[W126 Coupe] Re: Another Notch in the Lipstick Case

[Steve Nervig]

On Aug 10, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Ellen Ruck wrote:

>
> Steve:  You were the only person I could think of that also has a  
> Sport Line.  Saw a fact somewhere, only 10% were ever built that  
> way.  Mine does not have the SL badges on the body cladding but I  
> know what you are talking about.....I was thinking of getting a  
> pair of Avantgarde badges from the UK. LadyBenz does have smaller  
> leather sport steering wheel , W124 style rims, SL shift knob, and  
> all power features.  I was able to obtain an original Limited  
> Edition sales brochure that will soon tell me the rest of the  
> mystery.  Fortunately she was owned and driven by a lady nonsmoker  
> who worked for Mercedes-Benz, so everything inside is near perfect  
> w/o even a wrinkle to the leather seats.  It also came with a  
> remote starter and valet alarm, a nice bonus.
>
> David:  Are you breathing normal yet?  The Queen of Stock has  
> caused some Shock?  This was a self chosen birthday  
> present......getting a little more racy in my "old" age! You've  
> heard of Chanel No. 5?  This is Benz-0 No. 10.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Star Cruiser
>
Sounds like a beauty, Ellen. The 10% figure has been bandied about  
quite often, but I have come to believe that it is way too high. For  
example, there were more than 2.7 million W124 models produced  
worldwide. At 10%, that would mean that there are nearly 300,000  
Sportlines W124s driving around. I doubt that figure is even close. A  
more realistic figure is 2 to 3%. We probably will never know exactly  
because MB do not release any data on production figures of options.

Your situation is a bit different, because MB has published the  
figure of exactly 700 US sales of the '93 190E 2.6 Limited Edition.

By the way, the Sportline badges found on the front quarter panels,  
were available from MB as of Jan 2004 for $16 each. The number is 201  
817 13 20  BADGE, SPORTLINE. I'd hesitate to put it on your car,  
though, unless it was normally installed.

The availability of the badges have led a lot of people to put them  
on non-Sportline cars.

Regards,
Steve


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