Mercedes-Benz C-Class W202 Sedan Specifications Documentary
There are thirty, Merc has three identical 190 E 2 3-16s in the small Italian town of Nardo, set up at the store 12 6 km circular test track - yes, the one visible from space - and began to take the man, mustache and Merc in unfamiliar territory This was the greatest endurance race in history.
For 201 hours, 39 minutes and 43 seconds, the cars - production virtually standard 190 E 2 3-16s some modifications - covered a distance of 50000 km non-stop, stopping only for small turnarounds and, one imagines, mustache comb occasional 201 hours, these robust Germans averaged an astonishing speed of 155mph h 250 km, and beat twelve records in total three world records for distances of 25000 km, 25,000 miles and 50,000 km, and nine other records in its class.
And these files remain intact to this day, proving beyond doubt that few March 2 liter four-pot in the Merc E 190 so beloved of James Remember the episode budget sports sedan was a faithful, robust unit .
Do not forget, it was actually a small car it was very important the first time that the brand known for its big luxury cars had entered the parlor segment in modern times, plunging MB in direct competition with his great BMW rival and fresh uber- E21 3 Series.
So, 190 they threw a lot of technology and innovation, and crossed the German fingers for better Having a Mercedes, however, while meant it was the smallest car that anti-D products for a long, long time, there were two or three compact concepts in the 50s and 1894 Benz Velo, there was still feeling like a Benz; safe, reliable, with technology and wide-brimmed good punt around.
The 190 got a new patented configuration multilink rear suspension - in which each wheel is supported by five independent links - which supported later Merc many larger cars too safe to say they were satisfied that one C 'as safe as the S-Class of its day, too, thanks to the shape beam structure fork in the front part of the car that met fairly stringent passive safety rules.
And here is why it is important The 190 led to the creation of the story C-Class successor, 1993 ballroom W202 was the first to obtain the C-badge and see that we covered the new Mercedes C-Class we thought we d offer a brief history of the compact Benzes alert contains many AMG.
The first baby Benz, as it was called in the States - and the model number W201 Merc for nerds - came with a puny little online February 4 pot 0-liter 90bhp a frightfully wobbly drunk by modern standards, but a beautiful proof small engine balls, and a design icon, as Bruno Sacco - head of design MB 1975-1999 - was the man responsible, creating a clean car, elegant Mini cabbists in the world, you him owe your allegiance.
Although this car came under increasing pressure to comply with regulations stricter fuel consumption in the US, a key market MB, it was the Clean Air Act introduced by President Jimmy Carter that prompted Mercedes launch a smaller, more efficient car that is ironic, given that little tangent Benz will, as you will find later.
A five-pot turbo-diesel enters the W201 - first for mericans - produce 122bhp of the line 2 of the engine 5 liter and capable of a 0-62mph sprint 11 5 seconds.
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