The Most Important Mercedes Ever? — The Carmudgeon Show W/ Jason Cammisa & Derek Tam-Scott

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The Most Important Mercedes Ever? — The Carmudgeon Show w/ Jason Cammisa & Derek Tam-Scott — Ep. 120

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This episode of the Carmudgeon Show is a documentary on the Mercedes-Benz W201 — the 190E, which might be the most important Mercedes ever.

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The W201-chassis 1982 Mercedes 190E was a game-changer, because it was a ground-up new car that allowed the luxury car maker to move into the small-car space.

This is the full story of how the W201 came to be (hint: it was a response to US fuel-economy regulations) and the barely comprehensible about of engineering R&D that went into it — 4 billion Deutschmarks.

In this episode, we talk about all 190E variants — from the base 2.0-liter, 8-valve and 190D 2.5 Diesels, to the 190E 2.3-16 and 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II DTM car.

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