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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 05:23 AM
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Unhappy Last 163.
The last 163 rolled off the end of the line Thursday afternoon, it was kinda sad but after over 570,000 built you are ready to move on to something new. Autogunner.
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 08:32 AM
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did they take a picture of it with the assembly crew and such like MB usually does with the last car rolling off the line?
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Old Dec 10, 2004 | 06:36 PM
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Of corse they did, one with every group. Autogunner.
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ya, kinda sad, but when's the W164 going to start production?
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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Production of 164 has already started in the new plant, old plant is being retro fitted to run the unibody then both plants will be producing them. Autogunner.
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Old Dec 11, 2004 | 02:40 PM
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nice!

if you know, how does the steering column mounted transmission stalk work? is it like a mini-van, with slots for each gear? from the pics, looks more like all electronically controlled, with flicks of the lever instead of moving the stalk up and down a track...
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All electronic, you just touch it. Autogunner.
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All electronic, you just touch it. Autogunner.
ohhh, ok. Guess that's better than moving the lever up and down like a minivan
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I drove the 164 for the first time yesterday and it is nice. You can at least spin the tires "all four" in first gear, which I could almost never do in the 163. They didn't spin much but the 0 to 60 is alot better. I was driving the 500. Today I drove the 350 and it is about the same. The major improvements is still all of the inside. It is all so much better. Autogunner.
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Is there any news about MB putting a CDI in the 164? I saw a 163 that was a 400 CDI, it was very nice!!

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We have already built some 164's with V6 deisel's. They are tring to get some deisels approved for the U.S. market. Autogunner.
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We have already built some 164's with V6 deisel's. They are tring to get some deisels approved for the U.S. market. Autogunner.
Where are the ML's(gasoline) currently being manufactured going to? Europe?
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They should hit showrooms in the USA in late Jan. early Feb. time range. Autogunner.
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