- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: transverse; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 266 E 17 / 266.940
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 4 / in-line
- Bore: 83.0 mm
- Stroke: 78.5 mm
- Displacement : 1699 cc
- Compression ratio: 11.0
- Rated power: 85 kW / 116 DIN/hp at 5500 rpm
- Nominal torque: 155 Nm at 3500 - 4000 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 2
- Valve operation: 1 overhead camshaft
- Camshaft drive: single roller chain
- Injection system (location): intake duct
- Injection pump / injection system (type): microprocessor-controlled injection system with hot-film air-mass measurement
- Injection pump (type): electric delivery pump
- Coolant / filling quantity with heating: 6.3 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 5.0 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 46 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 1260 w
- Ignition system: electronic mapped 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: 195/65 R 15
- Rear tyres: 195/65 R 15
- Drive: front wheel drive
- Transmission: manual
- Availability: as standard
- Clutch: dry single-disc clutch
- Gearbox design: change-speed gear
- Transmission control: manual with cable bull
- Forward gears (total): 5
- Gear ratio: I. 3.64; II. 2.04; III. 1.33; IV. 1.03; V. 0.82; R. 3.29
- Axle drive ratio: 3.88
- Maximum speed: 184 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 11.3 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 8.6-9.0 / 5.8-6.0 / 6.8-7.1 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: AUTOTRONIC (CVT)
- Availability: optional
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: continuously variable
- 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: 4.86
- Maximum speed: 180 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 12.0 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 9.0-9.8 / 6.0-6.3 / 7.1-7.6 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- Wheelbase: 2778 mm
- Front track gauge: 1556 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1551 mm
- Vehicle length: 4270 mm
- Vehicle width: 1777 mm
- Vehicle height: 1603 mm
- Turning circle diameter: 11.95 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 1310 kg
- Permissible total weight: 1830 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 935 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 895 kg
- Payload: 520 kg
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 400 / 1300 kg
- Units produced: not separately documented
- Prices: 03.2005: EUR 23,374.00
02.2006: EUR 23,606.00
01.2007: EUR 24,454.50
01.2008: EUR 25,109.00