The first generation Mercedes C-Class W202 is 30 years old as well as is currently classified as a youngtimer. In 2023 the sporty Mercedes C 36 AMG will certainly transform 30 as well as will additionally receive youngtimer condition.

A model comes to be a timeless (youngtimer classification) three decades after its launch. In many nations around the world, classic cars take pleasure in certain tax obligation breaks. Yet beyond that, youngtimer versions have actually come to be progressively eye-catching to consumers. In Germany, for example, just 146,169 classic automobiles were registered in 2006 and also there are currently no less than 648,365.

In May 1993, Mercedes released the new mid-class limousine, the successor to the 190 (W201). It was the first design to bear the name C-Class. Mercedes premiered the initial turbodiesel engine with common-rail innovation in the C-Class W202 in autumn 1997.
Additionally in March 1996, Mercedes released a station wagon variation for the first time in the C-Class variety that offered a freight volume of approximately 1510 litres.

All Mercedes C-Class W201 versions had gas shot engines: 4-cylinder C 180 (1.8 l/120 hp), C 200 (2.0 l/130 hp), C 220 (2.2 l/150 CP, changed in 1996 by C 230 with 2.3 l and also the exact same output), V6 C 240 (2.4 l/170 hp) as well as 6 inline C 280 (2.8 l/193 hp, changed in 1997 with the v6 with the very same displacement). The variety also included 2 designs supercharged with mecanical compressor that were more dynamic but taken in more fuel: C 200 Kompressor (2 l/180 hp, 192 hp after 1996) and also C 230 Kompressor (2.3 l/193 hp).

Three normally aspirated diesel engines were supplied at the 1993 launch: C 200 diesel (2 l/75 hp, 88 hp after 1996), C 220 (2.2 l/95 hp) as well as C 250 diesel (5 cyndrical tube inline, 2.5 l/113 hp). In 1997, Mercedes presented commonrail technology on the OM611 diesel. Hence, the new C 200 CDI creates 102 hp and also the C 220 CDI 125 hp.

In September 2023, the AMG variation of the C-Class will likewise get classic car condition. Offered in September 1993 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the C 36 AMG was the initial design to be jointly created by Mercedes-Benz as well as AMG, a company established in 1967.

The Mercedes C 36 AMG was not created as an AMG design. It was actually a C 280 that was dismantled at the AMG plant in Affalterbach where the AMG engine, exhaust, suspension, brakes and also a great stylish body package were fitted. The 3.6-litre inline 6-cylinder engine created 280 hp and was put together by hand. The engine was mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission as well as sped up from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.1 secs, with a full throttle of 250 km/h.

Till 1997 when it was replaced by the C 43 AMG, the C 36 AMG was sold 5221 times. Its follower, the Mercedes C 43 AMG, was the first AMG design to be made from the beginning as an AMG design as well as set up in the Mercedes manufacturing facility.

On the classifieds websites, Mercedes C 36 AMG designs in good condition are located for costs between 15,000 and 36,000 euros. It is already a wonderfully valued collector’s automobile and also from following year it additionally gets vintage car status in the youngtimer classification.