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The W110 "Fintail
Mercedes-Benz Heckflosse

Mercedes Benz Fintail is a nickname given to certain Mercedes Benz vehicles which show American influences in design including the presence of tailfins....
" was Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coach es, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz....
's line of midsize four-cylinder automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
s in the mid-1960s. The line was introduced with the 190c and 190Dc sedan in April, 1961, replacing the W120 180c/180Dc
Mercedes-Benz W120

The Mercedes-Benz W120 and W121 "Mercedes-Benz Ponton" cars were produced from 1953 through 1962. They were sold under the "180" and "190" model names....
 and W121 190b/190Db. The W110 line was refreshed in July, 1965 to become the 200 and Diesel 200D (model year 1966 for North America); at the same time, a six-cylinder 230 (successor to the Mercedes 220
Mercedes-Benz W111

The "Fintail" was a series of Car_classification#Luxury_car produced by Mercedes-Benz from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s under the W111 chassis code....
) became part of the W110 line. Production lasted just three more years, with the W115 220 and 220D introduced in 1968.






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The W110 "Fintail
Mercedes-Benz Heckflosse

Mercedes Benz Fintail is a nickname given to certain Mercedes Benz vehicles which show American influences in design including the presence of tailfins....
" was Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coach es, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz....
's line of midsize four-cylinder automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
s in the mid-1960s. The line was introduced with the 190c and 190Dc sedan in April, 1961, replacing the W120 180c/180Dc
Mercedes-Benz W120

The Mercedes-Benz W120 and W121 "Mercedes-Benz Ponton" cars were produced from 1953 through 1962. They were sold under the "180" and "190" model names....
 and W121 190b/190Db. The W110 line was refreshed in July, 1965 to become the 200 and Diesel 200D (model year 1966 for North America); at the same time, a six-cylinder 230 (successor to the Mercedes 220
Mercedes-Benz W111

The "Fintail" was a series of Car_classification#Luxury_car produced by Mercedes-Benz from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s under the W111 chassis code....
) became part of the W110 line. Production lasted just three more years, with the W115 220 and 220D introduced in 1968. This was the first series of Mercedes cars to be extensively crash tested for occupant safety.

First Series (1961-1965)

The 190c replaced the W120 180c/180Dc
Mercedes-Benz W120

The Mercedes-Benz W120 and W121 "Mercedes-Benz Ponton" cars were produced from 1953 through 1962. They were sold under the "180" and "190" model names....
 and W121 190b/190Db as Mercedes-Benz's line of less-expensive four-cylinder sedans. The "D" denoted a Diesel
Diesel

Diesel or diesel fuel in general is any fuel used in diesel engines. The most common is a specific fractional distillation of petroleum fuel oil, but alternatives that are not derived from petroleum, such as biodiesel, biomass to liquid or gas to liquid diesel, are increasingly being developed and adopted....
 engine, a technology pioneered by Mercedes-Benz and championed despite widespread derision in the motoring press.

Models

Chassis codeYearsModelEngineNumber built
W110.0101961–1965190c1.9 L M121 I4
Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
130,554
W110.1101961–1965190Dc1.9 L OM621 Diesel
Diesel

Diesel or diesel fuel in general is any fuel used in diesel engines. The most common is a specific fractional distillation of petroleum fuel oil, but alternatives that are not derived from petroleum, such as biodiesel, biomass to liquid or gas to liquid diesel, are increasingly being developed and adopted....
 I4
Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
225,645


Second Series (1965-1968)

The second series of 4-cylinder cars lasted just a few years. Production of the new 200, 200D and 230 models commenced in July, 1965, at the Sindelfingen plant. All three cars ended production in 1968 with the introduction of the W115 220 and 220D.

Models

Chassis codeYearsModelEngineNumber built
W110.0101965–19682002.0 L M121 I4
Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
70,207
W110.0111965–19652302.3 L M180 I6
Straight-6

The straight-6 or inline-6 engine is a six cylinder internal combustion engine with all six cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
40,258
W110.1101965–1968200D2.0 L OM621 I4
Straight-4

The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
161,618



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