Pablo
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Registered: 3rd Feb 03
Location: Milton Keynes
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Bitch
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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These cars are ace what you all moaning about 
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corb
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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My mate used to have a white 190E which he converted to a cossie, but was having trouble with the rear diff on it, so sold it and bought a silver one instead. I think it looks really smart. That black one makes it look longer than they actually are.
They built 2 versions, one with a 2.5 lump and one with a 2.3 .
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Phil Hall
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
Location: Belfast
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In 1979 Mercedes Benz had decided to taking part in motor sport again, this time Mercedes wanted to go rally racing. They needed to get the most out of there little engine and car so that it would be able to compete against the more established names so they turned to Cosworth Engineering. Cosworth came up with a 2.3 litre 16 valve engine and in 1983 the 2.3 16V was launched. The original car produced 177 bhp which was 55 bhp more then the standard car. The top speed of this car was 141 mph, the car came as a rear wheel drive. The plans for rally racing were abandoned by Mercedes as four wheel drive was the norm now. In 1988 the 2.5 litre version was launched costing £38, 272. Although Mercedes did not take part in rally racing they did enter the cars in DTM racing which is the German equivalent to the British touring cars, the cars were entered under the AMG name of Mercedes who now controlled the engineering of the 190 E 2.5 16V. In total the 190 E won 50 races in DTM racing and with this winning numerous DTM titles. The 190 E was designed to increase sales with a small car without compromising quality or image of the Mercedes Benz brand. The 190 E was a very successful car. Mercedes also developed limited edition homologated version of the 2. 5 16V, it was known as the Evo 2. Mercedes only made 502 Evo 2. The main difference between the standard Cosworth 2. 5 model and the Evo 2 is the flared wheel arches and huge rear spoiler.
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IntaCepta
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Mill Hill East, Greater London
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my cousin's husband has this car,
always brings it to my grans house at gatherings and shit.
all i saw was the corsworth badge on the back, and thought wtf, what a dopey sod.
Didn't wanna ask him anything incase I'd embarase him, and it turns out they do have them!
but he could have just stuck the badge on as it looks like pretty much like any other merc, with evo wheels.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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my uncle owns the 190 2.3. Its bloody fast. Showed me the engine bay and sure enough there was Cosworth stamped on the head, as well as on the boot. Its black with cream leather interior.
Dave
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
Location: Common Sense HQ
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my old boss back in belfast had one of the Evo2 Merc's with a set of factory 17's on it, this was back in 2000
it was an amazing looking car
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