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Mercedes-Benz 208

Car Hatchback

5 registers with powertrain counts

Years on record

The first and last year each official register has the Mercedes-Benz 208 on record.

Netherlands
1977–2006
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.
Finland
2000–2014
Surviving fleet by first-registration year.

Worldwide popularity

Top 40% worldwide

Measured from real registration and fleet counts, not clicks or hype.

Where it's been spotted

Finland Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Switzerland Ukraine

Evidence of real vehicles in each country's official register. Grey imports count, because they're real vehicles on real roads.

Powertrains on record

5 registers with powertrain counts

Powertrain counts straight from official registers, each with what that register counts.

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Building on it? The same record is one API call: /api/v1/vehicles/car/mercedes-benz/208/full

Registration history

1977: 1 vehicle 1978: 2 vehicles 1979: 3 vehicles 1980: 5 vehicles 1981: 4 vehicles 1982: 4 vehicles 1991: 1 vehicle 1998: 1 vehicle 1999: 3 vehicles 2000: 8 vehicles 2001: 12 vehicles 2002: 28 vehicles 28 2003: 27 vehicles 2004: 18 vehicles 2005: 25 vehicles 2006: 8 vehicles 1977 2006
Netherlands: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
2000: 3 vehicles 2001: 8 vehicles 8 2002: 1 vehicle 2003: 3 vehicles 2008: 1 vehicle 2014: 1 vehicle 2000 2014
Finland: Surviving fleet by first-registration year
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Netherlands
1977 1
1978 2
1979 3
1980 5
1981 4
1982 4
1991 1
1998 1
1999 3
2000 8
2001 12
2002 28
2003 27
2004 18
2005 25
2006 8
Finland
2000 3
2001 8
2002 1
2003 3
2008 1
2014 1

From official registers, as of 2026.10.3. Bases differ per country, so never compare across panels.

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{
  "id": "car/mercedes-benz/208",
  "name": "208",
  "make": {
    "id": "mercedes-benz",
    "name": "Mercedes-Benz"
  },
  "kind": "car",
  "body_type": "hatchback",
  "availability": [
    "ch",
    "fi",
    "lu",
    "nl",
    "no",
    "ua"
  ],
  "regions": [
    "eu"
  ],
  "popularity": {
    "global_decile": 5,
    "mass_decile": 4,
    "rarity": "average"
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "former_ids": [],
  "years": null,
  "era": null,
  "enrichment": null,
  "enrichment_gated": true,
  "dataset_version": "2026.10.3",
  "upgrade_url": "https://vehiclesdb.com/pricing",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "VehiclesDB",
    "url": "https://vehiclesdb.com",
    "license": "Identity layer: CC-BY-4.0; enrichment/resolution: proprietary. Display requires visible credit — see https://vehiclesdb.com/legal/attribution",
    "dataset_version": "2026.10.3"
  }
}

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