- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 113 E 55 / 113.982
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 8 / 90° V
- Bore: 97,0 mm
- Stroke: 92,0 mm
- Displacement : 5439 cc
- Compression ratio: 10.5
- Rated power: 260 kW / 354 DIN/hp at 5500 rpm
- Nominal torque: 525 Nm at 3000 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: 12.0 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 8.0 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 74 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 1610 w
- Ignition system: electronic map-controlled phased twin-spark 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: discs
- Disc or drum diameter front : 313 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
- 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
- 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. 3.59; II. 2.19; III. 1.41; IV. 1.0; V. 0.83; R. 3.16
- Axle drive ratio: 4.38 (front/rear)
- Transmission ration transfer case (road): 0.87
- Transmission ration transfer case (off-road): 2.16
- Maximum speed: 209 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 7.4 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 21.6 / 13.1 / 16.2 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- 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): 2365 kg (cabriolet: 2350 kg)
- Permissible total weight: 2810 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1320 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1700 kg
- Payload: 445 kg (cabriolet: 460 kg)
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 750 / 2925 kg
- Units produced: not separately documented
- Prices: conversion price, based on G 500 (AMG engineering package, engine and exhaust system)
08.1999: DM 37,120.00