Good Mercedes?

The other anons mentioned that after 1995 Mercedes went downwards, and that's where these models started, can you explain to me kind user?

"The W140 S-Class was designed before Mercedes quality started dropping but it was their flagship model so they never really cut corners on it like they did with the ML-Class, W210 E-Class or post 95 W202 C-Class after the Daimler Chrysler merger. The next generation S-Class, the W220 was designed to save money and quality suffered"

W210 E-Class, W202 C-Class post 95 and W220 S-Class are the first awful ones?

Since another user mentioned that Benzes are generally pretty heavy, I assume most aren't that fast and swiftly.

Is there an equivalent to the M series in BMW?
Which ones are rather slow and reliable, which ones are fast?

I've seen a 220 that looks pretty neat, yet user mentioned Mercedes cut corners on them, can some user specify a bit more what's problematic with them?

>Is there an equivalent to the M series in BMW?
AMG models, but they're different in character with more of a muscle car-ish feel than the sharper and sportier BMWs
>can some user specify a bit more what's problematic with them?
Among other things, they switched to water-based paint which resulted in ludicrous rust issues

no. bmw filled the sporty niche that mercedes left open. that's basically the entire reason bmw even exists from 70's-90's

other than the sl / slk, mercedes has sports sedans but they are low volume and expensive.

Anything after the w124 and w140 but before ~2009 is shit.

Recent ones are rated pretty well in consumer reports.

JUST BUY A LEXUS

Lexus are rarer than Porsches in Germany.

I used to own a 190e a few years ago. Only problem I had was one of the brake calipers got jammed but it was an easy fix. Other than that it was bomb proof. Had 260,000 miles on it too.