- Combustion principle: four-stroke diesel engine
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: OM 617 D 30 / 617.931
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 5 / in-line
- Bore: 90.9 mm
- Stroke: 92.4 mm
- Displacement : 2998 cc
- Compression ratio: 21.0
- Rated power: 59 kW / 80 DIN/hp at 4000 rpm (from 09.1979: 65 kW / 88 DIN/hp at 4400 rpm)
- Nominal torque: 172 Nm at 2400 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 2
- Valve operation: 1 overhead camshaft
- Camshaft drive: double roller chain
- Injection system (location): indirect
- Injection pump / injection system (type): prechamber injection, mechanically controlled
- Injection pump (type): 5-plunger pump
- Coolant / filling quantity with heating: 10.7 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 7.0 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 88 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 770 w
- Ignition system: compression ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 68 l (from 10.1987: 81,5 l; from 02.1989: 95 l)
- Fuel tank (location): under load compartment floor
- Frame design: box-section ladder-type frame
- Front-wheel suspension (type): rigid axle
- Front axle: 2 trailing arms, 1 wishbone (Panhard bar)
- Rear-wheel suspension (type): rigid axle
- Rear axle: 2 trailing arms, 1 wishbone (Panhard bar)
- Suspension front / rear: coil springs, supplementary rubber suspension, telescopic shock absorbers, torsion bar stabiliser / coil springs, supplementary rubber suspension, telescopic shock absorbers
- Steering (type): recirculating ball
- Steering assistance: hydraulically assisted (optional; from 09.1979: as standard)
- Brakes front: discs
- Rear brakes: drums
- Disc or drum diameter front : 303 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 260 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanically (manually operated)
- Front rims: 5,5 JK x 16 H2
- Rear rims: 5,5 JK x 16 H2
- Front tyres: 205 R 16 M+S
- Rear tyres: 205 R 16 M+S
- Drive: four-wheel drive: permanent rear-wheel drive; disengageable front-wheel drive
- All-wheel torque distribution front / rear: 50 % front / 50 % rear
- Drivetrain: from the transfer case via cardan shafts to front and rear axle differential
- Max. angle of approach/departure: 36.0°-45.0° / 31.0°-40.0°
- Max. fording depth: 600 mm
- Breakover angle at perm. GVW: 21.0°-22.0°
- Slope climbing ability: 80 %
- Transmission: manual
- Availability: as standard
- Gearbox design: change-speed gear
- Transmission control: manual with linkage
- Forward gears (total): 4
- Gear ratio: I. 4.63; II. 2.46; III. 1.47; IV. 1.0; R. 4.35
- Axle drive ratio: 4.86 (front/rear)
- Transmission ration transfer case (road): 1.00
- Transmission ration transfer case (off-road): 2.14
- Maximum speed: 130 km/h (off-road: 66 km/h)
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 11.7 / - / 14.6 l per 100 km (diesel fuel)
- Transmission: manual
- Availability: optional (from 04.1983)
- Gearbox design: change-speed gear
- Transmission control: manual with linkage
- Forward gears (total): 5
- Gear ratio: I. 3.82; II. 2.20; III. 1.40; IV. 1.0; V. 0.81; R. 3.71
- Axle drive ratio: 4.86 (front/rear)
- Transmission ration transfer case (road): 1.00
- Transmission ration transfer case (off-road): 2.14
- Maximum speed: 130 km/h (off-road: 80 km/h)
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: 4-speed automatic transmission
- Availability: optional (from 03.1981)
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter
- Gearbox design: planetary gear group
- Transmission control: hydraulic
- Forward gears (total): 4
- Gear ratio: I. 4.01; II. 2.39; III. 1.46; IV. 1.0; R. 5.50
- Axle drive ratio: 4.86 (front/rear)
- Transmission ration transfer case (road): 1.00
- Transmission ration transfer case (off-road): 2.14
- Maximum speed: 127 km/h (off-road: 65 km/h)
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 12.6 / - / 12.9 l per 100 km (diesel fuel); open-top wagon: 12.9 / - / 13.3 l per 100 km (diesel fuel)
- Wheelbase: 2850 mm
- Front track gauge: 1425 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1425 mm
- Vehicle length: 4395 mm (from 10.1987: 4405 mm)
- Vehicle width: 1700 mm
- Vehicle height: 1950 mm (from 10.1987: 1920 mm)
- Turning circle diameter: 12.90 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 2190 kg (van: 2095 kg)
- Permissible total weight: 2800 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1300 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1800 kg
- Payload: 610 kg (van: 705 kg)
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 750 / 2800 kg
- Units produced: a total of 20,415 (civilian model, all versions)
- Prices: station wagon:
02.1979: DM 39,872.00
05.1980: DM 43,731.00
03.1981: DM 46,544.70
04.1982: DM 51,584.50
07.1983: DM 52,041.00
01.1984: DM 54,777.00
01.1985: DM 56,316.00
01.1986: DM 60,306.00
02.1987: DM 61,959.00
02.1988: DM 65,322.00
02.1989: DM 66,576.00
10.1990: DM 72,219.00
van:
07.1979: DM 37,742.00
05.1980: DM 41,075.50
03.1981: DM 43,731.00
04.1982: DM 48,477.00
07.1983: DM 48,906.00
01.1984: DM 51,471.00
01.1985: DM 52,896.00
01.1986: DM 56,772.00
02.1987: DM 58,368.00
02.1988: DM 60,876.00
02.1989: DM 62,073.00
10.1990: DM 67,431.00