Mon Jan  6 22:38:56 2003

At 02:02 PM 1/6/2003 +0100, Juergen   wrote:
Hi John,

SL = Sportlich leicht = sporty and lightweight
SD = S-Klasse Diesel = S-Class Diesel
SDL = S-Klasse Diesel Lang = S-Class Diesel Long Wheelbase
S = S-Klasse (Sonderklasse) = S-Class (Special Class)
T = Touristik und Transport = Tourist and transport =
     Avoiding the terms station wagon resp. estate
L = Lang = Long Wheelbase
     The A-Class W168 (not sold in the US) can be had with
     normal and long wheelbase, but the L is NOT used here,
     only in brochures etc. it is e.g. A140 vs.
     A140 (small print:) Long wheelbase
E = Nowadays (since end of 1993) = executive = middle
     class MB series
C = Compact = lower middle class MB series
A = Smallest MB series, compact size, A IMHO has
     no special meaning; I THINK MB just wanted to
     avoid the term B-Class: That would have sounded
     like an inferior product (see so-called B-Movies)
G = Gelaendewagen = G-Class = professional offroad vehicle
ML = ML-Class; should have been M-Class, but BMW prevented
      that because of their M-series cars (high power cars)
      More sporty and comfortable offroader than G, but
      not as good offroad
SLK = Different explanations here, e.g. Sportlich leicht
       kurz = sporty lightweight short; shall remind on
       the bigger and more expensive SL-series
GST = Grand Sport Tourer
CL = Coupe Luxus = Coupe luxury = Coupe of the S-Class
CLK = Coupe Leicht Kurz = coupe lightweight short = coupe
       of the C-Class
Vaneo = Artificial name, minivan of the A-Class series
V-Class = V-Klasse = Luxury version of the commercial
           mid-size Vito van


Look on the main index page of my site at
	http://www.mbspy.com/index2.htm
which is divided into sections for the different
MB series. You can find articles about nearly
all different MB series there.


 > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/9323/wcodes.htm
 > W = Wagen = car
 > R = Roadster
 > C = Coupe
 > hey, look who did this... ;)
 > The author assumes NO LIABILITY for all above information! Please email any
 > mistakes to jaguare@bigfoot.com

Yes, yes, yes, it`s me...   ;-)


 > http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/5350/mbcodes.htm
Part of my old site, new one is at http://www.mbspy.com


 > john


Kind regards from Germany & Happy New Year

Juergen  MBSPY webmaster http://www.mbspy.com
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