The Mercedes 220
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The 220 W187, launched in 1951, was the first six-cylinder executive Mercedes, introduced after WWII and offered with its cabriolet and coupe versions stunningly beautiful cars. This guide was revised in March 2016 and covers the history of all variations. The car's chassis number and data card are explained in great detail and the exterior and interior color options covered. Like all books by the author it comes superbly illustrated with many recent color photos. If you want to know more about the 220, then you should consider this book.
With over 25 books and e-books written about Mercedes-Benz cars, Bernd S. Koehling has proven to be an authority on the brand. Those books cover cars from the 1947 170V to the 2012 SL R231.
Bernd S. Koehling
With over 25 books and e-books written about Mercedes-Benz cars, Bernd S. Koehling has proven to be an authority on the brand. Those books cover cars from the 1947 170V to the 2012 SL R231. Bernd has been involved in the Mercedes scene since the early 1970s, when he restored his first 170 Cabrio B. Since then he has not only owned many classic Mercedes including a 220S, 300d Adenauer, 200D, 250SE, 280SE coupe 3.5, 300SEL, 350SL, 280E, 450SE, SLK230, he has also gained a wealth of knowledge and experience, which he shares with his readers in his books. Bernd has always considered Mercedes one of his favorite car manufacturers and has driven almost all Mercedes models built since the 1950s. His other weakness revolves around British cars, here especially Jaguar and Alvis. If you would like to know more about Bernd's books or want to read his blog with selected Mercedes stories, why don't you visit his website: benz-books.com
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The Mercedes 220 - Bernd S. Koehling
MERCEDES - BENZ
The Mercedes 220
Sedan, Coupe, Cabriolet A and B W187
1951 – 1955
By Bernd S. Koehling
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2016 Bernd S. Koehling
All rights reserved
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Foreword
The Cars
220 W187 (1951 – 1955)
Developing a six-cylinder executive sedan
The 220 sedan
The cabriolets
The coupe
The OTP and the coachbuilders
The sales performance
Experiencing the 220 sedan
The technical chapters
The chassis number explained
The data card explained
The paint options
The interior choices
Technical specifications
Production history
About the author
One last thing
FOREWORD
First of all I would like to thank you for having purchased this book and I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. It is part of an e-book series that covers all cars produced by Daimler-Benz during the 1950s and 1960s.
The early 1950s were still a time of shortcomings. Electricity, coal and raw materials could still not be supplied as regular as needed. But compared to 1947, the launch of the first Mercedes after the war, it was a vastly different scenario. The Marshall Plan (officially called the European Recovery Program or ERP) and in Germany the currency reform had a huge impact on the restructuring efforts and the general morale of the people. Although in the early 1950s most of the physical manufacturing capability was still not yet rebuilt, the technological capability and skill of the worker and engineer was intact.
Launching in quick succession within a single year the 220, the 300 and 300S was an enormous achievement just six years after the war. Hermann Ahrens, who had designed such masterpieces as the 540K, was in the early years after the war in charge of body styling at Daimler-Benz and as money was still tight, he was forced to live with a design that satisfied the more traditional thinking Mercedes customers, but was fairly outdated when compared with modern ponton designs, which were already available at other European car manufacturers such as Borgward or Rover. Although the 220 is seen today by many as just a warmed-up version of the 170S with a bigger, more modern engine, it was an important model for Daimler-Benz. It secured the niche for executive cars below the luxurious 300 Adenauer and paved the way for the successful 220 ponton models.
Fully revised with more technical photos added, this guide explains in detail the W187’s chassis number and data card and gives an outlook at how the data card evolved towards the early 1960s. Another chapter covers the different paint and interior color options.
If you are interested, this e-book is also available in a printed version as part of the book: MERCEDES-BENZ, The 1950s, Volume 1. It covers next to the 220 the 170V, 170S, 300 Adenauer and the 300S models. Further details can be found on my website.
March 2016
Bernd S. Koehling
MB 220 W187 (1951 – 1954)
MB 220 W187 Cabriolet A (1951 – 1955)
MB 220 W187 Cabriolet B (1951 – 1953)
MB 220 W187 OTP (1952 – 1953)
MB 220 W187 Coupe (1954 – 1955)
Developing a new six-cylinder executive sedan
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