1993 Mercedes-Benz 190-Class Reviews

performance- mediocre, excellent build quality appearance is a bit dated now, fun factor is next to nil...ownership cost is quite good, hadnt had much repairs on it yet....typical post eighties over engineered Benz, though taking its toll on time.

Awesome car. Still does 0-60 in about 7 seconds. Superb exhaust note and great on fuel consumption. Doesn't cost a lot to repair. I paid $1.20 for spark plugs. Car is so fun to drive it could only be better if it were a stickshift.

This is the fourth 190E I've owned. Although this car isn't the one in the picture (that was the one it replaced) it looks almost exactly the same, the only noticable difference being an aftermarket Avantgarde grille.

The last one went to the scrap yard purely because some idiot brakedown mechanic fitted the wrong ignition coil which caused a shortcircuit that burnt out the wiring loom.

A great thing about these cars is how well they're designed, which means that they are very easy to take apart and put back together. Consequently, having had nothing serious go wrong with the old car other than an electrical fire, I bought another (cheaper, and less well looked after) with the same engine and in the same colour, stripped the old one for any parts that were needed.

Performance and handling are reasonable given the spec, fuel economy is also pretty good (especially compared to the 2.6L version I own!) at around 28-32 MPG around town, to 37-41 MPG for motorway driving.

It's quiet and comfortable, quick enough in the city, though the 2.6L version really is much better for motorway driving.

We bought this used in 1998 to replace Judy's Sable for about $22,000 with 30,000 miles on it.  It is Silver with a cream interior.  It's the straight 6 2.6L with Auto Trans.  Pretty decent power (154 HP) but I have never put the throttle down on this thing for any length of time.  It has had problems to the tune of about $3000 so far(we only have only put about 50,000 miles on it in 10 years).  The AIR is gone and only the speakers on the left work???  Have also had two problems with the power windows.

Great car quick, smooth and roomy