US cars never came in a manual and the US never got the smaller engines such as the e200 which I had, e230, 240 and e280 which was the biggest engine with a manual trans. w210’s euro spec also had cloth seats and the W140 s-class even existed as a 2.8l with a manual trans which even here in germany is really rare. there are so many differences between euro and us spec cars it’s insane
@@martinsvensson6884 I meant the 2.8 now I see that I said 2.4l my bad. I even drove the 2.8 w140 for two weeks. Great car and definitely really weird to drive a manual s class but it’s amazing
here for it, bro i got the headlights buffed and cleared holy cow what a change, ordered the clips for my roof trim from Mercedes, your videos inspire me to keep going with my love for Mercedes! 💓
My first car is a ´98 250 Turbodiesel (150hp) avantgard with a 5 speed manual and has a slightly tinted section on the windshield. also, mine is wierdly equiped, having a interior trunk button, ASR, folding mirrors, xenon headlights, auto climate control unit (here was an extra as you said) but manual seats, no cruise control and cloth seats (but sometime in its life was changed to white-ish beige leather seats and door leather bits) and no alarm. Anyway, love your vids, from portugal.
Veery nice video mister.A couple of things i noticed. The euro cars could be ordered with a two tone front windscreen.My E50 had the front windscreen with the darker area on top. Also the extra security latches on the trunk lid,is a "Diplomat safety" feature.It was pretty common on the cars ordered as diplomat/embassy cars. Also one final thing.All the E50s were based on the Avantgarde versions,so all of them had xenon headlights.And to go with those xenons headlights..because of euro regulations,the car then had to be fitted with auto levelling,and a headlight cleaning system,in form of these washer jets.So if a euro car was fitted with xenons (Avantgarde models,and other models if xenon equipped),had to feature this autolevelling system,and headlight cleaning system :) Greetings from Norway ,Stefan :)
my first car was a manual 240d with a lot of euro stuff, it had a first aid kit in german, cards with the manual for european autoshops n stuff. my grandpa a dutch farmer ordered it at the time. i hate to this day that my family got rid of it.
Bravo elles sont superbes ❤️❤️😍😍😍 j'ai mou même une E50 AMG 1997 que j'essaye de bichonner le plus possible, un petit détail il vous manque le logo AMG au bas de vôtre parchoc avant de la E60, peut être que vous avez fait exprès de la desigler 🤔 en tout cas vos vidéos me font vraiment plaisir 👏👌👍
There is one more important option. in the US spec wiper works another way,then in the Euro spec. in the Euro spec wiper changes it speed when the vehicle changes its speed.that’s important. I own one of the US spec 210 for more,than 11 years,and actually can’t change it on my W210 🤷🏻♂️
🇲🇽🇲🇽 Tuve un C230 Classic W202 año 1998 Alemán y ahora tengo un E320 Elegance W210 año 2002 para el Mercado Americano y puedo decir que si coinciden algunas cosas. Lo raro es que esos dos autos fueron adquiridos en concesionario Mercedes Benz México 🇲🇽, eso quiere decir que aquí venden tanto versiones Alemanas cómo Norteamericanas. Cómo sea, estoy encantado con mi automóvil 💪🇲🇽🇲🇽
None I can think of. It’s hard to find someone willing to ship and even then shipping some of the larger items are extremely costly. The best bet is eBay UK and DE
Love your attention to detail! You're clearly a big fan of the E55 AMG. Mine's a European pre-facelift. Mine has the ADS and folding mirrors as well. I don't have the rear seat heating and rear side window shades (I think this was an option as well, correct me if I'm wrong). Which one do you personally prefer, the European version or the US version? Are the European versions of such cars more desirable in the States?
Btw super cool that you found an E60 with the M119 engine, I love those wooden door pulls. The speedo is also showing up to 300 km/h whereas my E55 has up to 280.
I forgot to mention the rear seat heaters. The car next to the E60 has the switches. It’s very uncommon. The sun shades I believe were a dealer option I believe meaning they weren’t installed during production.
I personally prefer the euro. I like the non tinted front windshield, wider trunk, the fog lights that stay on with the high beams, and the aspherical mirrors. I have been retrofitting some euro options in my car.
Question. I wanted to get an e55 amg, but all of the ones I seen had about 200k miles if not more so I settled for a 2000 e320 it’s dark turquoise with Java interior what can I implement to get more enjoyment out of it? Or should I wait and grab and e430 ?
Only thing you really can do is put lowering springs and shocks on it. Maybe get the bigger brakes from an e55. There really isn’t many option available anymore to make more power.
@@SoCal210 gotcha! my goal is to get an e55 amg thinking maybe an 02' but if i can't find one by the time i invest in one i guess ill settle for a e430! thanks a lot for the information
@@patrickcazer over here in South Jersey I've seen a handful of facelift w210 e55's popping up on marketplace for a little under $8k. High mileage like you said, but clean & from seemingly responsible & respectable owners. Really wish I was in the market for one. Not sure how much more time there is left to wait for one.
Look for E 50 there are cheepeest , but same performance , and match rare , there will be more valuable and colecteble, atherwise you can find one in Europe. And if mantines the 200 k mile is nothing for the engine. Hope you find one,blesses.
@@SoCal210 sounds good. Probably get there earlier since I have family commitments in the afternoon and can't stay very long. Bring both E60 and E65 and will do some "tests". LOL
One video I am looking for is US Made car or North American made vs German made to the aspects to say that my stepdad’s M- Class or GLS SUV that is built in Alabama has a seat that is loose while the seat with the German made Mercedes Benz are solid, as to say do that comparison with the C-Class as that car is made in Alabama, yet I bet the German made C-Class is better built than the Alabama built one. 😉
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they even want to slow down all the gas pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime. :-(
Wont affect the old cars as the proposals are now. The new ones might be in danger though. I highly doubt they will succeed in this.. governments around the world are becoming increasingly impopular among the people.. and losing power.
US cars never came in a manual and the US never got the smaller engines such as the e200 which I had, e230, 240 and e280 which was the biggest engine with a manual trans.
w210’s euro spec also had cloth seats
and the W140 s-class even existed as a 2.8l with a manual trans which even here in germany is really rare. there are so many differences between euro and us spec cars it’s insane
The smallest engine in the w140 to ever exist was the 2.8. Never the 2.4.
@@martinsvensson6884 I meant the 2.8 now I see that I said 2.4l my bad. I even drove the 2.8 w140 for two weeks. Great car and definitely really weird to drive a manual s class but it’s amazing
here for it, bro i got the headlights buffed and cleared holy cow what a change, ordered the clips for my roof trim from Mercedes, your videos inspire me to keep going with my love for Mercedes! 💓
Love the 210's wish i never sold my E420 sport.... loved that M119 motor!!
His contents are damn educative
My first car is a ´98 250 Turbodiesel (150hp) avantgard with a 5 speed manual and has a slightly tinted section on the windshield. also, mine is wierdly equiped, having a interior trunk button, ASR, folding mirrors, xenon headlights, auto climate control unit (here was an extra as you said) but manual seats, no cruise control and cloth seats (but sometime in its life was changed to white-ish beige leather seats and door leather bits) and no alarm. Anyway, love your vids, from portugal.
I knew a lot of this but I did learn some new things. Thanks!
Veery nice video mister.A couple of things i noticed. The euro cars could be ordered with a two tone front windscreen.My E50 had the front windscreen with the darker area on top. Also the extra security latches on the trunk lid,is a "Diplomat safety" feature.It was pretty common on the cars ordered as diplomat/embassy cars. Also one final thing.All the E50s were based on the Avantgarde versions,so all of them had xenon headlights.And to go with those xenons headlights..because of euro regulations,the car then had to be fitted with auto levelling,and a headlight cleaning system,in form of these washer jets.So if a euro car was fitted with xenons (Avantgarde models,and other models if xenon equipped),had to feature this autolevelling system,and headlight cleaning system :) Greetings from Norway ,Stefan :)
Love your content keep this kind of videos coming with other merc models😍
man i love the 210. Sadly they are rotting away here in europe because of the rust
my first car was a manual 240d with a lot of euro stuff, it had a first aid kit in german, cards with the manual for european autoshops n stuff. my grandpa a dutch farmer ordered it at the time. i hate to this day that my family got rid of it.
had the triangle, side note i loved the jack for that car. easiest tire change ever.
wow the motion sensor inside is cool af
This is awesome. It’s hard to find info like this so I really appreciate the effort you put into creating this video
Bravo elles sont superbes ❤️❤️😍😍😍 j'ai mou même une E50 AMG 1997 que j'essaye de bichonner le plus possible, un petit détail il vous manque le logo AMG au bas de vôtre parchoc avant de la E60, peut être que vous avez fait exprès de la desigler 🤔 en tout cas vos vidéos me font vraiment plaisir 👏👌👍
Dont forget the rear fog lights. 1 vs 2 on eu vs us.
There is one more important option. in the US spec wiper works another way,then in the Euro spec. in the Euro spec wiper changes it speed when the vehicle changes its speed.that’s important. I own one of the US spec 210 for more,than 11 years,and actually can’t change it on my W210 🤷🏻♂️
i have a facelift euro e320 w210 and it also make a chime when you put the key in
i think all the facelift cars are equipped with the chime
Its not in the European cars. Not in Europe at least :)
Honestly tho why do american spec cars beep so much? Like for what and why?
The auto climate control was option on the European cars. Some of the models came with auto AC as standard though.
sooo many differences
It’s expensive in America here in Morocco where i live you can get a nenz for 6 to 9 k on depends its conditions
🇲🇽🇲🇽 Tuve un C230 Classic W202 año 1998 Alemán y ahora tengo un E320 Elegance W210 año 2002 para el Mercado Americano y puedo decir que si coinciden algunas cosas. Lo raro es que esos dos autos fueron adquiridos en concesionario Mercedes Benz México 🇲🇽, eso quiere decir que aquí venden tanto versiones Alemanas cómo Norteamericanas. Cómo sea, estoy encantado con mi automóvil 💪🇲🇽🇲🇽
Any good facebook groups to find euro spec 210 AMG parts that you can suggest?
None I can think of. It’s hard to find someone willing to ship and even then shipping some of the larger items are extremely costly. The best bet is eBay UK and DE
@@SoCal210 I'm a Mercedes tech here I'm Canada and am parting out a E50 AMG. If you need any euro spec parts.
fuck i want those bbs wheels for my clk55 so bad
Love your attention to detail! You're clearly a big fan of the E55 AMG. Mine's a European pre-facelift. Mine has the ADS and folding mirrors as well. I don't have the rear seat heating and rear side window shades (I think this was an option as well, correct me if I'm wrong). Which one do you personally prefer, the European version or the US version? Are the European versions of such cars more desirable in the States?
Btw super cool that you found an E60 with the M119 engine, I love those wooden door pulls. The speedo is also showing up to 300 km/h whereas my E55 has up to 280.
I forgot to mention the rear seat heaters. The car next to the E60 has the switches. It’s very uncommon. The sun shades I believe were a dealer option I believe meaning they weren’t installed during production.
I personally prefer the euro. I like the non tinted front windshield, wider trunk, the fog lights that stay on with the high beams, and the aspherical mirrors. I have been retrofitting some euro options in my car.
Question. I wanted to get an e55 amg, but all of the ones I seen had about 200k miles if not more so I settled for a 2000 e320 it’s dark turquoise with Java interior what can I implement to get more enjoyment out of it? Or should I wait and grab and e430 ?
Only thing you really can do is put lowering springs and shocks on it. Maybe get the bigger brakes from an e55. There really isn’t many option available anymore to make more power.
@@SoCal210 gotcha! my goal is to get an e55 amg thinking maybe an 02' but if i can't find one by the time i invest in one i guess ill settle for a e430! thanks a lot for the information
@@patrickcazer over here in South Jersey I've seen a handful of facelift w210 e55's popping up on marketplace for a little under $8k.
High mileage like you said, but clean & from seemingly responsible & respectable owners.
Really wish I was in the market for one. Not sure how much more time there is left to wait for one.
Look for E 50 there are cheepeest , but same performance , and match rare , there will be more valuable and colecteble, atherwise you can find one in Europe. And if mantines the 200 k mile is nothing for the engine. Hope you find one,blesses.
Bro,
State of speed this coming Sunday. Same spot. Let me know if you're going.
I’m down to meet up. Since it’s a muscle car feature I think I’ll be there 8:30/9. Let me know.
@@SoCal210 sounds good. Probably get there earlier since I have family commitments in the afternoon and can't stay very long. Bring both E60 and E65 and will do some "tests". LOL
Sun visors are different
Im trying to find a w210 facelift 320cdi hard to find because of the rust
One video I am looking for is US Made car or North American made vs German made to the aspects to say that my stepdad’s M- Class or GLS SUV that is built in Alabama has a seat that is loose while the seat with the German made Mercedes Benz are solid, as to say do that comparison with the C-Class as that car is made in Alabama, yet I bet the German made C-Class is better built than the Alabama built one. 😉
😲🤯😳🤔😎👍
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by
reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated
central gas station per city or county. Now they even want to slow down
all the gas pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From
2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as
exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox
oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no
investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even
created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime. :-(
They want to ban new combustion engines from 2035 and on. But that doesn't mean combustion engines are banned from streets.
Wont affect the old cars as the proposals are now. The new ones might be in danger though. I highly doubt they will succeed in this.. governments around the world are becoming increasingly impopular among the people.. and losing power.