- Combustion principle: four-stroke diesel engine with turbocharger and intercooler
- Exhaust-gas treatment: oxidation catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: OM 628 DE 40 LA / 628.962
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 8 / 75° V
- Bore: 86.0 mm
- Stroke: 86.0 mm
- Displacement : 3996 cc
- Compression ratio: 18.5
- Rated power: 184 kW / 250 DIN/hp at 4400 rpm
- Nominal torque: 560 Nm at 1700 - 2600 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: 14.7 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 9.0 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 / 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, internally ventilated
- 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 18
- Rear rims: 7.5 J x 18
- Front tyres: 265/60 R18
- Rear tyres: 265/60 R18
- 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° / 29.0°
- 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. 3.60; II. 2.19; III. 1.41; IV. 1.0; V. 0.83; R. 3.17
- Axle drive ratio: 4.11 (front/rear)
- Transmission ration transfer case (road): 0.87
- Transmission ration transfer case (off-road): 2.16
- Maximum speed: 182 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 9.9 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 16.1 / 11.0 / 12.8 l per 100 km (diesel fuel)
- Wheelbase: 2850 mm
- Front track gauge: 1475 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1475 mm
- Vehicle length: 4680 mm
- Vehicle width: 1760 mm
- Vehicle height: 1936 mm
- Turning circle diameter: 13.26 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 2585 kg
- Permissible total weight: 3200 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1450 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1900 kg
- Payload: 615 kg
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 750 / 3500 kg
- Units produced: 4,147
- Prices: station wagon
07.2000: EUR 75,052.00 (DM 146,788.95)
09.2001: EUR 76,212.00 (DM 149,057.72)
01.2002: EUR 77,836.00
02.2003: EUR 79,228.00
04.2004: EUR 80,736.00
01.2005: EUR 82,012.00
02.2006: EUR 83,172.00