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Mercedes-Benz 190 Automatic (historical test): From Hamburg to Vienna without changing gear

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Created on December 12, 1962

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Heinz Kranz

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Mercedes-Benz 190 c (1963) - mit Rückspiegel auf dem Vorderkotflügel

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Mercedes-Benz 200 (1965) - wurde gerne in Grau bestellt

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Mercedes-Benz 190 c (1965) - vergnüglicher Ausflug

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - in idyllischer Umgebung

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Mercedes Benz 190 (1961) – Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1961

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Mercedes-Benz 190 c (1961) - der Sechszylinderbaureihe angeglichen

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - Heckflossen-Modell W110

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Mercedes-Benz 190 c (1961) - mit Sonderausstattung Nebelscheinwerfer und Rückspiegel auf dem Vorderkotflügel

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Mercedes-Benz 190 c (1961) - Eleganz mit Flossen

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - äusserlich und im Interieur den Sechszylindertypen angeglichen

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - die kleine Heckflosse - Modell 1961 erkennbar an den Rückspiegeln auf dem Vorderkotflügel

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1963) - die kleine Heckflosse auf der Landstrasse

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - Motor M121 mit Fahrschemel

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Mercedes-Benz 190 c (1962) - Blick ins Cockpit der handgeschalteten Version

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Mercedes-Benz 190 c (1959) - Unfallversuch mit 55 km/h auf ein 17 Tonnen schweres Hindernis mit Testdummies und Sandsäcken

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Summary

"The automatic knows everything, can do everything and does everything the driver wants." This is how the automatic transmission of the Mercedes 190 Automatic could be described in 1962. Daimler-Benz's in-house design was more complex, but also much better than anything else on the market. The magazine 'hobby' wanted to know exactly and tested the 190 Automatic, the results are reproduced in the refreshed original text and illustrated with historical pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Not recognizable from the outside
We wanted to know exactly...
How does the automatic work?
All gears in the gas pedal pedal
In-house development for high demands
Technical profile

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Oil in the clutch is either the worst or the best thing that can happen to a driver. It all depends on the type of clutch. There was so much oil in the clutch of the car we had just driven that we had to do without using it altogether. What's more, the car didn't even have a clutch pedal. What was the point? The most comfortable way to drive is with the gas pedal and brake, the left foot has a break. But so does the right hand. Sensible people leave the shifting to an automatic machine. The machine knows everything, can do everything and does everything the driver wants. It does not displace people from their command post, but helps them to drive better. Of course, not all automatic machines are the same: Even if the driver of a Daffodil practically needs as little clutching and shifting as the driver of a Cadillac, the Cadillac Hydramatic would move the little car as little as the V-belt automatic would move the big one. So a suitable automatic had to be found for the 190 as well.

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