Great events are often foreshadowed. This was the case twenty-five years ago. Back then, a rumour started to circulate. Apparently, Mercedes-Benz was working on a new model series. A saloon with compact dimensions. The Mercedes-Benz one-ninety series is still affectionately known as the "Baby-Benz". And there is no doubt that its development was a sensation. But not for the people who developed it. The development chief of the time, Professor Werner Breitschwerdt, remembers this: