Fast-forward to 1986 and it's time for the 190E and its Cosworth engine to finally go racing. Instead of rallying, Mercedes had by now turned its attention to circuit racing and the DTM ...

This is the one-of-one Mercedes-Benz C63 DTM Evolution, the unholy spawn of a pokey old 1985 Mercedes-Benz 190E sedan and a 2010 C63 AMG—the body of the former, the complete guts of the latter ...

The 1990 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evo II is one of the coolest sports sedans in history, a homologated DTM race car for the road that packed a 2.5-liter, Cosworth-tuned, 16-valve four-cylinder ...

the newly-established DTM (Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft). Equipped with the Cosworth-engineered four-pot (initially a 2.3-liter, ten enlarged to 2.5), the 190 E became a potent touring car ...

But now, it is also set to launch the first street car under its own branding, an elegant evocation of the famous 190E 2.5-16 Evo II which, in race guise, dominated the DTM sedan championship in ...

This was 1987. Remember the M3? It was busy sweeping all before it in the DTM series, including the 190E. But this time Mercedes didn’t duck the challenge. It developed the 190E, the engine grew ...

The Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II was a homologation special required for DTM competition, which was launched in 1990 in a limited run of 502 cars. It's an icon of the era, and now HWA ...

Its 1992. The beastly Mercedes 190E Evo 2 has just won the DTM championship after 8 years of trying, failing, and trying again to grab hold of the crown. The championship’s Group A regulations ...

Strengthened body structure is fortified with aluminum and steel subframes, and is twice as stiff as an original 190 sedan’s. Bosch supplies steel or carbon brakes, the suspension is DTM-derived ...

A total of 502 units were built for homologation compliance for the DTM touring car series. But even this wasn’t far enough for the humble 190E. One year later, again at the Geneva Show ...