- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 112 E 32 / 112.945
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 6 / 90° V
- Bore: 89.9 mm
- Stroke: 84.0 mm
- Displacement : 3199 cc
- Compression ratio: 10.0
- Rated power: 158 kW / 215 DIN/hp at 5500 rpm
- Nominal torque: 300 Nm at 2800 - 4800 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 3
- Valve operation: 1 overhead camshaft per cylinder bank
- 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: 11.6 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 8.0 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 100 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 2100 w
- Ignition system: electronic map-controlled phased twin-spark ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 96 / 20 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 : 303 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 (from 09.2001: 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: 34.0° / 26.0° (cabriolet)
36.0°/ 27.0° (station wagon) - Max. fording depth: 500 mm
- Max. tilt angle: 28.4°
- 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. 3.95; II. 2.42; 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: 175 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 10.9 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 19.7 / 12.7 / 15.5 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): 2255 kg (cabriolet: 2240 kg)
- Permissible total weight: 2850 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1400 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1700 kg
- Payload: 595 kg (cabriolet: 610 kg)
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 750 / 2850 kg
- Units produced: 514
- Prices: cabriolet
07.2000: EUR 61,596.00 (DM 120,471.30)
09.2001: EUR 62,756.00 (DM 122,740.07)
01.2002: EUR 63,916.00
02.2003: EUR 65,076.00
04.2004: EUR 66,004.00
01.2005: EUR 67,048.00
02.2006: EUR 67,976.00
station wagon
07.2000: EUR 56,028.00 (DM 109,581.24)
09.2001: EUR 57,188.00 (DM 111,850.01)
01.2002: EUR 58,348.00
02.2003: EUR 59,392.00
04.2004: EUR 60,204.00
01.2005: EUR 61,132.00
02.2006: EUR 61,944.00