I've just been daydreaming some possible engine/chassis/drivetrain combinations, and wondered if this combo is even possible. Perhaps it's already available in Europe, but I'm not aware of the model.

Has MB ever offered a C-Class (either W202 or W203) with a diesel engine and 4-matic drivetrain, preferably with a manual transmission?

I figure that if it's a model that MB ever offered, even in another country, it should be possible to reproduce here. I close my eyes and picture myself driving one of those W203 hatchbacks with a turbodiesel, 6-speed, and all wheel drive.

SteveM.

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'93 190E/D 2.5 Turbodiesel 5-speed (daily driver)
'87 190D 2.5 Turbo rustbucket - parts car
'84 Dodge Rampage diesel - Land Speed Record Holder
'13 Ram 2500 Diesel
'05 Toyota 4Runner

The W202 didn't have 4Matic, and the W203 didn't have 4Matic on the diesel models. If you're satisfied with only RWD and want a diesel engine in a C-class, and have enough time, money and knowhow, you can put an OM642 V6 from a 07-09 E320 Bluetec in the W203 since the same engine was used in the W203 late in the production run. With enough fabrication, even an OM648 from an 05-06 E320 CDI should work. There may be issues of changing an engine to a different fuel type when it comes to registering a car, I don't know how they'll handle that in MO. There's a guy here in Houston with a W211 wagon who put an OM648 in it, but he's had no trouble registering it from what I hear.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

There was a guy who had a 1994 C220 diesel listed on Craigslist not far from here; I had a chat with him on the phone and he claimed to be the original owner, wife's car, low mileage...etc. Kind of put up a flag in my head so I did not go look at it; I am quite sure that W202 diesels were not sold in Canada so I suspect he imported it from Europe, and wanted $11K for it. I just went to look on CL but the listing has expired.

I read somewhere recently that 4Matic and diesel is a combination that MB does not offer on cars for some technical design reasons.

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'98 E300 DT
'87 190D 2.5 turbo RIP
'92 S500 Sold
'03 3.2TL-S A-Spec