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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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A-Class - is it a real Mercedes-Benz? Yes, it is.
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:
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.
- this is my first posting on MBworld.orgI'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:
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.
Last edited by jff2k; Apr 7, 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
Hello out there in the US / Canada and wherever
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?
. Initially it was conducted by a Swedish automagazine called "Teknikens Värld". The cheif-editor, Robert Collin, on this mag was later on banned from every press-release Mercedes did, and this was discussed alot in the swedish motor press. After a while DaimlerChrylser send him a written excuse...I had a A-class as a rental car (while my C was in workshop for a faulty fuel guage
) and I was kind of impressed by this little car. Fact is I didn't find it small at all, but quite roomy! It was equipped with the weakest engine (I think?), the A140, but I didn't get the impression that it was THAT slow. I tried to conduct some "Elchtest" myself, and didn't see any tendencies for it to flip. MB have apparently learned their lesson good and I think ESP is now standard in ALL MB-cars Fahre vorsichtig und auf wiedersehen!
