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Old 10-21-2006, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Gilly View Post
Actually the "W" is the country code, in this case W=West Germany. A bit of a throw-back, it is still retained as the identifier for German-built cars, you will see the W for others that are actually built in Germany such as Audi, Porsche, German-built VW, etc. Gilly

OOPPS... I guess you are right, I got my facts mixed with the issue of the model series designation. In the chassis numbers the W stands for West Germany as you say.

But, for model series IDs, I still think the W stands for wagen (W124, W140, W220, W221... .... ...) and the aformentioned variations such as A for cabriolet, S for wagon, C for coupe still apply.
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