1990 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II - Top Speed
but the Evo II didn’t hit its stride until the 1992 season, when Mercedes drivers Klaus Ludwig, Kurt Thiim and Bernd Schneider swept the top three championship spots. Because of its extremely low volume and ridiculously high cost when new (reportedly $80,000 in 1990), the Evo II road cars didn’t enjoy the same exposure as the BMW M3, but those same factors are what make it so desirable and collectible 25 years... Continue reading to learn more about the 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2. 5-16 Evolution II. Based on the relatively conservative W201 190 E, the Evo II is master class in how to make a boring car not boring. Legend has it that when BMW research and development chief, Wolfgang Reitzle, first clapped eyes on the Evo II’s towering rear wing, he commented, "The laws of aerodynamics must be different between Munich and Stuttgart. Mercedes says all 502 Evo IIs were painted exclusively in blue black metallic, but several sources say the last two built were specially painted in astral silver. Interior Inside, the Evo II is more or less the same as the 190 E on which it’s based. The seats and dash are wrapped in black anthracite leather, with touches of wood trim on the dash and door cards. Source: www.topspeed.com
