I suppose we could call the pre 124 compact models T (for taxi) class:-)
Is it true that the S in S class stands for snob (or was it scheisse)?
Hendrik
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From: "Alex Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 9th generation S-class...
On 2/8/06, Hendrik Riessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I could argue that only since
the class system was truly introduce in 94 can a big merc be called an S
class.
I know the term "S-class" was commonplace (or at least became commonplace)
sometime during the lifetime of the 126, though I don't have any handy way
of proving it---it's just something I remember from '80s car magazines.
The
rest of the letter-based class system was definitely an invention of the
Mercedes marketing department for the 1994 model year, though. I snicker
whenever anyone refers to a 123 as an E-class. (Although that's not as
bad
as when people refer to a "300" or "500" Mercedes, etc., as if that means
anything without the letters. Isn't eBay's category system still set up
that way---as if the numbers indicated a chassis like they do with BMWs?)
Alex Chamberlain
'87 300D Turbo
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