Ahhh the 190E. The little Benz that felt, drove and smelled like the biggest Benz of the day, the 560SEL. Mercedes' quality was the same no matter which one you bought. Those days are long gone.
It was CRAZY how much the 190e felt exactly like the big S-class. Except for horsepower, interior and trunk room. You had to pay a lot more for those luxuries, but the inherent goodness/high quality/rigid/rattle free chassis/sound deadening/that door shut/panel gaps/paint finish, etc was the same throughout the line.
@@AaronSmith-kr5yfYep and that is what they need to get back too. Impossible likely because of the sheer volume today. Mercedes made 800K cars back then, now it’s over 2M.
German Car Manufacturers should watch these vintage videos as a source of inspiration on how they lost the path of quality, durability, customer reliance before their final colapse.
@jlcii Yeah back when you could keep them for 15 and 20 years back when they would last as long as Honda and Toyota, now after 3 or 4 years you gotta trade it in due to problems.
i owned a 190e 2.3. on my way to high school i hit a black ice during a turn. spun out and crashed sideways into a 🌳. i was just fine no injuries at all. the 190e completely protected me. ever since then all i drove was mercedes e class and s class
"only" 158hp from the 2.6, but those old straight 6 motors would run to spaceship milages if serviced well..... and pretty impressive milage even if not serviced well. A far cry from modern Mercedes where you can get a 400hp 4cyl but the car will not make it to 100k before major repairs are needed. Progress....? Hmm, I'm not sure about that.
Its designed in 1980s sold in 1992 but looks like it was designed in 2015+ still very relevant modern design..R.I P "REAL" BENZ may you rest in peace 🕊️.. I would drive any 80s to mid late 90s benz over ANYTHING sold today, its all trash especially year 2000 to now all Benz
Just as a comparison, I owned a 1992 Lexus SC300, 2JZ-GE/5 speed car. 3.0 liter inline six with 225hp. Did 0-60 in 6.8 seconds, quarter mile was about 15.2@90mph. That was pretty quick for its day. Thing is it made all its power in the upper rev range, it pulled hard at 80, 90, 100mph. Would sit there at 4500rpm all day long as well doing 100mph, quite a revelation from the smog era V8's that made great torque but crap power above 3000rpm. Inline six, 5 speed manual, it would run circles around this Benz.
Ahhh the 190E. The little Benz that felt, drove and smelled like the biggest Benz of the day, the 560SEL. Mercedes' quality was the same no matter which one you bought. Those days are long gone.
Long gone. I bought a ‘24 Mercedes. Total junk. Traded for BMW.
It was CRAZY how much the 190e felt exactly like the big S-class. Except for horsepower, interior and trunk room. You had to pay a lot more for those luxuries, but the inherent goodness/high quality/rigid/rattle free chassis/sound deadening/that door shut/panel gaps/paint finish, etc was the same throughout the line.
@@Jwdude123Such a believable story.
@@AaronSmith-kr5yfYep and that is what they need to get back too. Impossible likely because of the sheer volume today. Mercedes made 800K cars back then, now it’s over 2M.
well nowadays you get what you pay for depending on which model you get etc ofc 😂
German Car Manufacturers should watch these vintage videos as a source of inspiration on how they lost the path of quality, durability, customer reliance before their final colapse.
Back when Mercedes-Benz made quality vehicles
@jlcii
Yeah back when you could keep them for 15 and 20 years back when they would last as long as Honda and Toyota, now after 3 or 4 years you gotta trade it in due to problems.
The secret is buying a Mercedes that is made in Germany. You're welcome
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Really? You mean to tell me they are not all built in Germany?
@@jeremyreese9663HQ is in Stuttgart, as are some factories but they have 22 manufacturing plants around the world
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Oh okay, thank you.
i owned a 190e 2.3. on my way to high school i hit a black ice during a turn. spun out and crashed sideways into a 🌳. i was just fine no injuries at all. the 190e completely protected me. ever since then all i drove was mercedes e class and s class
This car was the direct predecessor to the newer mid 90s W202 C280. I had one of those, back then! It was a solid luxury car! Nostalgia! 👌😎
"only" 158hp from the 2.6, but those old straight 6 motors would run to spaceship milages if serviced well..... and pretty impressive milage even if not serviced well.
A far cry from modern Mercedes where you can get a 400hp 4cyl but the car will not make it to 100k before major repairs are needed.
Progress....? Hmm, I'm not sure about that.
Exactly I don't need the 400hp if my car will visit the repair shop more often and I don't need 400hp as a daily driver.
Great video. Could You upload 1987, 1988 and 1989 line-ups from Ford and GM?
I miss the old solid German cars.
my all times favorite 190e model...pity that this specification and model was never sold in Malaysai
A good time to be a young, entry-level yuppy.
Its designed in 1980s sold in 1992 but looks like it was designed in 2015+ still very relevant modern design..R.I P "REAL" BENZ may you rest in peace 🕊️.. I would drive any 80s to mid late 90s benz over ANYTHING sold today, its all trash especially year 2000 to now all Benz
Looks like they wanted to build a tank but changed their mind during the process...
When 8.8 seconds for 0-60 was considered more than acceptable.
No passenger airbag lol
Just as a comparison, I owned a 1992 Lexus SC300, 2JZ-GE/5 speed car. 3.0 liter inline six with 225hp. Did 0-60 in 6.8 seconds, quarter mile was about 15.2@90mph. That was pretty quick for its day. Thing is it made all its power in the upper rev range, it pulled hard at 80, 90, 100mph. Would sit there at 4500rpm all day long as well doing 100mph, quite a revelation from the smog era V8's that made great torque but crap power above 3000rpm. Inline six, 5 speed manual, it would run circles around this Benz.
Lexus upset everyone's apple cart.
The Yakuza drove Mercedes, not Lexus
Well it’s no Top Gear
This dinosaur needed to retire 10 years ago. He normalized T and helped create this situation.
19 mpg from a manual 4 cylinder is diabolical.
This was before era of global warming and the Green crusaders. 19mpg is very reasonable considering a gallon of regular was around 79 cents...
It’s a 2.6-liter 6 cylinder…
You must be a mill any all. Or gen programmed-by-democrats.
@@jonathanl3003that sounds more applicable
That figure is massively inaccurate. Over 30mpg (UK) easily
Sell yours... in Africa!
Sorry, but lots of your "factual" details are wrong
The star should be scrapped, modern Mercedes are …… I don’t know what they are except cheap tacky rubbish.