Several manufacturers use these cast aluminum pans. My '02 VW GTI had one and I had to drive off I-10 in Houston once. Thought both sides of the shoulder were not curbed.
Wrong.
I rubbed a quarter size hole in the pan. Emptied all the oil out in a parking lot. They loved me.
The 1.8L pan is much smaller than yours though, and not that expensive. VW later revised that pan with an aluminum/steel hybrid. That's one of the things I like about the OM617. Steel!
You could always find an AMG front spoiler and your wife could brake that first...
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'95 E320 Wagon
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'84 300TD "Brown Betty" - Miss this one
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