Merc 190e 2.3 Evo1??

[motogpboy]

http://img26.imageshack.**/img26/3866/190evolution.jpg

Saw this today in San Ramon, California while driving my buddy's M6..

The badge says it is a 2.3-16 which would make it an Evo 1... but the rear end is all wrong. It even has an aftermarket brake light right under the spoiler it seems?

Has anyone seen this on an evo 1 before? Is it a normal aftermarket rear end? Or could this just be a kit car entirely?

Last question...just how rare are the Evo 1's? Especially in the US?

 

[The_Finn]

it's just a 190E 2.3L 16V the original not one of the evolutions. All of the evolutions were 2.5l and as far as i know only sold in europe.

 

[Posmo]

A real evo 1 would have a slightly larger spoiler and wider arches, so yeah, just a standard Cossie 190e. The evo 2 has the mad spoiler and even wider arches.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Looks pretty damn sweet though.

 

[The_Finn]

yeah they are and not super rare... you can usually find one or two on ebay at any given time.

 

[motogpboy]

Hmmmm very interesting! I'm not really up on my Mercedes history... most of them never really did anything for me :/

Still looked pretty sweet though