1987 Mercedes-Benz 190E,

1987Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3L in excellent condition! Car has been 100%garaged, One owner, meticulously maintained since purchase! with only 36000original pampered miles. clean California Title. True to original spec!Excellent condition throughout!
Thisis a really nice example of a very desirable and collectable car. One owner vehicle, always garaged and serviced , basically it looks like the first day it came of of the showroom.
Thevehicle is equipped with a 4-cylinder engine and automatictransmission, runs Great!! Economical to run with 25mpg city / 30mpghighway.
The engine was given a host of maintenance in the recent servicing. It’swell equipped with most of the options: sunroof, power seats, A/C(blows cold), alloy wheels, rear window defroster, power mirrors, cruisecontrol,
The interior is in excellent shape, the leather seats are in like new condition with absolutely no wear / tear. Theexterior of the vehicle is Red and is in excellent shape, with thepaint shining like new! The tires appear to have 60% road life left.True to original spec! This car is a solid choice as a daily driverwith tons of European flair!
Please feel free to call or text with any questions / picture requests: David (858) 733 1030
History
Between1982 and 1993, Mercedes Benz manufactured nearly two million entrylevel luxury cars labeled as the 190 Series. The sales were very good inEurope, but the little Benz did not do well in the United States. Itwas discontinued after the '93 model year. The M-B 190 Series was asmall vehicle positioned below the S-Class top-of-the-line series and EClass mid-sized vehicles. The 190 was offered as a four-door sedan onlyand was powered by a variety of M-B engines; Inline four cylinders from1.8 to 2.5 liters and a 2.6 liter inline six. Diesels from two liters to2.5 liters were also offered, both non-turbo and turbocharged.
Ina response to Audi entering into sports sedan racing with theirQuattro" all-wheel-drive and turbocharged engines, Mercedes Benz turnedto racing engine builder Cosworth to adapt their 2.3 liter I-4 forracing. The result was the 2.3-16, the latter digits denoting thesixteen valve heads on the 2.3 liter four-banger. In racing form theengine produced 320 bhp. The German Touring Car Championships into towhich the racing 190 was entered require that the race car be built froma road-going vehicle, so Mercedes Benz prepared and sold a sufficientnumber of detuned vehicles. Badged as 190 Series 2.3-16, these littlesedans were blisteringly hot.
While testing the "Cosworth" 190,Mercedes Benz set twelve endurance and speed records, including anaverage top speed of 154+ miles per hour. The street version stillproduced 187 horsepower and was a fast, nice handling little car. The2.3 liter engine was bumped up to 2.5 liters in 1988. The streetvehicles now had more than 200 horsepower in the sixteen valve version. AGetrag five-speed manual gearbox was offered in the 190 2.5-16.
Thesuspension on the 2.5-16 was lowered and stiffer than the stock 190.Gauges and seats were different as well, being more performanceoriented. The Benz "hot rod" was competitive with the BMW M-3 and FordSierra Cosworth high performance machines. A little over 500 Evolutionmodel 190 2.5-16s were made, that featured another thirty horses, aneven stiffer performance suspension, and a power-pack' intake andexhaust system. This "Evo" was sold only in Europe, much to the dismayof American enthusiasts.
Diesel powered versions of the 190Series were very rugged and many of them recorded over 500,000trouble-free miles. The baseline diesel was their 2.0 liter model, but2.3 and 2.5 liter engines were available in some model years. The 2.5liter turbo model was available only in 1987 and these models areconsidered collectibles today. The 190 Series was replaced by thepresent day C Class of sedans, coupes and station wagons.

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