MOT The six-owners of this automatic transmission 190 have amassed a total of 162,024 miles between them, the most recent of whom has retained the car for the last three years.

Its silver bodywork is matched to a blue cloth interior and, in an honest appraisal of the vehicle, the vendor notes that ‘there is a minor scuff on the offside front door and the corner of the nearside front bumper needs re-attaching, but that the Benz runs and drives and is a nice-looking car’.

‘G506 DEH’ comes complete with Pioneer audio system and is being offered at No Reserve.

The precursor to the C-Class, the W210 190 was Daimler-Benz’s compact executive offering from 1983 until 1993 and the most affordable model in its line up at the time.

Some £600 million was reputedly spent researching and developing the car, with which the company pioneered a number of technical innovations such as the 5-link suspension system subsequently carried over to the C and E-Class ranges.

The car featured anti-dive and ...