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* The impetus for the
W 201 came from the USA
* A typical
Mercedes-Benz in all respects – uncompromising in terms of safety, comfort and
design
The decision makers at Daimler-Benz AG thought long and hard
about introducing a compact model series below the executive segment in the
1920s and 1930s and then from the early 1950s onwards. Several projects were
conceived, some of them very advanced, but for one reason or another they never
came to fruition.