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I wish I had some stories about the A-class I could share. Well, I've done an oil change on one, but that's about it. It was from Mexico, a burgundy A190. The interior is about as classy and high quality as a Hyundai Elantra, which is to say, not very. I feel sorry for the technicians in foreign countries that have to work on these every day. The front wheel drive setup is WAY too cramped under the hood.
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Hello out there in the US / Canada and wherever
- this is my first posting on MBworld.org
I'd like to give you some impressions of the A-Class, which is a
very successful car in Europe. The W168 was a jump forward to a
new range of customers, young people (with not as much money
to buy a bigger Mercedes) and espacially women (who weren't
the aim of Mercedes-developers at first, but soon became a huge
number of A-Class customers)
the technical details of the A-Class:
![](http://www.mb-portal.net/html/wallpaper/mercedes/w168-15_thumb.jpg)
the interior:
In Germany it's lovely called "Elch" (elk) because of it's failure in
the Elchtest, or Baby-Benz
At first Mercedes-Benz had some
quality problems with parts of the A-Class (DC took over the
fixing at no costs), but after the face-lift in early 2001 these lacks
were almost gone.
![Cool](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif)
I'd like to give you some impressions of the A-Class, which is a
very successful car in Europe. The W168 was a jump forward to a
new range of customers, young people (with not as much money
to buy a bigger Mercedes) and espacially women (who weren't
the aim of Mercedes-developers at first, but soon became a huge
number of A-Class customers)
the technical details of the A-Class:
![](http://www.mb-portal.net/html/wallpaper/mercedes/w168-8_thumb.jpg)
![](http://www.mb-portal.net/html/wallpaper/mercedes/concept_w168-4_thumb.jpg)
![](http://www.mb-portal.net/html/wallpaper/mercedes/w168-15_thumb.jpg)
the interior:
![](http://www.mb-portal.net/html/wallpaper/mercedes/w168-35_thumb.jpg)
In Germany it's lovely called "Elch" (elk) because of it's failure in
the Elchtest, or Baby-Benz
![Cool](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif)
quality problems with parts of the A-Class (DC took over the
fixing at no costs), but after the face-lift in early 2001 these lacks
were almost gone.
Last edited by jff2k; 04-07-2002 at 06:09 AM.
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Re: A-Class - is it a real Mercedes-Benz? Yes, it is.
Originally posted by jff2k
Hello out there in the US / Canada and wherever![Cool](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif)
Hello out there in the US / Canada and wherever
![Cool](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif)
Originally posted by jff2k
the technical details of the A-Class:
there was a new system introduced, called ESP (Electronic Stability Program), because of the "Elchtest" ...someone who knows what the Elchtest was?
the technical details of the A-Class:
there was a new system introduced, called ESP (Electronic Stability Program), because of the "Elchtest" ...someone who knows what the Elchtest was?
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I had a A-class as a rental car (while my C was in workshop for a faulty fuel guage
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Fahre vorsichtig und auf wiedersehen!