I'd be a little shy of a 97 W202 thanks to the first year 722.6 tranny. However, many of the 97-99 cars are not sorted out tranny-wise. The pick of the litter as I see is the 2000 C280 for the V-6, the well-sorted out five speed automatic, the side airbags and SmartKey. A sport package C280 from MY2000 is a very nice car and can be had for a pretty good used price.
Next would be the 1996 C220 and the 1998 C230 for four cylinder cars in "aspro" form.
So far, the 99-00 C230K models are doing well, but I have heard some rumblings on the supercharger front, but nothing serious so far.
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