December 8, 1982, after 6 years and around 2,000,000,000 DMs worth of research and development, construction and production, Mercedes-Benz made history by unveiling a totally different model series. The Mercedes-Benz 190 also known as the W201 or the "Baby Benz".

25 years and 1,800,000 units sold later. The W201 still rolls proudly in most of the world's busiest streets including Manila's. A dream car of almost every college kid at that time.

The W201 has incorporated several advanced technologies in its time that has just been standardized in passenger cars today such as the anti-lock brake system, multi-link suspension and so many exciting stuff that came with it.

The W201 has also served as the foundation which the 204-series C-Class has been built. And the rest, as they say, is history.

As part of our own celebration for one of the still hottest European Beauty, we'll be organizing a W201 Owner's Eyeball in cooperation with Manila International AutoShow between April 3(Thursday) and 6(Sunday). We'll kick off the celebration with about 3-4 W201s to be showcased on Thursday together with Musclecars Philippines and the Grand Owner's Eyeball will be on Sunday with Photo and video opportunity to be held at the Manila Bay Home Depot parking lot which is a short sprint from the World Trade Center. See you there!