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Old 08-20-2013, 03:04 PM
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see the W201 prototype!

looks like an 80's corolla face with a W126 back. Article says it could be front wheel drive! hahaha

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Old 08-20-2013, 03:30 PM
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thanks for posting this, apart from the W201 corolla, I found the "deadly truckers" story and AMC eagle maintenance stories pretty interesting reading. what a blast from the past
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MB went through a lot of compact designs before it settled on the W201 we know now.

















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Old 08-20-2013, 11:22 PM
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So that's how the W201 would have looked like if it used the W116/W123/W114/W115 styling.

Cool! Thanks for sharing.
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I would have gone way out of my way to buy a mini 115 like in that pic. What a nifty concept car
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Old 08-21-2013, 11:00 AM
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Oh lord. A hatchback.
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One of them looks like a Peugeot 504
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Old 08-22-2013, 10:48 AM
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Oh lord. A hatchback.
So I guess its safe to assume you're not going to like the W126 hatcback concept they built for the 1981 Frankfurt motor show.







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Old 08-22-2013, 03:18 PM
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That is hideous. Wasn't that the W140 hatchback prototype instead?
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Old 08-22-2013, 04:19 PM
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Not sure. Google brought these up when looking for W140 prototype.




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So I guess its safe to assume you're not going to like the W126 hatcback concept they built for the 1981 Frankfurt motor show.

That c-pillar looks like something out of a 1992 Cadillac.
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Old 08-22-2013, 06:20 PM
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Thats an interesting BMW E30 dashboard, cluster and seats you got there.
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I prefer the prototype built by Mercedes.


Pitty they never put it into production. BMW sold a lot of E30 verts at the time. I guess it would have been called 190CE?

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