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Translation of an article from German car magazine "Auto
Motor und Sport" 1999
Face-Lift for V-Class
After two and a half years of production Mercedes realizes
the first extensive face-lift and with this also reacts to the critics
on the looks of the interior. The instrument cluster was renewed and the
design of the dials changed. Switches and heater controls in the center
console were newly designed as well as the steering-wheel and the now chrome-plated
inside door handles and the newly illuminated switches for the power windows
and the mirror adjustment. A higher-quality interior trim, new fabrics
for the seats and new decorative strips, an enhanced adjustment-range on
the driver's seat as well as a detection for seat-occupation ((to prevent
the passenger's airbag from inflating when seat is not in use)) and an
automatical child-seat detection for the passenger's airbag complete this
package of measures.
Despite that Mercedes adds two common-rail diesel-engines:
From March ((1999)) on customers can choose the 200CDI with 102hp (roughly
DM 57.000 ((=USD 28.500 assumed USD 1 = DM 2.00)))
and the 220CDI with 122hp (roughly DM 58.000 ((=USD 29.000))).
The already known four-cylinder gasoline-engine V230 was refined especially
in view of more spontaneous reaction and better torque development.
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