I don't think the Elegence name was ever used in the US. According to this link there was just one C240 offered in the US and the sport model was the C230. That could be not completely accurate of course. Hopefully someone else knows for sure.

http://www.edmunds.com/mercedesbenz/cclass/2002/index.html

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra