Tuesday 21st December 2010

SUV Oddity: The Mercedes 190E 'Crossover'

Yes, it is fully as weird as it sounds...

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If you thought that the Mini Paceman thingummy was a bit of an abomination, then odds are you are not going to like this Mercedes.

The Russian owner of this car obviously liked the idea of the crossover SUV so much that they decided to turn their Mercedes 190E into one.

The result has been dubbed the '90E' (see what they did there?) and the recipe appears to be a simple one.

Take one Mercedes 190E and chop the rear end off. Next you raise the ride height and fit some chunky alloys (possibly from a W124 E-class), before bunging on a pair of rear lights from a 1990s S-class

Finally, garnish with bull bars made from curiously thick tubing, and finish the whole lot in a paint job that manages to be matt and shiny at the same time (although we suppose that the car could have had more than one paint job over time - but that would be boring), et voila.

The result may not be to all tastes, but there is a curious appeal to it - and more than a whiff of VW Golf Country (see right). There's only one problem: as far as we're aware, the Mercedes 190E was never made in four-wheel drive...

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

I love the repeater indicator guards on the wings...

[g7jhp]

That looks like a Hammerite paint job!

[mk1chopper]

looks like a renault 21 with the boot chopped off

[AV12]

Spiritual home is here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Garlick]

[soad]

Well well well... Those crazy russians

[Steamer]

Please dont say it was a Cosworth, Please dont say it was a Cosworth, Please dont say it was a Cosworth, Please dont say it was a Cosworth, Please dont say it was a Cosworth, Please dont say it was a Cosworth!!!...

...one good point: at least nobody will be able to 'key-it' with that speedline style paintwork!

[Oddball RS]

Different, but hey you never know they somehow manage to sell those minis!

[BeeRoad]

Has he run over some scaffolding?

[iva cosworth]

Thats wierd ,there was a real 4WD 190E posted yesterday

[converted Hilux or summat]

[Johnpidge]

g7jhp said:

That looks like a Hammerite paint job!

[anything fast]

the back end actually looks OK!! i think that would actualy look cool if they took all the crap off and gave it a decent paint job, looks like a BMW Compact from the back..

[iva cosworth]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... the perfect 'winter' car today

here it is

[cookie1600]

BeeRoad said:

Has he run over some scaffolding?

While reversing into a brick wall at high speed?

[louismchuge]

Ummmm

Isn't that actually a Golf in the one pic?!

edit - yes I'm a tard and didn't read it properly

Edited by louismchuge on Tuesday 21st December 11:39

[firman]

To be fair if you took the scaffolding off it then it doesnt look any worse than a BMW compact I dont think

[soad]

louismchuge said:

Ummmm

Isn't that actually a Golf in the one pic?!

Second from the top? Sure is. Golf cross country

[Galileo]

Right, you lot. That thing has got an average vote of 1.65 at the moment. Who the bloody hell gave it any more than 0? Come on, own up so we can all laugh at you.

[angusc43]

That is gash in the extreme.

But then again I have never ever seen the point of something which is not a normal shape - all trendy nonsense as far as I can see.

I stopped buying Tonka Toys before my fourth birthday.

[renorti]

not bad,not good