Mercedes-Benz · 1933–1937

Mercedes-Benz W18

The Mercedes-Benz W18 was a six-cylinder automobile sold as the Mercedes-Benz Typ 290. Introduced in 1933, it was a smaller-engined successor to the manufacturer's Typ 350 / 370 Mannheim model. In terms of the German auto-business of the 1930s it occupied a market position roughly equivalent to that filled by the Mercedes-Benz E-Class in the closing decades of the twentieth century. The W18 was replaced in 1937 by the manufacturer’s W142 (Typ 320). Several different models with names incorporating the number "290" were produced by Mercedes-Benz during the 1930s (and later), so to avoid ambiguity the car is frequently identified by the manufacturer's model code, "W18".

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