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Mercedes-Benz 190 D - Diesel without mountain complexes

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Created on February 15, 1962

Reading time 8min

Written by:

Hans Günther Wolf

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - mit geräumigem Kofferraum mit 640 Liter Volumen - auch für grosses Reisegepäck

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1962) - ideal für die Winterüberquerung der Alpen

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1962) - auf der Via Appia Antica fühlrt sich der 190 D wie zu Hause

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1962) - kurze Rast vor dem Aufstieg auf den 2000 m hohen Julier-Pass

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - äusserlich sehr ähnlich zu den "grösseren" Modellen

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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 (1961) - äusserlich und im Interieur den Sechszylindertypen angeglichen

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Mercedes-Benz 200 (1966) - kaum vom Vorgänger zu unterscheiden

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - der Traum des aufstrebenden Angestellten oder des erfolgreichen Kleinunternehmers

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - Die Vorderansicht unterschied sich vor allem im Bereich der Scheinwerfer von der "höheren" S-Klasse

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - Verzylinder-Mittelklasse mit Höchstmass an innerer Sicherheit und Fahrkomfort

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1964) - PKW-Montage in der Halle 9

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - bequemer Einstieg

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - Interieur eines Taxis

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1962) - das Armaturenbrett war in den verschiedenen Typen sehr ähnlich

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - Blick in den Motorraum der Benzinversion

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - Blick in den Motorraum der Dieselversion

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Mercedes-Benz 200 D (1965) - Dieselmotor der kleinen Baureihe

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - der neue Dieselmotor mit 1'988 cm3 Hubraum leistet 55 PS bei 4'200 U/min

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - Durchsichtszeichnung - Längsschnitt des Motors

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - Durchsichtszeichnung - Querschnitt des Motors

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - Eingelenk-Pendelachse mit tiefliegendem Drehpunkt und Ausgleichsfeder in Achsmitte

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Mercedes-Benz 190 D (1961) - Heckpartie mit Flosse und Typenbezeichnung

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - Rückspiegel auf dem Vorderkotflügel - elegante Türverkleidungen

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - Interieur hinten mit Rückbank

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Mercedes-Benz 190 (1961) - die Rundscheinwerfer der Mittelklasse-Limousine

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Summary

The magazine 'hobby' wanted to know exactly: Does a diesel have to be lazy in the mountains? To answer this question, the Mercedes-Benz 190 D was put to the test on wintry Alpine passes in 1962. The account of the experiences is as entertaining as it is impressive. And the Mercedes passed the test with flying colors. This article edits the test report of the time and supplements the few pictures with extensive archive material.

This article contains the following chapters

Challenge on a wintry mountain
On the road with ice tires
Uphill and downhill
Advantages and disadvantages of ice tires
Great progress compared to the 170 D
You can also drive quickly with diesel
Lots of overtaking potential
Also suitable for the 'weaker sex'
Economical
Reliable starter
Bombastic acceleration
The test results at a glance

Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

If a car is to be tested primarily for its hill climbing ability and safety, it is probably still not a bad idea to juggle it through a city with heavy traffic and steep gradients as soon as you receive it (at mileage 20,986). Then you know exactly what the vehicle, occupied by two people but made up to four 'occupants' by two additional sandbags, will consume in the worst case. In this way, the Mercedes-Benz 190 D covers 287 real city kilometers on 29.1 liters, giving an average 100-km consumption of 10.1 liters. Something like this must have upset a 'mixed test double', which had achieved an average city consumption of 6.8 liters in similar experiments with the old 170 D in the early 1950s.

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