When Mercedes-Benz introduced the Typ 230 N in 1937, it understood that it had made a terrible mistake by launching a long car based on a too short wheelbase vehicle, which led to a long rear overhang. The carmaker fixed that mistake in 1938 when it brought the Typ 230.

Mercedes-Benz replaced the N21 model in 1937 with the Typ 230 N, W143 model to make the car attractive for more people, but it was hardly a successful vehicle.

Mercedes-Benz introduced a facelift for the Typ 230 at the International Motor and Motorcycle Show in Berlin and built the car in two wheelbase options: N and L.

After successfully introducing the new Typ 230 based on the W143 platform in 1936, Mercedes-Benz made another step in 1937 and unveiled the Cabriolet B version.

Mercedes-Benz introduced the Type 230 as a long-wheelbase Type 200 and evolved into one of the most successful ranges before WWII, and the Cabriolet D had unique merit for that.

In February 1936 at the Berlin Motor Show, Daimler-Benz presented the 260 D in the form of a six-seater Pullman landaulet, 13 units of which had been built since July 1935.

Mercedes-Benz introduced the Type 230 as a long-wheelbase version for the Type 200 in 1936 as a four-door sedan or top-cabriolet.