- Combustion principle: four-stroke diesel engine with turbocharger and intercooler
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: OM 606 D 30 LA / 606.964
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 6 / in-line
- Bore: 87.0 mm
- Stroke: 84.0 mm
- Displacement : 2996 cc
- Compression ratio: 22.0
- Rated power: 130 kW / 177 DIN/hp at 4600 rpm
- Nominal torque: 330 Nm at 1600 - 3600 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 4
- Valve operation: 2 overhead camshafts
- Camshaft drive: duplex roller chain
- Injection system (location): indirect
- Injection pump / injection system (type): prechamber injection, mechanically-electronically controlled
- Injection pump (type): 6-plunger pump
- Coolant / filling quantity with heating: 9.5 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 8.0 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 100 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 1260 w
- Ignition system: compression ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 96 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
- Brakes front: discs, internally ventilated
- Rear brakes: drums (from 12.1997: discs)
- Disc or drum diameter front : 303 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 260 mm (from 12.1997: 272 mm)
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanically (manually operated)
- Front rims: 7.5 J x 16
- Rear rims: 7.5 J x 16
- Front tyres: 255/65 R16 M+S
- Rear tyres: 255/65 R16 M+S
- Drive: permanent four-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; differential locks on transfer case, front and rear axle lockable at the touch of a button
- Max. angle of approach/departure: 36.0° / 27.0°
- Slope climbing ability: 80 %
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: 5-speed automatic transmission (electronically controlled)
- Availability: as standard
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: planetary gear group
- Transmission control: hydraulic
- Forward gears (total): 5
- Gear ratio: I. 3.93; II. 2.41; III. 1.49; IV. 1.0; V. 0.83; R. 3.10
- Axle drive ratio: 4.86 (front/rear)
- Transmission ration transfer case (road): 0.87
- Transmission ration transfer case (off-road): 2.16
- Maximum speed: 164 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 14.2 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 10.5 / 14.6 / 13.1 l per 100 km (diesel fuel)
- Wheelbase: 2400 mm
- Front track gauge: 1475 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1475 mm
- Vehicle length: 4230 mm (cabriolet: 4275 mm)
- Vehicle width: 1760 mm
- Vehicle height: 1931 mm (cabriolet: 1941 mm)
- Turning circle diameter: 11,31 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 2245 kg (cabriolet: 2220 kg)
- Permissible total weight: 2750 kg (from 04.1998: 2810 kg)
- Permissible axle load front: 1320 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1650 kg
- Payload: 505 kg (cabriolet: 530 kg); from 04.1998: 565 kg (cabriolet: 590 kg)
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 750 / 2860 kg (from 04.1998: 2925 kg)
- Units produced: 815
- Prices: cabriolet with manual soft top operation
09.1996: DM 101,487.50
cabriolet with electro-hydraulic soft top operation
03.1997: DM 111,837.50
04.1998: DM 115,884.00
02.1999: DM 117,624.00
01.2000: DM 119,364.00
station wagon
09.1996: DM 99,912.00
03.1997: DM 101,430.00
04.1998: DM 105,212.00
02.1999: DM 106,836.00
01.2000: DM 108,460.00