AMG-Mercedes 190E Klasse 1

The AMG-Mercedes 190E Klasse 1, also written 190E/C1, was a touring car that Mercedes-Benz and AMG ran in the German touring car championship, the DTM, in 1993 and 1994. It was based on the W201 190 E. When the Class 1 rules arrived for 1993 and Mercedes decided only in January to adapt the W201, the company reworked the body and technology of the 190E Evo II. Four 1992 Evolution II cars were first converted to an intermediate Class 1B version. Changes included a new front apron, higher wheel arches, a new rear wing, dry-sump lubrication that added two horsepower, an engine moved further back and a reworked rear axle built into the safety cell. Bernd Schneider raced the first DTM car with active body control, and the type won seven races.