Benze, farm and flowers - A visit to "Benzgirl" Nina Müller
Summary
Deep down in the southern Allgäu, Nina Müller collects, maintains and looks after five Mercedes-Benz 190 E models with dedication. She also carries out major repairs and minor restorations in her workshop at home. Our portrait describes how the young woman found her way into screwdriving and why she chose this particular model.
This article contains the following chapters
- How it all began
- How it went on
- Now the collection is complete
Estimated reading time: 6min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Working for zwischengas.com means that you always come across fascinating people, often collectors of classic cars. Nina Müller from Rosshaupten in the Allgäu region, born in 1998, is one such person. She is a trained gardener and lives with her parents on a 400-year-old farm with 27 dairy cows. In addition to her job, she has been actively supporting her parents on the farm for several years. And then there are her cars, which we will be talking about here. We meet on a cool but sunny Sunday morning. Their five cars are already gleaming in the sun outside the courtyard. They are all saloons from the Mercedes-Benz W 201 series, which was offered by the manufacturer as the "190 or 190 E" at the time, but is now usually called the "Babybenz". The designation "C-Class" only came with the successor model. The cars were built between 1991 and 1993, so they are all classic cars. They are all painted in different colors and - with one exception - have a 1.8-liter engine. Only one of the cars is equipped with an automatic gearbox.
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