Where did the 'S' come from?

[hawk20]

Calling an E class an S seems rather pretentious to me. What would you call an S class if they made an estate version? An SS220? Ssurely not.

You are confusing the series nomenclature with the model designation. The 211 series estate is the S211. The model name is the E class.

If the S class had an estate version (I would get one!). It would be the 221 series estate (S221) and the model name would be the S class. Simple really.

 

[ringway]

I order parts in work directly off Mercedes Ireland, they use W and S to differentiate between Saloons and Estates.

I'll change my details again by adding the letter "S".

 

[SilverSaloon]

watch out or i'll even post a picture of a caravan.

 

[Druk]

watch out or i'll even post a picture of a caravan.

Not a twin wheeler being reversed into a space by a green S124 by any chance?

 

[SilverSaloon]

Not a twin wheeler being reversed into a space by a green S124 by any chance?

lol, new pics coming this season

 

[Robbie T]

I haven't read the whole thread, frankly i can't be bothered, so it it may have already been answered and/or i may be wasting my breath, but:

W= Saloon
S= Estate
V= LWB
C= Coupe
R= Roadster
A= Convertible (when available as a coupe also)
X= Additional model to exisiting range already in production or special model e.g X164 GL or X199 SLR Stirling Moss

Hope this helps

 

[jasonyw]

Does this answer all your questions?

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[wemorgan]

I see a lot of references on here to the S211. Where does that come from?

Does this answer all your questions?

Template:Mercedes-Benz vehicles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nope

 

[jasonyw]

Dont worry about it, just try to sleep well tonight.

 

[RBYCC]

I haven't read the whole thread, frankly i can't be bothered, so it it may have already been answered and/or i may be wasting my breath, but:

W= Saloon
S= Estate
V= LWB
C= Coupe
R= Roadster
A= Convertible (when available as a coupe also)
X= Additional model to exisiting range already in production or special model e.g X164 GL or X199 SLR Stirling Moss

Hope this helps

Excellent and concise, but applicable to post 1972 vehicles...

( i.e. 1971 280SL = W113, not R113 )

Ed A.

 

[lextalionis]

This is a confusing thread (for me as a newbie; is it "S" for "Estate" or more likey - may I suggest - "Station Wagon" and "W" for just "Wagon" = "Saloon") which I find strangly similar to the confusion I first suffered by the auto box switch marked "S" and "W"! I wrongly thought "S" meant "Sports" until I read the owners manuals saying "Winter" and "Summer". I am hoping the "John & Jill" type manual will tell me "C" and "H" means that it's cold when I have the window open - or failing that the manual advice might be: "take it to a Mercedes dealer".

Notwithstading; loving the car so far, that's my S210 estate.

 

[LESTAYLOR]

What was the question again?

 

[renault12ts]

This is a confusing thread (for me as a newbie; is it "S" for "Estate" or more likey - may I suggest - "Station Wagon" and "W" for just "Wagon" = "Saloon") which I find strangly similar to the confusion I first suffered by the auto box switch marked "S" and "W"! I wrongly thought "S" meant "Sports" until I read the owners manuals saying "Winter" and "Summer". I am hoping the "John & Jill" type manual will tell me "C" and "H" means that it's cold when I have the window open - or failing that the manual advice might be: "take it to a Mercedes dealer".

Notwithstading; loving the car so far, that's my S210 estate.

Funny that, in my manual it says W = winter and S = standard.

 

[lextalionis]

Clever Clogs

Funny that, in my manual it says W = winter and S = standard.

Very astute of you to notice. My apologies if I offended, I was attempting comic effect which apparently was missunderstood.

I think I'll be leaving now thank you.

 

[renault12ts]

Very astute of you to notice. My apologies if I offended, I was attempting comic effect which apparently was missunderstood.

I think I'll be leaving now thank you.

I don't think I missed anything here. You said your manual says "summer", that's what surprised me, because mine says "standard". Not being clever just expressing surprise. So, does your manual say summer or standard?

 

[219]

Going by some of the above , someone with a long wheelbase , E Class , estate or touring could have a V E S T !

If it was a special , even longer version , with extra doors , it could be a Pullman , E Class , estate , touring or P E S T !

Actually , all of the above is unneccessary and Mercedes-Benz chassis numbers have always ( even before they started being called VIN numbers ) contained full information about the vehicle to a level of detail that goes over the heads of most customers . Engine numbers , too , can tell quite a story about the vehicle they are associated with .