Lancelot

Spent a nice sunday afternoon with the inlaws. I just had to take a photo and show you guys our euro-benzes! We should put a sign up 'Mercedes Parking Only'...

My 1998 W210 E220 Diesel
Brother in law's 1984 W126 280S
Sister in law's 1997 W202 C250 Turbodiesel wagon.

01BlackE320

Nice picture. Thanks for posting

Franasia

I like the "German Look" with no model designation badges. Also the original tow hook not known on these shores. Thanks for your posting.

Cheers

Hirnbeiss

>>I like the "German Look" with no model designation badges<<
That's a delete option over there, probably because of the tiny engines available.

Lancelot

Yup my car has option code 260: "no model designation on rear lid". So badging it would make it un-original!
Anyways it would look like this: (Belgian car)

holycaoAMG

its funny, all those cars are better built than the more modern Mercs, especially my w203.
My family is similar, my mother, father, 2 brothers, 3 cousins, 2 uncles, and aunt all drive Mercedes.

Franasia

That's the German way of car badging. Most German manufacturers offer the model designation badge delete option at no extrea cost. Even VW has that option.

The idea behind it is it makes the car look much cleaner - you can be proud of driving your Mercedes but what's under the hood you do not have to disclose or show off. This is funny because in other countries, like the US, for instance, people will get the biggest car or dadge they can afford just to show off.

Most Mercedes, Porsches and BMWs you see on the road in Germany opt for the debadged vehicle - that even includes most taxis.

E420SportGT

a fishing line, a heatgun, and i removed my E420 badge as well