My S420 is recognized as a 95 by the title and insurance papers. The build date is 5/94. I thought the model year rolled in August. Comments?

Thanks,
Sixto
95 S420
87 300SDL

To start with the USA is crazy about year models!!!!!!!!!

In November of 1993 we (dealer) started getting 1995 model E300d's, that is about the earliest model change I can remember.

The E420 (W210) came out in December of 1995 as a 1997 model.

The 1998 SLK came out in January of 1997

The 2000 model W220 chassis came out in Feb of 1999.

Guess that the 2006 ML just came out in April.... Does any of that relate to anything?

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It seems fine to me. Your car build date is (5/94) May of 1994. It usually takes Mercedes-Benz to ship a car between one to three months.

Lets say your car was manufactured in late of May 94, it took a month or two to be shipped to the States plus one more month or so to be shipped from arriving port to your dealer. It would have definitely arrived at your dealer's showroom by early August. A clear 1995 model for sale purposes.

As commented by M.B.Doc, dealers (especially in the U.S.) do crazy things about year models. In Germany is much more straight forward. Cars manufactured from 01/01/94 to 12/31/94 would be considered 1994 models, period.

Your car must definitely have the W140 midlife facelift, effective in Germany from early 1994 and in the States on model year 1995.

One more interesting feature about M-Bs: their upgrades (on design and more dramatic on technical updates) take place whenever they want to. They do not wait for model years or anything else to be introduced. That is why you see that certain spare parts are listed to and from engine and/or chassis numbers instead of model year.

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The 95 model was an evolution of the 92 to 94 - they must have cut off the model year a little early to get a start on it.

Mercedes used to classify a production year as running from July to June. So, a car built between 7/94 to 6/95 would be considered a 1995 model. Who knows how it's done now.

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