Codenamed W201, the precursor to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class line of compact executive sedans entered production in 1982 after eight years of research and development to the tune of two billion German ...
Encased in a Lucite cube, a particular engine piston has sat on my desk in various home offices around the world for 36 years now. Its working life was short, but intense. Exactly 40 years ago as I ...
Chris Bruce has worked in the automotive industry since 2011 and has written thousands of stories about cars, motorsports, and motorcycles in that time. He has written for Autoblog, Autoviva, CarFax, ...
Mercedes-Benz has always enjoyed a good reputation for prestige, quality, refinement and reliability in this country; it was one that was, and still is, well earned. The problem for most of us is that ...
Make no mistake, this Mercedes-Benz 190E 'Evolution' took five years to build by fabrication and roll cage specialist Piper Motorsport. But I guess we can all agree that this combination of a 1985 ...
From the March 1986 issue of Car and Driver. Mercedes-Benz is back in the hot-rod business. After a few years of abstention due to the energy crisis, the emissions onslaught, and the belief that the ...
During its illustrious history, Mercedes-Benz gave us some amazing creations, like the 300SL, the SLS or the McLaren SLR. That said, one of the most notorious cars in its lineup is the 190E and yes, ...
The story of how the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 came about – or the 190 Cosworth as it’s colloquially called – is well known, but it’s still worth repeating. In the early 1980s Mercedes decided its new ...