Bam! Mint sold another one – First Salvo: ’86 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3 16V Cosworth
Just in! We received an email from a reader who just alerted us to his purchase of this 16V Mercedes. Congrats to Andrew and hopefully a story will follow.
Jimmy Carter gets the blame for a lot of things but you might want to tip your hat towards Plains, Georgia for this one. The unassuming jewel of a Mercedes-Benz, the 190E 2.3 16 Valve, was engineered in response to Carter’s threat to increase fuel economy and emissions standards to ridiculous levels. The skunkwerks at M-B called the folks in Northampton England at Cosworth Engineering to come up with a killer, fuel-efficient engine to put into their 190E body. The results were spectacular. Read More