: 4 vehicles 1995: 1 vehicle 2000: 1 vehicle 1972 2000
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
1976: 1 vehicle 1981: 1 vehicle 1983: 1 vehicle 1993: 1 vehicle 2013: 1 vehicle 2021: 2 vehicles 2 1976 2021
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1972 6
1973 8
1974 4
1975 4
1976 27
1977 32
1978 14
1979 26
1980 19
1981 19
1982 23
1983 11
1984 11
1985 3
1992 2
1993 4
1995 1
2000 1
Finland
1976 1
1981 1
1983 1
1993 1
2013 1
2021 2

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

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The Mercedes-Benz 280 E as JSON, one request away: its canonical id, where it is registered and how popular it is.

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{
  "id": "car/mercedes-benz/280-e",
  "name": "280 E",
  "make": {
    "id": "mercedes-benz",
    "name": "Mercedes-Benz"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "sedan",
  "availability": [
    "au",
    "ch",
    "fi",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "nz"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu",
    "oc"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 4,
    "mass_decile": 3,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [
    "car/mercedes-benz/280e"
  ],
  "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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