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I'm a fan of Mercedes so I'd like to see them listed correctly. I'm using the # symbol to mean any letter.
1) Is it incorrect to list pre-90s Mercs as "#-Class"? Apparentely pre-1994 W124s are not E-Classes, so are the pre-W140 S-Classes officially called that? Of course the predecessor of the W202 was the Mercedes 190, it wasn't called the C-Class ever.
2) Mercs are listed as "#-Klasse" by default. Klasse is the German word for Class (which is how the cars are named in English speaking countries) was this something carried over from the time before this site had an English language version? Would it be an idea to replace "Klasse" with "Class" for the English version of the site (it could still stay the same with the German and French versions)?
3) If it can't be proved which engine size a model is (the registration can't be checked, there is no badge that identifies it), then I think it should be changed back to "#-Class". I've got the feeling some people have put in engine sizes by default, simply because it may be the most common engine for the model. For example in the USA, they don't to offer the smaller engine sizes, and perhaps if Americans are going to buy one, they often go for one of the larger engines, like the 5-litre, because Americans don't seem to like cars with small engines. But I think it's better not to be presumptious, and just say "S-Class" instead of "S500" (unless it's clear it's an S500) Is there anyone like Adrian (the BMW expert) who can tell a particular Merc by it's wheels or some other feature? On the W140, don't the larger models have more bars on the radiator grille?
With British numberplates, you can check the DVLA database which can tell you the engine size if there's a record for it. Can this be done with numberplates from other countries?
1) Is it incorrect to list pre-90s Mercs as "#-Class"? Apparentely pre-1994 W124s are not E-Classes, so are the pre-W140 S-Classes officially called that? Of course the predecessor of the W202 was the Mercedes 190, it wasn't called the C-Class ever.
2) Mercs are listed as "#-Klasse" by default. Klasse is the German word for Class (which is how the cars are named in English speaking countries) was this something carried over from the time before this site had an English language version? Would it be an idea to replace "Klasse" with "Class" for the English version of the site (it could still stay the same with the German and French versions)?
3) If it can't be proved which engine size a model is (the registration can't be checked, there is no badge that identifies it), then I think it should be changed back to "#-Class". I've got the feeling some people have put in engine sizes by default, simply because it may be the most common engine for the model. For example in the USA, they don't to offer the smaller engine sizes, and perhaps if Americans are going to buy one, they often go for one of the larger engines, like the 5-litre, because Americans don't seem to like cars with small engines. But I think it's better not to be presumptious, and just say "S-Class" instead of "S500" (unless it's clear it's an S500) Is there anyone like Adrian (the BMW expert) who can tell a particular Merc by it's wheels or some other feature? On the W140, don't the larger models have more bars on the radiator grille?
With British numberplates, you can check the DVLA database which can tell you the engine size if there's a record for it. Can this be done with numberplates from other countries?