Our Cars: W201 Mercedes Benz 190e 2.3 8v - SOLD

Yup. Serial car buyer....no, make it serial Mercedes car buyer Adlis K has since sold off that beautiful 190e 2.3-16 lookalike of his as of a month or so ago. The reason of the sale after a helluva paint job, the refurbishment of those gorgeous 190e Evolution wheels, a change of a whole lot of mechanical parts like the propshaft bearings, mountings and other stuff is the funding of another car. It usually is......with this friend of mine. Much like the sale of his previous W124 200e that looked like a 500e.

Update on the Mercedes Benz 190e 2.3 8v..and a little bit more

The Mercedes Benz 190e 2.3 featured in here has gone through quite a bit of work. Mechanically its pretty sound with owner Adlis K only changing whats necessary (oil, fluids, belts as well as some screws here and there). These old Mercs are quite bomb proof you know.

The Mercedes evo 2 wheels have been refurbished and in line with keeping things very '2.3-16' the front AMG look bumper gets replaced with a fiberglass copy of the 2.3-16 bumper. And then the paintjob - Mercedes smoke silver, which looks like gold, one of two original colours for the 2.3-16. Yes, the car looks gorgeous, and drives well too.

Sunday Car Porn: Gestation of the Mercedes 'Baby Benz' W201 190E in pics.

Mercedes Benz took the end of the 1960s up till 1982 to finally come up with a Baby Benz, the Mercedes Benz 190E (W201 series). Being a very traditional brand who only built high end cars, it took its sweet time in coming up with an 'entry level' car. And that wasn't what really happened too. 

Since Mercedes Benz never built a small car in a long, long while, the 190E was over-engineered and was still priced at a premium compared to a similar sized Ford Escort or even a slightly larger Mazda 626 of its day. It had the same 'thunk' when you closed the doors. It brought along the first production multi-link suspension in a road going car as well as many features that you now see in cars today. It was so good that it stayed in production till 1993 with over 1.8million units built.