des-sil-amg

hi, i am new to the forum and am about to purchase my first c32 and was just curious how many desert silver (tan) c32's were made in 2002. anyone know where i could find this info let me know , thanks.

Slater126

Completely unknown. Unlike American automakers, it does not appear that MB has made any sort of breakdown of colors and options available to the public. I don't think anyone is even sure exactly how many C32s were imported to the U.S. each year. The most commonly cited number is just under 1,000 for 2002 C32s but I don't know how accurate this is.

Informally, I can say that desert silver isn't common but isn't as rare as white or red either. The majority are silver or black.

Carl Lassiter

I've only ever seen obsidian black or brilliant silver. To be honest, I'm not a fan of desert silver (champagne) at all.

Slater's white/merlot sounds great though.

Slater126

Yes, I love it. I consider myself lucky to have found it given that low mileage cars are getting so rare now, you really can't be too picky on color. It gets a lot of complements because you see so few white W203s (much less C32s). I think white really accentuates the car's lines. The two-tone interior is also neat. I really wanted that too and, again, not many C32s have it.

I don't have a problem with the champagne color. I don't know if I'd own one but at least it harkens back to the '86-'87 190E 2.3 16v. Those were either champagne or black.

Corrosive

+1 --- I love my white/merlot

FrankW

i saw two over the last 5 years i've had my car...lol

sorry to say, but the weirdest color you can have on a sport sedan.

des-sil-amg

i agree as well, desert silver never bolonged on a sport sedan. one thing it does is makes a sleeper car even more sleeper.

moosejaw

ive seen a few in the burgundy and also orion blue. I may have seen two in my lifetime that are desert silver. However I have never seen a green one, although i know it was an option.

Code3 Performance

I dont think it looks that bad I quite like mine.