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Confused by Merc’s new model-naming system? Let us break it down for you…
Way back in 1994, the heavyweights at Mercedes-Benz HQ decided to shake up the brand’s model-naming system.
And so, determining the designation of each new derivative came to involve halving the age of the chief vehicle designer’s second-born child, multiplying by 13.74, and tacking this rounded-down number on to the end of whichever letter – or three – happened to be pulled out of Heinrich’s traditional Alpine hat that day.
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