Mercedes-Benz W110

Mercedes-Benz W110

Manufacturer	Mercedes-Benz
Production	1961–1968 628,282 built (see text)
Assembly	Barcelona, Venezuela (Grupo Consorcio 1390) Port Melbourne, Australia (AMI)
Predecessor	Mercedes-Benz W120
Successor	Mercedes-Benz W115
Class	Executive car
Vehicles	Mercedes-Benz E-Class

First Series
190c/190Dc

Production	1961–1965
Engine	1.9 L M121 I4 1.9 L OM621 Diesel I4

Second Series
200/200D/230

Production	1965—1968
Engine	2.0 L M121 I4 2.3 L M180 I6 2.0 L OM621 I4

The W110 "Fintail" (German: Heckflosse) was Mercedes-Benz's line of midsize four-cylinder automobiles in the mid-1960s. The line was introduced with the 190c and 190Dc sedan in April, 1961,^[1] replacing the W120 180c/180Dc and W121 190b/190Db. The W110 line was refreshed in July, 1965 to become the 200 and Diesel 200D (model year 1966 for North America); at the same time, a six-cylinder 230 (successor to the Mercedes 220) became part of the W110 line. Production lasted just three more years, with the W115 220 and 220D introduced in 1968. This was the first series of Mercedes cars to be extensively crash tested for occupant safety.

First Series (1961-1965)

The 190c replaced the W120 180c/180Dc and W121 190b/190Db as Mercedes-Benz's line of less-expensive four-cylinder sedans. The "D" denoted a Diesel engine, a technology pioneered by Mercedes-Benz and championed despite widespread derision in the motoring press.

Models

Chassis code	Years	Model	Engine	Number built[2]
W110.010	1961–1965	190c	1.9 L M121 I4	130,554
W110.110	1961–1965	190Dc	1.9 L OM621 Diesel I4	225,645

Second Series (1965-1968)

The second series of 4-cylinder cars lasted just a few years. Production of the new 200, 200D and 230 models commenced in July, 1965,^[3] at the Sindelfingen plant. All three cars ended production in 1968 with the introduction of the W115 220 and 220D.

Models

Chassis code	Years	Model	Engine	Number built[2]
W110.010	1965–1968	200	2.0 L M121 I4	70,207
W110.011	1965–1968	230	2.3 L M180 I6	40,258
W110.110	1965–1968	200D	2.0 L OM621 I4	161,618

Timeline

Chassis	Type	1962	1963	1964	1965	1965.5	1966	1967	1968
W110	sedan	190c				230
						200
		190Dc				200D

Estate car

An estate car version of the 230S four cylinder engined car was introduced in 1965 and achieved modest success in certain markets including Germany, Belgium and the UK. The car was actually the result of a conversion carried out by the Malines/Mechelen based company Société Anonyme pour l'Importation de Moteurs et d'Automobiles (IMA) which was already assembling saloon version of the cars from CKD kits and which was also the Belgian Mercedes-Benz importer.^[4] With the reduction in tariffs that followed the development of the EEC, small scale assembly of this kind within the EEC but outside Germany no longer made sense, and assembly of the Mercedes-Benz cars at Malines stopped in 1973, by which time the plant had assembled 78,568 four cylinder Mercedes-Benz cars based on the W111 and its successor model.

References

1. ^ Oswald, op. cit., p. 39
2. ^ ^{a b} Oswald, Werner (1. Auflage 2001). Deutsche Autos 1945-1990, Band 4. Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-613-02131-5. 
3. ^ Oswald, op. cit., p. 39
4. ^ "Mercedes from Malines". Autocar: pages 14–16. date 19 January 1967. 

• "Mercedes-Benz U.S Models". Hiwaay.net. Archived from the original on November 25, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051125151608/http://home.hiwaay.net/~gbf/mbmodels.html. Retrieved December 1, 2005. 

External links

• http://www.heckflosse.nl/
• 24 Hours Of LeMons People's Choice-Winning 1965 Mercedes-Benz 190