w215 w124

[keyi]

im new to merc has youd all know if youv read my other posts. im trying to learn! Ive been reading some posts on here and keep seeing things like w215 w124 to name just a couple and i dont know what it means could someone explain please? many thanks

 

[jamesfuller]

There is a long list, to put it simply, its a way of identifying a particular shape/generation of car.
If I say I have an S class it could be made in the 1970's or 2014. I would say I have a W126 as this then shows what shape it is, give or take a facelift.

A w124 is the traditional E class of the 80's and 90's and its the shape I think of first when someone says Mercedes.

I'm sure there is a huge list of the numbers somewhere and someone will post a link soon.

 

[keyi]

oh right ok, wouldnt it be easier just to say c200 61 plate? lol like i said im new to mercs

cheers jamesfuller

 

[jamesfuller]

Yeah, its not a secret handshake to get into the club in all honesty I havent got a clue after about 2001 what they all are.

 

[219]

oh right ok, wouldnt it be easier just to say c200 61 plate? lol like i said im new to mercs

cheers jamesfuller

Unfortunately , no.

During changeover years that wouldn't tell you which model it was , then you have late registrations - as an example the W124 was made ( in Europe ) from around 1986 to around 1996 , give or take a year or so . However they continued to be assembled in India for a few years beyond and some were shipped back here as we are a RHD market . I had a 1999 registered W124 on a S plate , and there were others registered as late as '51 plates . Going by the model designation and year alone , most would presume the vehicle to be the W210 , which was the successor to the W124 .

Then you have imports : I also have a 1957 219 ( W105 ) which came to the UK in 1964 , hence has a 'B' registration - in that case , the model was not carried over directly to the following generation , the nearest equivalent model being the 230 W110 .

In fact , going back to the 1960's , when cars only wore their type designation badges on the bootlid , and this generally designated the engine size , you could have the same engine in different bodies , hence the Wagen number (W) identified the body type - taking the 230 as an example - you could have the plain 230 which was a six cylinder carb engine in the short nosed body shared with the smaller 4 cylinder cars : this was the W110 ; then you could have the same engine in the larger body and with twin carbs , the 230 S , this body shape was the W111 , above that you had a very similar body with higher spec and only offered with the 3 litre injected engine , the 300SE W112 ; finally , for the 2.3 L , you had an uprated and injected version in the 2 door sports car - the 230SL , which was a W113 . Hence the range of the early sixties comprised four models , with different engine options within each - the W110 , W111 , W112 and W113 - all ran alongside each other and shared years of production .

The Wagen numbers do try to run in sequences , often from the time models are developed rather than actual years of production , and sometimes unused numbers are used later - hence the replacements for the 110-112 Fintails were both the W108/109 for the larger saloons and the 114/115 series for the smaller ones . The successor to the W113 was the 107 sportscar , based on a shortened W116 platform ( this was the successor to the 108/109 , and the first model to be called the S Class - the first model to have an alphabetic type/class designation ) . After the 114/5 models ran their course , they were replaced by the W123 series , which in turn was replaced by the W124 ( the latter being designated E Class at its mid term facelift ) . Since the W125 was a pre war GP car , and the W126 was already the successor to the W116 , the next E Class jumped ahead to W210 . By this time , Mercedes had already introduced a new generation of smaller car , the 190 , designated W201 and reserved a run of numbers for that series - W202 , W203 , W204 and the current W205 have all been known as the C Class . The E Class ranges have been W210 , 211 , 212 and the S Class ranges went from W116 , W126 , W140 , W220 , W221 . The SL series started with the W198 300SL , and its smaller sibling W121 190SL , the two models being replaced by the W113 in 230/250/280SL models , then the R107 ( R designated roadster ) , R129 , R230 and R231 models .

Since my interest is really only in older cars , up to around the 80's models , I haven't bothered to keep up with more recent models , so I will leave that to someone else .

Wiki has good coverage of the various models and typing any Wagen nr in there will bring up a page of good info .

 

[keyi]

Oh my god lol that takes some reading haha. Ill just stick to the year mark and skip the threads that have the w's in the conversation haha

 

[coupe deville]

Hope that's cleared it up for you

 

[keyi]

Ye haha

 

[A-AvantGarde]

Oh my god lol that takes some reading haha. Ill just stick to the year mark and skip the threads that have the w's in the conversation haha

Quite a bit to remember but it helps when looking for parts and searching forums etc. Your 2011 C Class would be known as a W204

Hope this helps...

 

[keyi]

W204 thanks i was wanting to know what it was but didnt ask incase i got more confused lol
Cheers chaps just one more thing then, so if im looking for parts or anything else i need to make sure the part is for a w204

 

[219]

Indeed - your VIN will start with 204 , and the numbers of many parts specific to your car will also start with 204 - except where it is a common part first used on another model , then shared with yours - in which case the part number usually starts with the first three digits of the model it was originally made for . However , it is often possible to tell from this which car a mystery part was made for .

Some generic parts - such as filters , light bulbs , drive belts , nuts & bolts etc may have generic part numbers starting in 00 or 000 etc , signifying that they are not specific to any model .

 

[keyi]

Cheers pontoneer