D TD SD SDL SL SEC etc...
I get the diesel for D
and I get the S class, but what does the S stand for?
how about the L in SxL vs. just SL?
and is TD for Touring Diesel? or is there a nice neat german word there?
John

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

sl - super light (or is it light roadster?)
slk - super light compact roadster?
clk - compact light roadster? (could be the fact the clk is based on the c-class platform)
s - saloon (4 door)
t - touring (wagon?)
d - diesel
sdl - saloon diesel longwheelbase
SEC - coupe based on s-class platform?

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As of 2/2010:
2001 CLK55 0o\=*=/o0
13.6 @ 106mph
10K mi
1984 300SD
260K mi and going and going...
97 S600
46K miles
1991 Sentra SE-R (extremely dorked with)
www.se-r.net

This is what I found on wikipedia (german):

D = Diesel (Dieselmotor)
E = Einspritzung (Ottomotor mit Benzineinspritzung)
K = Kompressor (SSK), bei neueren Modellen auch ausgeschrieben „Kompressor“
CDI = Common Rail Direct Injection (Dieselmotor mit Common-Rail-Einspritzung)
CGI = Stratified Charged Gasoline Injection (Ottomotor mit Direkteinspritzung)
NGT = Natural Gas Technology (Antrieb mit komprimiertem Erdgas (CNG))

C = Coupé
T = Transport & Touristik (Kombi)

L = verlängerter Radstand
S = S-Klasse (urspr. Sonder-Klasse)
SL = Sport-Leicht
SLK = Sport-Leicht-Kurz

I'll translate when I get back from work.

The number as you probably know originally represented the engine size (300 for 3.0 liters, 250 for 2.5 liters, etc), however, over here they didn't sell a 250D but a 300D 2.5 or a 300E 2.6, which really is a 260E.

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'99 S420, 155k
'91 VW Vanagon GL, 150k
'85 VW Vanagon GL, 120k
'82 VW Westy, aircooled, 165k

hello back airbus!
thanks, that is what I was looking for.
John

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

S = Special
E = Einspitzung (gas injection)
D = Diesel
L = Lang (long wheelbase)
C = Coupe
T = Touring (wagon)
G = Geländewagen (off-road)
SL = Sports Leicht (sports-light)
Thus, a 560SEC would be an S-class-based coupe with a 5.6L fuel-injected engine, a 300SDL would be an long-wheelbase S-class with a 3.0L diesel, a 300CD would be a coupe with a 3.0L diesel, etc...

Note that in 1994 Mercedes swapped the numbers and letters, and most notably "E" no longer meant "Einspritzung" (there were both gas and diesel "E-classes"), instead it refers to the midsize car model, and "C" no longer meant "Coupe" (now we have sedan and wagon C-classes). "T" is no longer used but wagon models are still called "Touring" (eg E320 Touring).

The "K" in SLK and CLK could possibly stand for "kurz" (short)...eg, an SLK is a shorter (smaller) SL, and a CLK is a smaller CL.

Maybe the "S" in CLS refers to "sedan?" A sedan version of a coupe (CL-class)?

AMG = Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach (German for heart-stoppingly powerful)

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99 E300 TD -- sold
01 540i 6 spd

An STD that didn't kill you...

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ooooh, I would love to find an STD...
the standard 300TD is just a little too small.
John

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

you dont need another car vstech

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

what? I only have 8 MB's total of 32 cars so far... I have no problems.
John

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Awesome.

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-justin

1987 300TD, 1987 300TD
2008 R32, 2000 Passat Wagon

Go down to your local redlight district, you can get an STD for free

There isn't such thing as 126 wagon is there?

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C = Can't really afford an E
E = Everybody wants one
S = Substantial down payment required



From what I've read, Sonder-Klasse pretty much translates to "highest class" or something of that nature. E used to mean fuel injection, but now it really just signifies the E-class as all cars are fuel injected these days. You never saw an E on a diesel before 1994 (1995 in the US with the E300D) when MB changed their way of naming things. L seems to have two meanings, long wheelbase and light. I believe they stopped using the L for long wheelbase in 1994 as well, i.e. the W140 500SEL became the S500. The T was also dropped for wagons in 1994. The 300TE became just a standard E320. C also was changed into a class moniker, but it no longer exclusively adorns coupes. Your average C230 isn't a coupe...I really don't know why MB did this, since it still signifies that the CL and CLS are coupes

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1990 300D 2.5 Turbo -155k
2000 E430 - 103k
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel 4x4 - 11k
2014 VW Passat TDI SE - 7k Bro's Diesel
2006 E320 CDI - 128k Pop's Benz

Pre-glow - A moment of silence in honor of Rudolph Diesel

Allright, here's the translation:

D = Diesel (Dieselmotor) diesel engine (now, who would figured that one???)
E = Einspritzung (Ottomotor mit Benzineinspritzung) gasoline engine with fuel injection
K = Kompressor (SSK), bei neueren Modellen auch ausgeschrieben „Kompressor“ (gasoline engine with compressor, on later models spelled "Kompressor")
CDI = Common Rail Direct Injection (Dieselmotor mit Common-Rail-Einspritzung)
CGI = Stratified Charged Gasoline Injection (Ottomotor mit Direkteinspritzung)
NGT = Natural Gas Technology (Antrieb mit komprimiertem Erdgas (CNG))

C = Coupé
T = Transport & Touristik (Kombi) wagon

L = verlängerter Radstand elongated wheelbase
S = S-Klasse (urspr. Sonder-Klasse) originally 'special class' (like "not regular" or "uncommonly")
SL = Sport-Leicht sport light (like in pepsi light)
SLK = Sport-Leicht-Kurz sport-light-short (well, no comment on this one, it just sounds silly)

BTW: I like 2.5Turbo's interpretation.

Here's one straight from Germany: BMW = Bei Mercedes Weggeschmissen (Mercedes' rejects)

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'99 S420, 155k
'91 VW Vanagon GL, 150k
'85 VW Vanagon GL, 120k
'82 VW Westy, aircooled, 165k

Ask and ye shall receive......

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'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

you are wrong the d in 240d stands for 240Damn slow