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How are mercs named?
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24-06-2008 9:52pm#1
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No its not very clear at all, there are other anomalies too, e.g there recently was an S320 with a 3.7 engine, my old C180 was a 2.0, the C230 Sports Coupe originally had a 2.3 engine now its 1.8 with Supercharger.
The Kompressor is basically a belt driven device used to pressurize the incoming air to creat more available power whilst the turbocharger used spend exhaust gases for its drive, achieving similar results. Both devices have there own pro's and con's.
Essentially in thye years gone by the numbers always refered to engine capacity, however there were always exceptions present, there was a 280SE in the 60's with a 3.5 V8, though it DID have a 3.5 bnadge, the 300SEL was available with a 6.3 litre engine, badged as 300SEL 6.3, but the confusion started with the US 350SL which had a 4.5 litre engine for a while then it reverted to 3.5 when the 450SL arrived.
In the 70's when there really was only 3 bodystyles, SL, mid range (which became the E-Class) and large (now known as the S-Class) the problem was that if you said you had a Merc 280, you could have had either of the above.
Then in the 80's when the 190 arrived (compact Class) ALL were badged 190 despite being eventually avaialable with engines from 1.8 to 2.6.
When the 190 was replaced in 1993 by the "C-Class" all subsequent revisions included rebadging using the letters ahead of the numbers, so the 500SE became the S500, the "E" ( Einspritz/Fuel Injection) was now dropped as all vehicles now used fuel injection and the designation "E" now stood for "E-Class"
Originally the "SL" stood for "Sports leicht" or Sports Light but when the W107 arrived the range of SL's had put on so much weight, they had gradually become cruisers rather than sportscars, the "SL" now stood for Sports Luxury.
On the largest saloons through the years the letter "S" was used for "Super", distinguishing various models from their lesser brethern, ie. on the Fintails the 220 was also avaialable as a 220S with more chrome and higher trim levels.It also came as 220SE which meant it had the fuel injection engine. Again the "L" when used on the saloons meant "Luxury" not "Light".
Currently the CL designation stands for "Coupe Luxury" whilst CLK stands for "Coupe Leicht Kurz" meaning Coupe Light Short, simply to distinguish its place within the ever expanding range !
Anyway, I got a bit carried away there, not sure if I made it harder or easier to figure out, but one more thing, it isn't quite correct to say that Avantgarde is a higher spec than Elegance. One the W203 C-Class MY01-MY06 and on the current W209 CLK range the Elegance and Avantgarde were always the same price, it was simply different trim. The Elegance had wood trim, green glass,chrome door handles and grey grill insert whilst the Avantgarde had sporty silver/Alu trim, blue glass, bodycolour handles, black grille insert and sportier wheels (of the same size as Elegance).
On the E-Class the Avantgarde is more expensive as it has Xenon headlamps and half leather as standard. If you add those to the Elegance you end up with the same price.........almost !
Currently the explaination for the number badging is that it differentiates different power levels whilst not actually indicating engine capacity.
Now I bet you ARE confused, but dont get me started on chassis numbers !
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