Mercedes 190e 2.0 speeding up to 230 km/h

There were 4 persons in the car and winter set of tyres on. The car is stock - 122 h.p. The distance covered in the video for its duration is about 8 km. Average speed - about 220 km/h.

190e history:
The Mercedes-Benz W201 was introduced in November 1982 as the Mercedes-Benz 190. £600 million was spent researching and developing this car with Mercedes-Benz acutely aware that a failure of this model could easily bring down the rest of their model range and ultimately the entire companys reputation. By Mercedes-Benz's own admission, the 190 was 'massively over-engineered'. They were not interested in competing for one or two customers to switch from Ford or Rover, but for hundreds, even thousands, of customers suddenly to find a new side to Mercedes-Benz with a new image of compact executive cars. These new customers were not wrong. The UK market was kept waiting up to 12 months longer than mainland Europe to get the 190s into the showrooms, and as soon as the vehicles arrived in showrooms, they were sold. Local 'red tape' in Bremen prevented MB from building the 190 there as they wanted, so production was started in Sindelfingen at a maximum capacity of just 140,000 units per year. Eventually after just the first year, Bremen was cleared for production of the 190 and these lines replaced the commercial vehicle lines at Bremen which included the first running modifications since its release.
The model was a single 4 door saloon/sedan body type which was designed to fill a hole in the model range below the W123 Mercedes E-class series. It was quickly dubbed "the Baby Benz". However, despite being introduced as the cheapest Mercedes passenger car, this did not show in the engineering. Amongst the items that were a first for any Mercedes was the 190's patented 5-link suspension at the rear, used in subsequent E- and C- class models, and developments of which are still in use today in Mercedes road cars. It featured front and rear anti-roll bars, as well as anti-dive and anti-squat geometry. The 190 was also available with airbags, ABS brakes and seatbelt tensioners which were very advanced safety features at the time.

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[ervinski7]

5 ili 4 skorosti ?

[SoulAssass1n]

@ervinski7 5

[DThaeman]

I have a 1990 2.6 auto, but the speedo only goes to 140mph (225kmh).. do you think I could max it out?

[SoulAssass1n]

@DThaeman Now I too have a 1990 2.6 auto and my speedo goes to 150 mph (240 km/h). We are talking about the 118 kW version. The previous owner of it told me that he had driven it to 235 km/h which is the top speed because at it it does about 6250 rpm at 4th gear (as you know it doesn't have more). So yes you can max it out definately.

[Ustemt]

is this the 5.speed man. gear box ?

[SoulAssass1n]

Yes, read all the comments and you'll see i've already posted this reply!

[Soundgarden8497]

omg fuck this song

[6thesex9]

i have a 5 speed manual 190e 2.0L

this guy is completly right it can go 230 with no mods at all

just get over it and beleive it

[humdidoadi]

is it 5 speed??? joke*

[domonic0]

@DThaeman i did 160mph last night in my 190e its stock i was racing a 2012 bmw 335i last night

[lastermann]

Nice music, but I'd like to hear engine noise instead

[vwfastrabbit]

from 1985 4 speed manual i riched 225km/h when exhaust breake down

[Moskus93]

its this a orginal energie with 122 HP? =)

[petike16]

differential is likely to be 3.92 instead of 3.46 so it shows more of a Speedo

[marknute]

@DThaeman I have a 1989 2.6. It tops out at 129 mph :]. the exact speed the 1989 brochure specified.