In the W201, you can leave the steering wheel and steering column in place. You will need to remove the center console and should remove or loosen the shifter console section. The center console is fastened at the top, with two screws at the corners of the center vent frame. Then there are fasteners in the footwell on either side. The shifter console is held in place with a bolt under the back seat's ashtray. Removing the center vent frame requires removing the hex bolt that connects the open/close lever to the vent door. then you can access the switches (and the fiber optic light cables) to the switches on the vent frame. At the end, you'll end up with something like this

http://www.190revolution.net/prem/mti/Anatomy/Dash%20Removed.JPG

Disregard the pulled/cut vaccum lines, this was a demolition job, not a R&R