A slightly evolved version of the 1926 released 8/38, the Stuttgart model received minor styling adjustments that predated the looks of future vehicles.
The car was available with a choice of multiple coachwork in both saloon and coupe/cabrio body-types sporting regular, suicide and reversed door layouts. The car’s geometry was nicely divided among round, flowing shapes and the square, angular architecture of the cabin. The car had various “hidden” details like Mercedes-Benz engravings that could bee seen only with the car’s doors opened as they were located just above the door sills on a narrow stripe that was otherwise not visible.

The Typ 200 was the first newly developed car following the Daimler-Benz merger.
The car’s 2-liter 6-cylinder M02 engine was the source for its name as it produced 38 hp. Although a fine engine for its time, the M 02 was rapidly tweaked to offer more power and soon evolved into next-generations models. However, the basic architecture of the engine was kept for a long a time, placing the W 02 among some of the best engines produced by Mercedes. Also, the 8/38 would provide the foundation for a trade-mark styling that would prove to be very persistent, such as the Prominent wheel arches, wide door sills, reversed shield grille and circular headlamps.