Local coachbuild special based on the venerable 190E Cosworth.
They're not official cars built by Mercedes-Benz, but were the result of a local coachbuilder named Solare, whom has been operating since the 1950s. Towards the end of 190E production, Solare produced five units of the estate of the Cosworth 2.3-16, creating a unique body style with an included bench seat from the Mercedes-Benz E-Class estate (S124) of the era.
Although unique and representative of what modern enthusiasts wanted and envisioned, prices for this coachbuilt estate were 1.5x the price of a standard 190E Cosworth offered by Cycle & Carriage Celestar at the time. A higher volume of cars were intende to be produced, but the Cosworth estate was shelved early, leading to only five units sold.
This particular example is one of the five, one of four located in Celestar. This unit was recently sold by an import company, and the Certificate of Entitlement for it is due next year.
Having spoken to the owner, this high-mileage unit has clocked 240k kms this year, and was refreshed earlier in the year for the interior and engine.
The side-profile shows that the wagon shape is tapered lower instead of a flat roof like the E-Class estate of the time, which is an.. interesting design. It does look more aggressive, but the rear d-pillar being angled aggressively, whole boxes would probably struggle with fitting inside.
The rear opening is small, provided the rear boot still opens the same way as the sedan would above the taillight.
There is more storage than the sedan due to the estate design, but the opening is pretty high up, something a tailgate could solve.
In any case, this rare beauty is an impeccable sight to behold in Celestar, and it is amazing to see one still being driven around despite the rarity!
~Emiri
This was about a week of modeling the rear shape onto an existing model provided by a friend for this commission. Still quite happy about it despite the odd (to me) shape in any case.
~Efini
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| The Malaysian-registered estate. Seen here in our other article. |
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