Well...my 300E needs a new engine at this point, along with a lot of other TLC. So I picked up this 1985 190E today for $1500 as basic transportation.

Brought over from Germany at some point in the late 90's. Super clean, save a few rust spots. New tires, radiator, and alternator recently. Interior looks new for the most part. That cloth holds up really well! 4spd manual transmission. Roughly 150KM on the clock. About the only thing I can see it needing currently is a new wiper blade. I couldn't be happier.

Euro interior and crank windows. I am jealous.

What kind of mpg does it get?

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Well it's got the M102.962...which is the 2.0L. I'm hoping for at least 30MPG combined. Only driven it approximately 60 miles so far

Nice find. I would love a low spec Euro W201.

Do you like the cloth seats?

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Nice car😄 but is it a four speed? As I see the gear shift, it looks like a manual, which should have 5 gears. Or am I wrong at some point??

And I read something about 'European interior', what's the difference between American and European interior?
Reason why I ask? I'm Dutch 😁

In the U.S. market we didn't get cloth interiors. I believe the U.S. version has wood dash trim also.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

The 4-spd manual transmission was a standard equipment. The 5-spd manual trans was an option.

My 2.0L 1990 with a 5speed gets 30-31 highway. So 30+ combined without an overdrive is optimistic.

The 2.0L isn't really any more efficient than the 2.3.

Very cool car!

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

Ah yes, of course. I was confused with automatic transmission. And as far as I know we don't have much cars in Europe with four speed manual transmission.


That's good to know, I'm really a driver of diesel cars but maybe I want to look for a 190 2.3 or a 190 2.6.