texholdem

of the oldest W210 here? My car's BD is March 1996, anyone beats it ?

uberpwnage

mine is also 1996, one of the first models made because still has the previous gen 4 speed auto, White ext. Blue leather int.

stickygreen

Blue interior? Please post a pic. Never seen a w210 with blue interior...

E-420

not the oldest 210, but one of the earliest 420's July 96

tirona

e420, i'm guessing you meant july 96
the first year for w210 was 1995. i wonder if they start building them in late 1994?

ZedStyle

maybe my 1995 w124 is really a w210... hmmm... i'l have to double-check when i get home

Semikolon

It cant be a 210 if it's a 124

If your car is the one in your signature it is a 124.

ohlord

could be w210 depending where it was sold and how they register it in different countries.The W210 was produced from 1995-2002 and the wagon until 2003.
Look on your door post it will give you the production date of the build.

Now if you had one of the 1995 w210 models with the smallest engine built at the plant in Vietnam,then that would be the unflattering record.

texholdem

OK, I am still holding the record in this forum .
Ohlord is right about the ones built in Vietnam, I heard a lot of quality problems with those cars, simply because the Vietnamese workforce was not well trained at that time. They were just in the transition from marxist-stalinist economy to "capitalism".

MB introduced one of the first foreign car plants there, for Vietnam a big leap from bicycle manufacture to luxury car production.

But the cars from Vietnam - at least the ones in the first years- hardy make out of the country. The production was small and just covered the need of the new-rich and the corrupt cadres.

ejsheltra

And here I always thought the W210 Started in model year 1996. Learn something new about something old.

tirona

yeah, mb launched w210 in 1995 in certain countries, just like the w220 was launched in 1999 in certain countries while in the usa was 2000. i think the same thing for w221 and w140.

E-420

oops, yup, 96.

Lancelot

W210 was launched in Europe in 1995, there are lots of 1995 registered W210's overhere. The W210 wagon came late 1996. These early models all have the older 4-speed auto tranny, only two airbags, no ASR and no smartkey. You want to stay away from these first models since they have ALL the common problems plus severe rust everywhere including spring perches and subframes. I also hate the older infrared keys; you open the car to load your groceries and once you're behind the wheel the timeframe to crank has passed; out goes the key; point it to the rear view mirror; in goes the key; etc. etc.

Oh and btw; MB USA only imported 6-cylinder models with leather interiors.
Overhere in Europe we have 4- and 5-cylinder (both Petrol and Diesel) models, cloth interiors and no A/C, manual A/C or climate control, and even special 'taxi' versions with a 'detuned' diesel engine and vinyl taxi-'leather' interiors.

My car has a pacific blue cloth interior and manual A/C...

Semikolon

All 210s have severe rust/oxidation problems. My car has been repaired for over 200 000 NOK the last two years. That is almost 30 000 USD/20 000 EUR.

New subframes, sandblasted everything under the car and repaired the whole body. Stuttgart have paid for everything

texholdem

So my 03/1996 still the senior here

Semikolon: regarding rust, it must be the harsh winter high up there in Norway, the salt is eating the body away. I have no such problem in dry Texas, not even with the infamous spring perch. knock wood! Your repair were paid by MB after 6 years? still under warranty?

Semikolon

Year lots of water all year and salt in the winter...

MB pays for everything up to 8 years/250 000km, unless there are signs of damage to the paint. Things like subframes and spring perches are 10 years and a lot more kms.. After that they pay for parts of the repairs, for example 50%. So the last repair I had was two weeks before the car was 8 years , or actually the 8 years and one week after it was delivered from factory, but first time registered is what matters.

texholdem

"MB pays for everything up to 8 years/250 000km" wow that is very generous warranty, in the US it is 4 years / 50.000 miles IIRC

stickygreen

We must have been lucky...238k miles in 12 years and not a spec of rust anywhere on the car.

Semikolon

that is because of the weather conditions probably. Here in Norway there isn't a single 210 without rust on every corner (unless it has been repaired of course..)

Figuero

That's a downright shamefull mark on the marque. We haven't had that much of a rust bucket here in the USA since the 76 - 81 Honda Accord.

That said, Ol' 97 was a Melanoma poster child. 3 trunk lids in 11 years, all 4 corners perforated. Only 89,000miles, garage kept, religiously dealer serviced the entire time. They only thing Mercedes covered were the trunk lids.

Nabeel

My 1996 E320 has a September 1995 build date. Currently has almost 130K miles and is still going strong.



Also have a '99 E430 (2/99 build) and '01 E320 (5/01 build).

ejsheltra

MBUSA imported MBTEX as standard in the wagons and leather was an upgrade.

Nabeel

The diesel W210s here in the USA also had MB-tex as standard. The '96 E300d was priced at $39,900 so MBUSA could claim that the new E-Class had a starting price of less than $40K. The '96 E320 (leather standard, along with some other additional stuff) started at $43,500. Both cars were priced cheaper than their W124 predecessors.