So, what is a Mercedes-Benz 219?

Hmmm, lets make it easy for me! Just visit Mercedes-Benz Pontons (1953-1962) and you'll get answers to all your Ponton questions! A general description of the Ponton models you can find here. Good 219 specific pages are Wikipedia's and Carfolio's.

Click the picture to download in PDF-format, "Typ 219 (W 105), Einzelblatt "6 Zylinder machen überlegen", Nr.334, Einzelblatt, ca.1956, 2 S." © Daimler AG

But what differs?

There are several, more or less obvious, differences between a 219 and the four-cylinder models 180/190 as well as the six-cylinder models 220a/S/SE.

• The 219 is a 190 from the rear up to the windshield, meaning that it shares the shorter legroom for rear seat passengers. After the windshield comes a 100mm longer front, needed to accommodate the 2,2l, 6-cylinder engine. The 220’s are another 70mm longer, given to the rear seat passengers who can enjoy more legroom.
• Given the above, the 180/190/219’s rear door are shorter than the 220’s and do not have the vertical chrome strip that separates a fixed glass from the glass that you can roll down.
• Also, 219 has the same exterior chrome as the 190 but less than the 220a.The 220S/SE has even more (too much in my opinion).
• The long blinkers on the front fenders separate all 6-cylinder models from the 4-cylinder models which have smaller "bulbs" close to the windshield.
• The 219 interior and door cards are comparable to the 190 and hence is simpler than the 220’s.
• Around the windows and on the instrument panel there’s Bakelite instead of wood. The only wood in a 219 is above the instrument panel, towards the windshield.
• The instrument cluster differs from the 220-models and also the position of the cigar lighter (Note; "cigar lighter", not "cigarette lighter"). If I remember correctly the 220s have a different clock as well. 
• The 219’s coupe fan only has one speed, as the small Ponton, compared to the 220’s two speed fan.
• The double-barrel Solex PAATI 32 carburetor provides the 219 with the correct air/fuel ratio. The 220a also had a double-barrel carburetor, to my knowledge PAATI 32 as well, but some sources states otherwise. There are questions around if it is PAATI or PAATJ but my MB spare parts list as well as original documentation from Solex and DVG states PAATI. The 220S has two double-barrel PAITA carburetors (which some sources call PAJTA).
• The ATE T50 brake booster was standard on the 219, on the smaller models it was not.

You can for probably find more differences, but this is what comes to my mind right now...

Trivia

The Mercedes 219's internal designation is W105 where W stands for "Wagenbezeichnung". Interestingly enough, another Mercedes I wouldn't mind owning has the internal designation W219, i.e. the CLS model (see Wikipedia's article "Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class").

Specifications

Engine

Chassis and drive train

Transmission and performance with standard clutch

4-speed, manual transmission

Transmission and performance with "Hydrak"

"Hydrak" is a hydraulic-automatic clutch instead of the normal clutch but uses the standard 4-speed, manual transmission. "Hydrak" is the German abbreviation of "hydraulische Kupplung". For more information about the "Hydrak", see the article on mbzponton.org, "Mercedes-Benz Ponton Hydrak Automatic Clutch"). This was an option my car was not equipped with.

Dimensions and Weights

General Data