![]() I climbed in and breathed in the personality that this car exudes. Independent double wishbone suspension with coil springs is upfront, and independent 5 link coil spring suspension on back. Ground effects per se with the floor pans which are a nice patina factory black, and no rust seen anywhere on these. Some very light surface rust is showing up here and there, but it is all definitely unremarkable. On the back is a 5-speed automatic transmission that sends power back to a 3.07 geared rear axle. My dear, increase the output of the concerto music on the MB stereo.Ī Mercedes 2.3 Liter inline 4 cylinder Kompressor, (supercharged), 185hp engine lurks under the hood and is fed by EFI. A new headliner was installed and it highlights the power moonroof just perfectly. More beige carpeting floods the floors for both the front and rear seat passengers and looks almost as good as the day it left the Sindelfingen factory. Fronting this dash is the all business black steering wheel with levers for cruise control, intermittent wipers, and steering column adjustment. The analog dash has gauges and monitoring light for virtually every engine statistic one could imagine, and holds on to the analog speedo, clock, tach, oil pressure, fuel gauge, and engine temp gauges. Moving up the dash, the burl continues and holds the factory AM/FM/CD player, and climate controls along with rocker switches for various other amenities. A burl center console houses the power window option controls, power trunk release, power mirror control and gear selector. These seats have only minimal wear in the form of age wrinkling, but no tearing or color rub off. Rounding out the exterior are 15-inch alloy wheels that have remained clean through the years and show very little signs of clear coat delamination.īeige leather wraps electronically adjustable seats and will accommodate virtually any size driver. Very similar to a debutante floating down the curved stairway ready to come out and sign her name on the social register. With matching bumpers and premium chrome, this car screams you have arrived, but not with the noise of its powerful engine or throaty exhaust, but with just class, and quality of build. A power moonroof slides back into the long steel roof giving the front seat occupants a fresh breath of sunshine, or a view of the stars depending on the time of your drive. All panels gaps are essentially perfect, and doors slam with that quintessential Mercedes-Benz “thud”. A few visible scuffs and chips are noted throughout but nothing bad enough to kick the car out of bed for eating crackers. You have a car that has a lot of value…low mileage, AND real reliability.ĭesign wise ahead of anything else of its time, this Beige painted car looks like the part of a well maintained and garage kept treasure. Couple this with an owner that obsessively cared for and maintained this car and always kept it safely stored in the garage. The designation "K" on Mercedes usually means "Kurz", or short, but can mean "Kompressor".įor consignment, a documented low mileage car, (63,342 miles, however the title reads 65,000 actual miles)…this car is merely being broken in. Mercedes became the first manufacturer to install superchargers on some production models. The first Mercedes supercharger was developed in 1921 by a Daimler-Benz team with assistance from Ferdinand Porsche. The term is not widely used by other motor manufacturers. Kompressor, (stylized as KOMPRESSOR), is a marketing name for forced induction, (supercharged), Mercedes-Benz engines.
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