- Combustion principle: four-stroke diesel engine with turbocharger and intercooler
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter (optional: particulate filter; standard from 07.2005)
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: transverse; over axle
- Engine designation / type: OM 640 DE 20 LA LR/2 / 640.940
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 4 / in-line
- Bore: 83.0 mm
- Stroke: 92.0 mm
- Displacement : 1991 cc
- Compression ratio: 18.0
- Rated power: 80 kW / 109 DIN/hp at 4200 rpm
- Nominal torque: 250 Nm at 1600 - 2600 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 4
- Valve operation: 2 overhead camshafts
- Camshaft drive: single roller chain
- Injection system (location): cylinder direct
- Injection pump / injection system (type): common rail
- Injection pump (type): high-pressure pump with common rail
- Coolant / filling quantity with heating: 8.0 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 5.8 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 74 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 2100 w
- Ignition system: compression ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 54 / 6.0 l
- Fuel tank (location): in front of the rear axle
- Front-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Front axle: McPherson struts and wishbones
- Rear-wheel suspension (type): spherical
- Rear axle: parabolic rear axle
- Suspension front / rear: coil springs, twin-tube gas pressure shock absorbers with SSD, torsion bar stabilizer / coil springs, twin-tube gas pressure shock absorbers with SSD, torsion bar stabilizer
- Steering (type): rack-and-pinion
- Steering assistance: electromechanical, speed-dependent
- Brakes front: discs, internally ventilated
- Rear brakes: discs, solid
- Front brake caliper: sliding caliper
- Rear brake caliper: sliding caliper
- Disc or drum diameter front : 276 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 258 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanical (manually operated)
- Front rims: 6.0 J x 15
- Rear rims: 6.0 J x 15
- Front tyres: 185/65 R 15
- Rear tyres: 185/65 R 15
- Drive: front wheel drive
- Transmission: manual
- Availability: as standard
- Clutch: dry single-disc clutch
- Gearbox design: 2-shaft transmission
- Transmission control: manual with cable bull
- Forward gears (total): 6
- Gear ratio: I. 3.93; II. 2.22; III. 1.39; IV. 0.98; V. 0.93; VI. 0.81; R. 4.68
- Axle drive ratio: 3.24 (gears I - IV) or 2.70 (gears V, VI, R.)
- Maximum speed: 186 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 10.8 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 6.4-7.6 / 4.6-4.7 / 5.2-5.8 l per 100 km (Diesel fuel)
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: AUTOTRONIC (CVT)
- Availability: optional
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: continuously variable + fixed gear
- Transmission control: electrohydraulic
- Forward gears (total): 7 virtual gear steps in manual shift mode
- Gear ratio: I. 2.72; II. 1.69; III. 1.12; IV. 0.79; V. 0.65; VI. 0.52; VII. 0.42; R. 4.22 (in manual transmission mode)
- Axle drive ratio: 3.95
- Maximum speed: 186 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 10.8 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 7.0-7.9 / 4.4-5.0 / 5.4-6.1 l per 100 km (Diesel fuel)
- Wheelbase: 2568 mm
- Front track gauge: 1556 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1551 mm
- Vehicle length: 3838 mm
- Vehicle width: 1764 mm
- Vehicle height: 1593 mm
- Turning circle diameter: 10.95 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 1320 kg
- Permissible total weight: 1745 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 925 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 820 kg
- Payload: 425 kg
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 400 / 1500 kg
- Units produced: not separately documented
- Prices: 06.2004: EUR 20,532.00
07.2005: EUR 21,460.00
08.2006: EUR 21,634.00
07.2007: EUR 22.253,00
01.2008: EUR 22,461.25