- Combustion principle: four-stroke diesel engine with turbocharger and intercooler
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter and particulate filter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: OM 642 DE 30 LA / 642.970
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 6 / 72° V
- Bore: 83.0 mm
- Stroke: 92.0 mm
- Displacement : 2987 cc
- Compression ratio: 17.7
- Rated power: 165 kW / 224 DIN/hp at 3800 rpm
- Nominal torque: 540 Nm at 1600 - 2400 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 4
- Valve operation: 2 overhead camshafts per cylinder bank
- Camshaft drive: duplex roller chain
- Injection system (location): cylinder direct
- Injection pump / injection system (type): common rail
- Injection pump (type): common rail
- Coolant / filling quantity with heating: 11,6 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 9,5 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 90 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 2100 w
- Ignition system: compression ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 96 / 13 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
- Rear brakes: discs, solid
- Disc or drum diameter front : 315 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 272 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanically (manually operated)
- Front rims: 7.5 J x 16
- Rear rims: 7.5 J x 16
- Front tyres: 265/70 R16
- Rear tyres: 265/70 R16
- Drive: permanent four-wheel drive, controlled via electronic traction system 4ETS
- 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°
- Max. fording depth: 600 mm
- Max. tilt angle: 28.4°
- Breakover angle at perm. GVW: 25° (cabriolet)
27° (station wagon) - Slope climbing ability: 80 %
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: 7G-TRONIC
- Availability: as standard
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: planetary gear group
- Transmission control: electrohydraulic
- 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: 4.38 (front/rear)
- Transmission ration transfer case (road): 0.87
- Transmission ration transfer case (off-road): 2.16
- Maximum speed: 177 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 8.8 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 13.4 / 9.7 / 11.0 l per 100 km (diesel fuel)
- Wheelbase: 2400 mm
- Front track gauge: 1475 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1475 mm
- Vehicle length: 4212 mm (cabriolet: 4257 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): 2275 kg (cabriolet: 2260 kg)
- Permissible total weight: 2850 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1400 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1700 kg
- Payload: 575 kg (cabriolet: 590 kg)
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 750 / 2850 kg
- Units produced: 447 (cabriolet) / 776 (station wagon)
- Prices: cabriolet
01.2008: EUR 73,958.50
01.2009: EUR 76,398.00
02.2010: EUR 78,599.50
station wagon
01.2008: EUR 67,889.50
01.2009: EUR 70,091.00
02.2010: EUR 72,292.50