This is the tale of the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 16 and 2.5 16 sport sedans. Developed in collaboration with Cosworth initially for the rally scene of the putting up a good fight against BMW‘s Maybe they are just getting too old. . Yes, they are. The time to buy a 1992 190E was sometime around the late 90s or early noughties, and with care it would have been a good car for maybe another 10 years or so before it started getting troublesome and handing in big bills. For 10k miles a year it would have been great and would have needed The 1987 Mercedes-Benz 190e Cosworth 2.3 16V started with the unique four-cylinder engine, which features a twin-cam, four-valves-per-cylinder head, a high-flow intake manifold, an exhaust header and a free-flowing exhaust system. The package also added a close-ratio Getrag five-speed manual transmission, a limited-slip rear differential, a I got pulled over once in my 190e for going through a cloverleaf at 95kph. The car was tilting heftily, but it could still dig tighter into the corner, and the tyres were not yet even chirping. My old 8th gen Si couldn't do that speed, neither could my speed3, nor can my e46. But the 190e was floating around the bend at that speed. Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II | PH Heroes and a really good one for around £70,000. That seemed fairly ridiculous at the time: an E30 M3 was around £25,000 and a regular 2.5-16 Merc less than Mercedes-Benz S Near you. The 2.5-16 Evo II's ludicrous body kit is highly functional, and helped shove the 190E's drag figure down to an exceptionally low 0.29 Cd while increasing downforce When Mercedes went to develop the 190E into a performance sedan, they didn’t turn to AMG. That’s because AMG was still an independent tuning house in those days. Hence the tie-up with Cosworth. But AMG wasn’t about to let a British company take honours in the power stakes, storied F1 history or not (and yes, it is weird to think about how Engraving the modified Mercedes 190E engine. The biggest part of the build so far was engraving the engine. “One summer I decided that’s what I was going to do so I didn’t stop until it was done. I didn’t have any social life, I was just focused on finishing the engine.”. In total, Mica reckons it took between 400 to 500 hours to .

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