1993 Mercedes-Benz C280 (W202) - MotorWeek Retro

[@ScubaSteveM45]

I have a '94 C280 I drive it all week long to work and back. Closing in at 300K miles too. I love the W202. I had a 190E 2.6 before it and they ironed out all the trouble spots of the W201 in this car.

[@Matt_from_Florida]

It's slightly funny how revered the 190E is today!

[@dmer-zy3rb]

W202 was/is an awesome car, durable, comfortable, more quiet than a golf 7 (even with a diesel) and good looking. the perfect car for us slightly comfort and quietness starved europeans.

[@ramoncarter6585]

I love these Benz C280s.

[@fernandorocha8459]

I Love Mercedes C220, C280, beautiful and solids and great quality

[@monkeyninjas4life]

Had a c230 Kompressor a few years ago and now came along buying a 99 c280 both bulletproof reliable engines, the c230k was a bit more faster, but the c280 is much smoother to drive, better luxury interior, got magnflow muffler with y pipe, kn filter, Bench Tune, and sprint booster and man city driving and merging in the free way is so fun and peppy.

[@NightSkywalker69]

These are sweet. I love that clean square body. Comfortable on the inside. Beautiful car. 💯

[@fernandorocha901]

Beautiful the Mercedes C280

[@eugenedantser]

There are lots of W202s here, in Armenian Republic.. Always used as taxis due to their durability and convenient shape for city usage.

[@andi4life]

I'm from germany and i can actually see much more of the older Mercedes 190 here today than this W202 C-class. The Mercedes 190 had much better build quality.

[@DrCharlesMontague]

These were great cars. They looked good, still had Mercedes solidity, had modern safety features, and they would last almost forever with care.

[@jmin8400]

This was late to market, as was the 1996 E-Class. Not sure how MB cut costs on these, yet still took 7 years to release them. John is wrong about "40 months" to develop, as the W202 began development in October 1986 and that's 7 years later in 1993, not 40 months. MB finished the design work in 1989, so that makes more sense against production start in May 1993.

[@thewiseguy3529]

This engine would do good in an SUV.

[@nwezetx1]

Cost cutting joke, but not as bad as the W210 E

[@dmer-zy3rb]

maybe it was good, sensible cost cutting then because the w202 had alot of things going for it including durability.