I saw something today

"AR24-7" (ar24-7)
10/02/2016 at 21:15 • Filed to: None

So I saw this Mercedes C230 today, and I have no idea what that trim level is or means though, and I am too lazy to look it up yet not too lazy to post this.

I think it means compressor in German, but hey it sounds cool. I also saw a red one on campus too but couldn’t get a picture of that one as I was late to class, as any good college student should be at least once a week. Still though, why compressor?

DISCUSSION (11)

Nick Has an Exocet > AR24-7
10/02/2016 at 21:17

It’s turbocharged.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > AR24-7
10/02/2016 at 21:18

Mercedes puts “Kompressor” on their supercharged cars.

TheHondaBro > AR24-7
10/02/2016 at 21:19

C230 Sportstick.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > AR24-7
10/02/2016 at 21:19

Kompressor is Mercedes speak for supercharged. Probably has the little Supercharged 4-pot.

Opposite Locksmith > Nick Has an Exocet
10/02/2016 at 21:41

Zohaibman72 > AR24-7
10/02/2016 at 22:33

As everyone else said, it means supercharged. These cars where extremely common when I was growing up in the mid 2000s. Entry-level mercedes with a supercharger option. It seemed to be a sales hit for Mercedes. I can only assume the reason it didn’t return (they have a 2nd gen in europe) is probably because they didn’t want the rep of a cheap mercedes. It had cloth seats, I remember that being extremely weird.

PS9 > AR24-7
10/02/2016 at 22:53

A ‘Kompressor’ is a device that connects directly to your wallet so you can avoid the timely visits to the dealer for inevitable and expensive repairs. It ‘Kompresses’ your money for easy consumption and destruction in the combustion chamber. Just make sure you’ve got at least $2k in there at all times to avoid having the car stall out on you.

LeftOfTheDial > AR24-7
10/02/2016 at 22:59

This was supposed to be the most entry level car. Supercharged, many came with cloth and a manual

Orange Exige > Zohaibman72
10/02/2016 at 23:52

If I ever got super rich, I’d special order a Ferrari with cloth* seats :P

Dead cows be damned - I don’t want them in my car and I hate that you can’t get anything but the cheapest of the cheap cars today with anything but leather. I suppose you could try to order a brand new car with the base model cloth seats, but a) that’s only good if you buy new cars (I don’t) and b) there goes the possibility of adding the sport package!

*ok maybe I’d go Alcantara...

Roundbadge > AR24-7
10/03/2016 at 08:23

When those first came out, I thought they were awesome and wanted to find a way to own one myself (was in my early-to-mid twenties at the time). A friend of mine was a Jaguar mechanic, and the dealership he worked at also sold Mercedes. I asked him what he thought about the car.

“Oh, I know that engine. It’s a pig.”
“But....it’s supercharged!” I interjected.

He just shrugged, and said “Okay....a supercharged pig.”

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > AR24-7
10/06/2016 at 00:50

By now everyone has explained that it means “supercharged”. This was, for a while, the entry-level Mercedes, below the normal C-Class sedan. Think of it like a predecessor to the CLA. These cars are generally regarded as being cheaply made and not terribly good, though not abjectly horrible either.