The history of the Mercedes-Benz 500 E - Part 1

Thirty years ago, the former Daimler-Benz AG commissioned Porsche for a high-performance saloon. Today, two of the people involved in the development of the Mercedes-Benz 500 E remember what that project was like. It was unveiled at the 1990 Paris Motor Show and went on sale in the spring of 1991. The 500 E impressed the world at the beginning of that decade with the way it combined the comfort of a passenger car with the performance of a passenger car. sports. To commemorate the model's 30th anniversary and celebrate its status as a classic, the Porsche Museum has hosted two members of the team who were involved in its development to discover the exciting history behind it.