Why The Mercedes W201 190E 16V Is a Motorsport Icon

In this video, I go over the Mercedes 190E 16V W201 cars from the 2.3-16 to the 2.5-16 evolution 2 as well as their Cosworth developed engines and AMG DTM racing history. I briefly cover the performance, model year changes, and the unique 190E 16V story over the years. Then, I provide a short buyer's guide to the 190E 16V cars.
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00:00 The 190E 16V Story
12:21 Buyer's Guide

[@AMGmeister]

Enjoyed this video on the 190E? Check out my new video on the R129 SL models: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bomYe3-NjahlpKc

[@michaelj7069]

The 190 E was my dream car as a teenager. Some would say I was a different kid. Yes but one with taste.

[@jvm77]

Well said, I own a red 1991 190E 2.6 and I have the best taste ever!

[@BenAfflock96]

Its still my dream car xD my family had W123 when I was a kid. I'm gonna buy this beauty one day lol

[@kaffebnnen4475]

I just bought one like 2 weeks at 18 years old, i have been working since i was 15 to be able to afford it..

[@simonfrost7561]

Remember seeing a Evo 2 at a dealer storage area when the came out and wanted an 190e ever since

[@high5compliments45]

The 190E 2.3 16v was my first and best Mercedes ever,back in 2006

[@sylvantieger4981]

I owned a 190 E 2.3.16V and they were only made in 1986 and 87 and my 1987 had the head lamp wipers the car SUCKED constantly needed repairs and was terrible in the rain with it rear wheel drive It cost me $43,000+ in 1987

[@00xxsorenxx00]

@@sylvantieger4981 only conclusion: YOU sucked

[@allu2681]

I'm very proud to have one as my first car

[@supergizmo]

Fun fact about the evo2 wing. BMW said "if that rear wing works, we are going to redesign our windtunnel" wich they eventually did.

[@GWise]

Such a well prepared material. Lots of effort and attention to details. Very engaging like always👏

[@karlopuma170]

Just started my 2.3 16 yesterday. First start of the year. Waiting for summer 😀

[@deweberis2709]

The MB 190E was the car that saved Mercedes. Back then the Merced Limos were used as Taxis in Germany and the old demographics of Merc buyers caused a red alert. Absent from Motorports since the Hammer, the 190E renewed the image for the Baby Boomer generation. The high volume of the 190E sales helped to rocked the revenue, but also dilute the fixed cost of the factory, for all models. And despite being more compact than the Limos 280, the front seats had the same space/ergonomics of its rich cousins.

[@deweberis2709]

This car is really special and intertwines the careers of several racing legends. The Nurburgring race caused the first encounter of Senna and Prost, when Alain was asked to pick the new British F3 hotshot at the airport. Then Schumacher as a rookie also raced the Karscher AMG 190Evo in DTM... and caused a controversial crash when he cut crossed the grass to crash into BMW M3 of Johnny Cecotto.

[@dillanshanmugam8990]

I underestimated this car b/c it was "only 170hp" I did not have enough skill to drive this machine. I crashed it :(

[@Yartin]

I've never clicked on a video so fast

[@wolfgangezeh2221]

Yay! Happy to be here, been waiting for another of your well-crafted presentations.

[@kunionaruse1430]

Love this car, I've been looking for a 2.5 in Europe and Japan to bring it to the US. hopefully one day I'll have the pleasure to drive one of these cars. I love the video and the content, very well done.

[@AMGmeister]

Correction at 4:25 - Stirling Moss was not an F1 Championship winner. However, he is still one of the most important drivers in Mercedes' racing history. Other Champions who drove in the race included Keke Rosberg, Alan Jones, James Hunt, and Jody Scheckter.

[@veg776543]

When I was young in the 80s, the E30 M3 and the Mercedes 2.3-16V were on my dream list everyday.

[@shamil808]

Literally been waiting for this one! What beautiful cars. Another video you knocked out the park.

[@MegaAbelt]

Thanks for this very nice Video. Iam from Germany and a owner of 1984 2.3-16. it is a pleasure for me too see that this beautiful car also outside from Germany is getting the attention which it deserves. There is only one important thing I want to add: The Mercedes Benz 190 2.3-16 is still holding the Speed world records for the distances 25.000 km 25.000 Miles 50.000 km Driving nonstop over 8 days with an average speed of 247,9 km/h. This world record was set in August 1983, just a few weeks before launching.

[@fabianherrmann6398]

Beautiful car and you present it in an fitting, elegant manner. It shows how good the platform and design really is considering the range of applications this could fulfill. And it just looks so good doing it. A truly timeless classic even just considering the base model.

[@JustinsSupercars]

We have an EVO 2 in the workshop with 50.000km. It’s a customer car that gets driven regularly. It’s in pristine condition!

[@Modly1991]

Take care of it!

[@high5compliments45]

@@Modly1991 no,he has to steal it so he will become rich😂

[@mohamedbhamjee1856]

Ok it must be said by far the best ever presented on the 190e

[@flyingtigerdevelopmentmerc333]

Thanks again for including some of our cars in your videos again. The Silver Arrow racecar that we build to the championship win was backed by Mercedes-Benz Canada. The construction was based loosely on Generation One DTM cars. Obviously, there are only few Mercedes-Benz that has ever build outside of Mercedes-Benz and AMG has won championships. The Evo-II was from Japan. The owner of the time you took those shots brought the car to Hong Kong for my brother to restore before shipping to Vancouver.

[@adriancernat4372]

I drive ocasionally my car , a fully restored 2.3 clasic 136 hp 1989 190E W201 Nautical blue exterior and brasil brown interior. ....and I love it. !!!!

[@trimb42]

Another great video production. Thank you

[@michaelajayi]

You NEVER disappoint my friend 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾

[@dinispaulino7512]

Legendary machine! As a proud owner of a W124 300D, I hope I can have the pleasure of having one of these as well, some day... Fantastic video, as always!!!

[@mercedes_nuts]

W124s are beautiful, I'd love to get one some day. Especially a diesel, that thing has bulletproof reliability. But I am more than satisfied with my W210 E320 for the time being.

[@emidiojoao9333]

Man!!! This is a beautiful and fantastic car! 😍 I use to dream about it when they come out... and I still dream about it today!!! It will be a privilege owning or driving one someday 😍👌👌😁😎🙏🏽 thanks for the review! Nice video and info... Cheers from Portugal👍 😎

[@MS-es9hm]

superb content and presentation as always. thank you

[@rickymartinis8530]

what a beautiful car mercedes 190 is everlasting love

[@rorybailey3279]

How cool was that slow-mo of the 190 racing great video

[@angeloparedes7984]

Love the work you do! I would be amazed to see a W202 video!!!

[@VJDM]

incredibly well done man! awesome work

[@KunaevNS]

What a great video! Thank you very much for making it.

[@theconfortibrothers2827]

Amazing video and very informational! We love our 16V!

[@raw-amg4396]

My favourite ever car

[@mohmoudfarah1897]

Informative; thank you for sharing it with us.

[@kj-mu5wt]

important and interesting information about w201, great video

[@bernardwarr4187]

Very interesting video. It’s incredible clean Evo 2 command fantastic money and are clearly one of the most desirable Mercedes cars of this time

[@retroactivrestoration1572]

Well you missed one important E190, The BRABUS 190 2.316 TURBO a unicorn among e190 , only 8 cars ever existed. I don't know how many survived but one of dose 8, is in under full reatoration at my shop. We had a few e190 2.3' over the years but I tell you this one is a monster!

[@Modly1991]

Nice job! Can't wait for w124, w140 and w210!

[@GREYHOUND1874]

thank you..love your videos..best wishes from Edinburgh, Scotland...

[@jeffreynolds3848]

AMGmeister - lovely post and very informative. As a '88 BMW 325 Sport owner, in '96 l bought my wife a '93 190E 2.6AMG Sportline auto, and always wondered about the 4 cyl 16v, much as we both loved small in-line 6's...

[@dillanshanmugam8990]

driving a inline 6 makes for a comfortable drive. Driving the 4 cylinder 16v makes your heart race b/c you need to keep it above 4k rpm for any power. It is like a pack of killer bees in the engine bay the whole drive!

[@merveilles3599]

The 190 is the best Mercedes ever made so far !!!

[@vono4412]

Thank you for this!

[@cuteguy9358]

Such a timeless look & such a classic body style. These cars will (always) be in style.

[@lseguel]

Excellent video!

[@daleedwards9643]

Great video and info

[@garyuppal]

I owned a smoke silver 2.3 16v manual. Amazing car all around !

[@johnlam4470]

One of my favorites as a kid growing up.

[@JavierCR25]

Great video!!!

[@asdeEducation]

Thank you for this educational video!

[@Anzikidd]

Love these videos!

[@thetumanshow]

Awesome video. Thank you

[@2vicious115]

I paid 1600 for my first 190e. Loved it. I am trying to find another while clinging to my 82 300 td and my manual c240

[@brianlarkin9160]

Hi from Ireland there's a 1987 2.6 straight 6 in my local scrap yard I saw yesterday in burgundy the guy was busy so I'll try him again later it's quite rare in Ireland as most 190s are diesel cars used by taxi drivers due to fuel efficiency and compact for rural Irish roads

[@nawzy202]

The way I see 190e is domination in DTM together with cosworth is just epic. Everytime I see 190e Evo 2 makes me wish I was rich so I could afford one

[@high5compliments45]

I sold mine back in the days for 1500 euro...😢🥺

[@MercedesTech]

When I met Jason Camisa at Legends of the Autobahn and RADwood, he told me the difference in driving experience between the 2.3-16/ 2.5-16 and Evo 1 + Evo 2 is negligible. Love all of them but makes me proud to own one knowing I’m probably not missing out on much in terms of a NA 2.3-16 and a legit Evo 2 besides about 400 grand cost and some extra visuals.

[@davidsimmons1603]

I was a proud owner of 3 different 16v through out the 80s and 90s. Kick my self in the butt for not at least keeping one of them.

[@doca8792]

Nice video, informative. I got lucky. Found a Euro model with 33k miles, automatic. Swapped in a 5-speed. Car is like new, and this way, I know it couldn’t have been abused having been an automatic.

[@thatdriftboy_4619]

My grandpa has a red 2.5 16v and its my absolute dream car, i got a 1.8 for my first car as i couldnt afford a 16v, but still a cool car

[@pervertt]

Modern Mercedes Benz cars leave me cold. The 190E harks back to a time when MB values like over-engineering stood for something and the AMG badge wasn't plastered over mediocre cars. And Bruno Sacco did a wonderful job with this design, which still looks well proportioned and elegant despite the passage of 35 years.

[@jamisonz3365]

The quality is insane！ Thank you. Is there any possibility you do the CL63/65(C216 generation), ML55/63/GLE63s and the W218 CLS63? These are my favorite AMGs but it's so hard to find the production and sales numbers.

[@Kev27RS]

Top Video! 👏

[@brahimbb5115]

you have a wonderful KZbin channel and beautiful information ..can you talk about the lagged mercedes sec 500 and 550 ..thank you so much

[@chrishayes5755]

love this car. also the older sl500 are great too!

[@eroche913]

Such a handsome timeless design

[@OneManOnFire]

Watching this as a 190e owner

[@jamienat.1943]

Lovely. Hard to find any of these down in Aus!

[@wasimhanif6145]

Amazing car always wanted one 2.3 16 v amazing just a real wonderful car to drive and use with history that will always be historic from Sena to DTM…. If you can buy one get one now only going up in value. True driving classic

[@VINI8231]

Very good big👍🏻 for this information

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Prices are way more now. Expect $25-35K. I had a chance to buy one in 2014 for $4k. It was traded in sitting on a local Ford dealers lot. I should have bought it. 95k miles and a bit rough but totally fixable. Interior was immaculate. Black exterior and dog-leg transmission. I want to kick myself when I think about it.

[@romanjaspe4172]

thanks so much

[@stefandevries9500]

I have oned a 2.3-16 and i sold it for €5K which was really good money at the time. 2 years later i bought a W202 C43 AMG.

[@brunobegic3841]

Correction: all 502 Evolutions were black except the last two which were silver, same goes for Evo 2s Other than that your research is spot on and your video is highly informative. Great job. 👍

[@brahimbb5115]

Iconic

[@danezki]

Can you do a video in future about W202 C-class or C36/C43 AMG? Great vid

[@izzy031096]

Yes please!

[@EdMens]

Great work. Been a fun of your clips. The 190 EVOs are such a classic. I have a set of authentic evo wheels covered in dust in my garage. Let me know if you know of anyone who might be interested.

[@high5compliments45]

Hello,where are you from?

[@high5compliments45]

Im interrested

[@SamuPamu]

the music at 8:17 got me :') Nostalgia hits hard sometimes. Harder when paired with pictures and video classed as softcore porn somewhere

[@jodyestevens9911]

best, most in depth mercedes content out there

[@caput1615]

Bruno Saco! 🔥👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@zzxx33mh]

And.. The added spoilers turn it simple to One of most beautiful sporty compact sedan..

[@jamesgalam6218]

Hey could you please make video on M120 engine or R129

[@HAMLETM3]

I love 190e👍🏽👍🏽

[@jikjakz9144]

I need a 190e

[@mercedes_nuts]

A 190E Evo II might be the only car in the world that I want more than a CLK GTR. I'll probably never even see either :(

[@luiscevallos1268]

good video i have one 190 e senna

[@killerkalleausmkiez1676]

Please what is the Name of the opening music or Jingle. Genious

[@lililiil244]

Could you do a video covering up the Mercedes ML 55 AMG?

[@high5compliments45]

Make also one of the W210 E50 AMG

[@andrewvaldez4255]

Hey man you think soon you could make a difference between the 2003 s55 and the 2006 s65 ! I would love to see the differences in theses two great cars

[@V-tec28]

Old cars are much better then these new ones

[@kamila2356_]

I love my 190E

[@Lucas-ck1po]

The soundtrack at 8:22 denounces you are a 90's-2000's kid ; ) "Cygnus Rift" for the curious ones. It's a preety track from NFS: High Stakes Btw, does anyone know the 80's style track at 10:28?

[@DanielReyes-ut9xi]

Is it normal that the US spec came without the gear configuration of the euro spec?

[@sneekens]

prices now are at the 45-55k usd range.

[@Ledfndr]

No mention of the Nardo record cars?

[@Fade_Lander]

I have a 1992 300CE. this was the car I thought I had lol

[@Sportsmaster222]

Love the Need For Speed Hot Pursuit soundtrack 💪🏿

[@reichiii7973]

The besttt everrr

[@mercedessanbartolomejimene33]

Simplemente maravillosos precioso un cochazo de su epoca que tiempos dinde Mercedes y BMW siempre estaban ay con lo mejor sobre los mejores esa maravillosa revalidad era lo que les hacian hacer lo que hacian estos 190 y los M3 fueron lo mas estéticamente bonitos (para mi bmw esa pinta cuando lo miras de frente arraso en su momento siendo hoy en dia uno de los clasicos mas codiciado) pero en general carroceria motor parecidos al lado de sus rivales eran los reyes lo tenian todo estetica buena comodos motores a la altura eran bueno lo son para mi dos iconos de estas marcas que les marco un camino y de ay no an parado eso si la tegnologia ahora hace que el coche te lleve a ti muy muy diferente a como conduciamos antes tu tenias que llevar el coche y no lo contrario pero bueno

[@jameslittles4998]

My first Tristar was a 1987 in 1988 (190e 16v). Have had multiple AMGs since. None give the joy of that 190e 16v.

[@shahriarislamsoumic4665]

love ya

[@djjspec]

1st gear down baby!