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Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II

EstablishedRank #7

W201 · 1990 · 232bhp · RWD · NA · Manual

A 502-car DTM homologation special with the most outrageous bodywork Mercedes ever signed off. Rarity is absolute.

Est. value now
$360,000
CAGR 2015–2025
+9.1%
Recent CAGR
+1.8%
Units built
502

Estimated value trajectory

+$210,000 since 2015
$370k$260k$150k201520172019202120232025

Illustrative estimates for a condition-2 example, not sale records. Confidence in this trajectory: medium.

How the score is built

Desirability88 × 0.30 = 26.4

Motorsport history, cultural weight, end-of-era status, analogue purity

Scarcity100 × 0.25 = 25.0

Production run and, where known, surviving population — log scale, weighted to survivors

Momentum36 × 0.25 = 9.0

Annualised growth over recent years — what it is doing now

Trajectory72 × 0.20 = 14.4

Growth already achieved — weighted lowest, since it is priced in

Running-cost drag-6
Appreciation score69

Stage: Established

The run has already happened. Growth has slowed and the gains are in the asking price.

Long-run growth +9.1% per year against +1.8% recently — decelerating by 7.3pp. Running-cost risk is rated 7/10, deducting 6 points from the score.