Back then, for my money, touring ... s grand temples of motorsports. Of note, BMW and Mercedes snatched at title after title with their defining compact sedans of the era – the M3 and 190E.

Though progress was hindered by the two world wars, by the 1950s, grand prix racing contributed ... in the early 1980s with Mercedes' ambition to enter the W201 190 series in the World Rally ...

Little known fact: the first race ever held on the Nurburgring's Grand ... Mercedes-Benz 2.3-16 models. And you know who won? An unknown young Brazilian driver named Ayrton Senna. The compact 190E ...

The cool factor of this 1986 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16, currently up for auction on Bring a Trailer, cannot be denied. The car, built to satisfy the DTM touring ... the Becker Grand Prix head ...

But everyone always seems to forget the car that inspired it — the Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16 ... It looks like it's just waiting to hit up a touring car race when its owner gets off work.