About.

Sportlich-Leicht is an independent encyclopedia of Mercedes-Benz. It documents every model generation, chassis code, engine and transmission, along with the history, the concept cars and the people behind them.

It's written and maintained by an R129 owner and lifelong Mercedes-Benz enthusiast. It started as a personal reference for the details that are hard to find in one place: which engine went in which model, what changed in which model year, and how many of each were built.

The information comes from factory literature first: brochures, price lists and technical documentation, more than 600 of which are in the brochure archive. These are backed up by material from the Mercedes-Benz archive and road tests from the period press.

Sportlich-Leicht is not affiliated with Mercedes-Benz Group AG. Names, model designations and codes are used only to identify vehicles.