Mercedes-Benz W201 Taylor James
Mercedes-Benz W201 Taylor James The Mercedes-Benz W201 was a compact saloon designed to address both concerns about fuel economy generated by the first oil crisis in the 1970s and competition for…
Specifikacia Mercedes-Benz W201 Taylor James
Mercedes-Benz W201 Taylor James
The Mercedes-Benz W201 was a compact saloon designed to address both concerns about fuel economy generated by the first oil crisis in the 1970s and competition for sales from the BMW 3 Series.Many doubted that Mercedes could deliver a compact car whilst retaining their traditional qualities. With around 200 photographs, this book features the reasons behind the need to build a new compact saloon in the 1980s and the styling, engineering and specification changes introduced over the lifetime of the model. But the W201 soon won them over, for here was a car that was a real Mercedes in the tradition of the time - it was just smaller.
A chapter on the special US variants along with production tables and vehicle number sequences and, finally a chapter on buying an owning a 201-series Full technical specifications, including paint and interior trim choices are given.