This article was also quoted: http://www.edmunds.com/mercedes-benz/e-class/history.html
Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 5, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > Apparently there is a display of the "E" class cars at the factory that shows > this progression. > > ?? > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jul 5, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Some teenager making up history again. >> >> Benz model designations and badges were, and usually still are, the engine >> displacement/equipment and body type -- for instance, 220D indicated a 2.2L >> diesel engine, 280SE 4.5 indicated a 2.8L engine (as original design) in a >> "heavy" body equipped with fuel injection and a 4.5L V8 instead of the >> original 2.8L six. >> >> Benz used this designation system along with chassis design numbers from the >> origin of the company I think until the 2000s, when some genius decided >> people were too stupid to tell what the S was for (or SL) and started >> calling the large sedans "S Class", the mid sized ones "E Class" and the >> small ones "C Class". >> >> The Ponton was indeed the "fore-runner" of the "E Class", in exactly the >> same way the Chevrolet Nova II was the fore-runner of the current Malibu -- >> it's the smaller chassis compared to the "big" car. >> >> Remember that kids today are taught that computers have all the answers and >> if it's on the internet it has to be true and computers think for you. >> Nothing exists from before the smart phone age, after all. >> >> Peter >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
