Thanks mo-i for putting into pictures and better words than I could come up with, exactly what I was thinking.
In some ways actually by comparison MB has been much better at retaining the german-ess of their cars and legacy. A few misses along the way and I’m not loving all the designs, but the connection from all the way back to the ponton styles to the “new generation” W114s and then 190E’s and beyond is pretty strong.
R