Lot details Registration No: J859ONM Chassis No: WDB2010242F913942 Mot Expiry: Sept 2011
OFFERED FOR SALE WITHOUT RESERVE
The precursor to the C-Class, the W210 190 was Daimler-Benz's compact executive offering from 1983 until 1993 and the most affordable model in its line up at the time. Some £600 million was reputedly spent researching and developing the car, with which the company pioneered a number of technical innovations such as the 5-link suspension system subsequently carried over to the C- and E-Class ranges. The car featured anti-dive and squat geometry as standard and was available with airbags, ABS, seatbelt tensioners and other safety features generally well ahead of their time. There was just one body style - a three-box, four-door saloon. Early models were somewhat cramped in the rear; a problem that was resolved in the 1989 model-year facelift. There was a range of petrol engines from 1.8 to 2.6 litres and a selection of diesel units from 2.0 to 2.5 litres. Now eagerly sought by collectors are the rare 190E 2.3-16 and 2.5-16 Cosworth variants, which were homologation specials built with Cosworth's help to allow Mercedes to contest the German Touring Car Championship (DTM). A total of nearly 1.9 million 190s were produced during the model's 10-year reign, many of which are still providing sterling service today - some with hundreds of thousands of miles on the clock. Thought by Mercedes to have been over-engineered, it is considered by many owners to be a better option than the C-Class range that replaced it!
The right-hand drive 190E offered is a 1991 example finished in Arctic White and trimmed in black leather. It has the 2.0-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine mated to the four-speed automatic gearbox and its specification includes: electric windows all round, electric sunroof and air-conditioning. This Mercedes has had just one lady owner from new and, for most of its life, been garaged overnight and whenever not in use. The vendor regards the coachwork, paintwork, engine, transmission and interior as "good". The only noted faults are the absence of the 'three pointed star' badge from the radiator grille and the heater not functioning quite as it should. 'J859 ONM' is MOT'd into September 2011 and taxed until the end of April.
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