W202 C36 (1994-1997)

3.6-litre inline-6, 206kW/385Nm, 1460kg

Replacing the legendary 190E, this was the first Mercedes to feature an official AMG variant in its line-up and was intended to take on BMW’s E36 M3. Rear-drive, its grunty straight-six powered it to 100km/h in around 6.7sec. Automatic only.