- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 156 E 62 / 156.983
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 8 / 90° V
- Bore: 102.2 mm
- Stroke: 94.6 mm
- Displacement : 6208 cc
- Compression ratio: 11.3
- Rated power: 378 kW / 514 DIN/hp at 6800 rpm
- Nominal torque: 630 Nm at 5000 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 4
- Valve operation: 2 overhead camshaft per cylinder bank (variably adjustable)
- Camshaft drive: duplex 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: 11.8 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 8.8 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 35 + 70 Ah (in the engine compartment and boot)
- Generator: three-phase AC / 2100 w
- Ignition system: electronic mapped ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 80 / 14.0 l
- Fuel tank (location): above the rear axle
- Front-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Front axle: four-link suspension
- Rear-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Rear axle: multi-link suspension
- Suspension front / rear: air suspension, gas pressure shock absorbers, torsion bar / air suspension, gas pressure shock absorbers, torsion bar
- Steering (type): rack-and-pinion
- Steering assistance: hydraulically assisted, speed-dependent
- Brakes front: compound discs, internally ventilated und perforated
- Rear brakes: discs, internally ventilated und perforated
- Disc or drum diameter front : 360 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 330 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanical (foot-operated)
- Front rims: 8.5 J x 18
- Rear rims: 9.5 J x 18
- Front tyres: 255/40 R 18
- Rear tyres: 285/35 R 18
- Drive: rear wheel drive
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: AMG SPEEDSHIFT 7G-TRONIC
- Availability: as standard
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: planetary gear group
- Transmission control: hydraulic
- Forward gears (total): 7
- Gear ratio: I. 4.38; II. 2.86; III. 1.92; IV. 1.37; V. 1.00; VI. 0.82; VII. 0.73; R. 3.42
- Axle drive ratio: 2.82
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (electronically limited)
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 4.5 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 22.6 / 9.9 / 14.5 l per 100 km (super plus petrol)
- Wheelbase: 2854 mm
- Front track gauge: 1599 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1583 mm
- Vehicle length: 4915 mm
- Vehicle width: 1873 mm
- Vehicle height: 1389 mm
- cW drag coefficient: 0.31
- Turning circle diameter: 11.50 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 1905 kg
- Permissible total weight: 2370 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1165 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1250 kg
- Payload: 465 kg
- Units produced: not separately documented
- Prices: 04.2006: EUR 101,094.00
07.2007: EUR 104,720.00