> ..I have read some comments that the lesser of the compact Mercedes cars, > pre the 201, as being the forerunner of the C class, this is perhaps > hair splitting and somewhat wrong. However you must agree that way back > when the numbers on the back determined the snob factor, running from > the 170 up to the 600. Then letters started to creep in and the rest is > history... > The first C was the W202 and before that MB used the term 190 Class in their literature. Later they tried to invent a history of long tradition for the C-Class and decided to lengthen it buy adding the 201 which only fooled those who don't know their MB model history. I have removed the C300 from my car's rear lid with a heat gun and dental floss, hoping that someone will think its an S65.
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