What does M100 mean and what’s the difference between a W202 and an S202? Below you will find most of the Mercedes-Benz body designations and model codes…
Body (form) designation
- W = Sedan/Hatch
- S = Station Wagon (Estate)
- C = Coupé
- R = Roadster
- A = Cabriolet (Convertible)
- X = SUV or 4×4
- V = Limousine
Model (range) codes
| Code | Colloquial Name | Year start | Year end | Bodies |
| 100 | Grosser | 1963 | 1981 | W |
| 105 | Typ 219 Ponton | 1956 | 1959 | W |
| 107 | SL | 1971 | 1989 | R |
| 107 | SLC | 1971 | 1981 | C |
| 108/9 | Pre S-Class | 1965 | 1972 | W |
| 110 | Small Fintail | 1961 | 1968 | W S |
| 111/2 | Fintail 6-cylinders | 1959 | 1971 | W C A |
| 113 | SL (Pagoda) | 1963 | 1971 | R |
| 114/5 | Middle class aka /8 and Strichacht | 1968 | 1975 | W C |
| 116 | S-Class | 1972 | 1979 | W |
| 120/1/8 | Ponton | 1953 | 1962 | W C A |
| 121 | 190SL | 1955 | 1963 | R |
| 123 | Middle class | 1975 | 1985 | W S C V |
| 124 | Middle class/E-Class | 1984 | 1996 | W S C A V |
| 126 | S-Class | 1979 | 1991 | W C |
| 129 | SL | 1989 | 2001 | R |
| 140 | S-Class | 1991 | 1999 | W C |
| 156 | GLA Gen 1 | 2014 | current | X |
| 163 | M-Class Gen 1 | 1997 | 2005 | W |
| 164 | M-Class Gen 2 | 2005 | 2011 | W |
| 164 | GL-Class Gen 1 | 2006 | 2012 | X |
| 166 | M-Class Gen 3 | 2012 | 2019 | W |
| 166 | GL-Class Gen 2 | 2012 | current | X |
| 167 | M-Class Gen 4 | 2019 | current | W |
| 168 | A-Class Gen 1 | 1997 | 2004 | W |
| 169 | A-Class Gen 2 | 2004 | 2012 | W |
| 170 | SLK Gen 1 | 1996 | 2004 | R |
| 171 | SLK Gen 2 | 2004 | 2011 | R |
| 172 | SLK Gen 3 / SLC | 2011 | 2019 | R |
| 176 | A-Class Gen 3 | 2013 | 2018 | W |
| 177 | A-Class Gen 4 | 2018 | current | W |
| 180 | 220 Ponton | 1954 | 1959 | W |
| 186 | Type 300 “Adenauer” | 1951 | 1957 | W A V |
| 187 | Type 220 | 1951 | 1955 | W C A |
| 188 | Type 300 S / 300 Sc | 1951 | 1958 | C A R |
| 189 | Type 300d “Adenauer” | 1957 | 1962 | W A V |
| 190 | AMG GT/S/C/R | 2014 | current | C R |
| 191 | Type 170 S / Sb / S-V | 1949 | 1955 | W A |
| 197 | SLS | 2011 | 2015 | C R |
| 198 | SL (300/Gullwing) | 1953 | 1963 | C R |
| 201 | 190 (aka Baby-Benz) | 1982 | 1993 | W |
| 202 | C-Class Gen 1 | 1993 | 2000 | W S |
| 203 | C-Class Gen 2 | 2000 | 2007 | W S C |
| 204 | C-Class Gen 3 | 2007 | 2014 | W S C X |
| 205 | C-Class Gen 4 | 2014 | current | W S C A |
| 207 | E-Class Coupe (212) | 2010 | 2017 | C A |
| 208 | CLK Gen 1 | 1997 | 2003 | C A |
| 209 | CLK Gen 2 | 2003 | 2009 | C A |
| 210 | E-Class | 1996 | 2002 | W S V |
| 211 | E-Class | 2002 | 2009 | W S V |
| 212 | E-Class | 2009 | 2016 | W S |
| 213 | E-Class | 2017 | current | W S C A |
| 215 | S-Class coupe | 1998 | 2006 | C |
| 216 | S-Class coupe | 2006 | 2014 | C |
| 217 | S-Class coupe | 2014 | current | C A |
| 218 | CLS Gen 2 | 2010 | 2018 | C (W!) |
| 219 | CLS Gen 1 | 2004 | 2010 | C (W!) |
| 220 | S-Class sedan | 1999 | 2005 | W V |
| 221 | S-Class sedan | 2005 | 2013 | W V |
| 222 | S-Class sedan | 2013 | current | W V |
| 230 | SL | 2001 | 2011 | R C |
| 231 | SL | 2012 | current | R |
| 238 | E-Class Coupe (213) | 2017 | current | C A |
| 245 | B-Class Gen 1 | 2005 | 2011 | W |
| 246 | B-Class Gen 2 | 2011 | 2018 | W |
| 247 | B-Class Gen 3 | 2018 | current | W X |
| 251 | R-Class | 2005 | 2013 | W |
| 253 | GLC | 2016 | current | X C |
| 257 | CLS Gen 3 | 2018 | current | C (W!) |
| 290 | AMG GT 4-door Coupé | 2018 | current | W |
| 414 | Vaneo | 2002 | 2005 | W |
| 447 | Vito Gen 3 / V-Class | 2015 | current | W |
| 460/1/3 | G-model (aka Geländewagen) | 1979 | current | W |
| 638 | Vito Gen 1 | 1996 | 2003 | W |
| 639 | Vito Gen 2 | 2003 | 2014 | W |
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