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Mercedes-Benz 190

🇩🇪 Germany ·1955–1994· sedan / convertible

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base stats

  • power 192 hptop version
  • efficiency 155 g CO₂/kmcleanest version
  • popularity 4,000 in NL#331 most common
  • weight 1,240 kgaverage, ready to drive

Bars compare against all cars: 600 hp, 0 g CO₂, 400k registrations, €150k.

what the fuel types mean

  • petrol Cheapest to buy, simple, but fuel is expensive in NL.
  • diesel Frugal on long trips, but NL road tax is much higher and city bans are growing.
  • LPG Runs on autogas (cheap fuel) via a conversion; extra road tax in NL.

spec sheet

built
1955–1994
body
sedan, convertible
engine
1.8 L–2.6 L
cylinders
4–6
turbo
some versions
power
54–192 hp
drive
rear-wheel drive
gearbox
automatic, manual
seats
5
doors
4
weight
1,240 kg
fuel use
7.2 L/100 km
CO₂
155–171 g/km
US rating
17–30 mpg
EV range
—
US size class
Compact Cars, Subcompact Cars
avg new price NL
—

Ranges cover every version ever sold. Blank means the sources don't say.

🇳🇱 on Dutch roads

4,000 are registered in the Netherlands today, #331 of all models. Most common build year: 1986 (776 cars).

19551994

Cars still registered, by year of first registration (RDW).

names it's registered under (25)
  • 190 E 1,004
  • 190 D 805
  • 190 739
  • 190 SL 417
  • 190 D 2.5 249
  • 190 E 2.3-16 134
  • 190 E 2.0 U9 104
  • 190 E 1.8 U9 92
  • 190 E 1.8 89
  • 190 E 2.3 72
  • 190 U9 50
  • 190 K6 47
  • 190 E 2.3 U9 40
  • 190 E 2.6 32
  • 190 E 2.3 K6 19
  • 190 D 2.5 Turbo 18
  • 190 C 18
  • 190 D Oxykat 13
  • 190 E 2.6 U9 13
  • 190 D 2.5 Oxykat 10
  • 190 SL Cabriolet 10
  • 190 E 2.5-16 U9 7
  • 190 B 7
  • 190 SL Roadster 6
  • 190 E 2.0 5

🇺🇸 US versions (52)

Every version the EPA tested, model years 1984–1993. mpg is combined; L/100 km converted.

yearversionenginegearboxdrivefuelmpgL/100
1993190E 2.32.3 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1993190E 2.32.3 L 4 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2111.2
1993190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1993190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1992190E 2.32.3 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1992190E 2.32.3 L 4 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2111.2
1992190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1992190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1991190E2.0 L 4 cylManual 4-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1991190E2.0 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDRegular1713.8
1991190E 2.32.3 L 4 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2111.2
1991190E 2.32.3 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium2111.2
1991190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium1912.4
1991190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1990190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1990190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium1813.1
1989190D 2.52.5 L 5 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDDiesel278.7
1989190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium1912.4
1989190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1988190D 2.52.5 L 5 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDDiesel288.4
1988190E 2.32.3 L 4 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium2011.8
1988190E 2.32.3 L 4 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium2111.2
1988190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDPremium1912.4
1988190E 2.62.6 L 6 cylManual 5-spdRWDPremium1912.4
1987190D 2.52.5 L 5 cylAutomatic 4-spdRWDDiesel288.4

Sources: RDW open data, fueleconomy.gov.Updated 2026-10-24.

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