- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 272 E 30 / 272.946
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 6 / 90° V
- Bore: 88.0 mm
- Stroke: 82.1 mm
- Displacement : 2996 cc
- Compression ratio: 11.3
- Rated power: 170 kW / 231 DIN/hp at 6000 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 4
- Valve operation: 2 overhead camshafts per cylinder bank (variably adjustable)
- Camshaft drive: intake camshafts via duplex roller chain, outlet camshafts via gearwheel engagement with intake camshafts
- 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
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 8.0 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Generator: three-phase AC
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 90 / 11.0 l
- Fuel tank (location): above the rear axle
- Front-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Front axle: four-link suspension
- Rear-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Rear axle: multi-link suspension
- Suspension front / rear: air suspension, gas-pressure shock absorbers with Adaptive Damping System, torsion bar / air suspension, additional coil springs, gas-pressure shock absorbers with Adaptive Damping System, torsion bar
- Steering (type): rack-and-pinion
- Steering assistance: hydraulically assisted, speed-dependent
- Rear brakes: discs, solid
- Disc or drum diameter front : 335 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 300 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): electrical (operated via push button)
- Front rims: 8.0 J x 17
- Rear rims: 8.0 J x 17
- Front tyres: 235/55 R 17
- Rear tyres: 235/55 R 17
- Drive: rear wheel drive
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: 7G-TRONIC
- Availability: as standard
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: planetary gear group
- 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: 3.27
- Maximum speed: 246 km/h
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 14,1 / 7,6 / 9,9 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- Wheelbase: 3035 mm
- Front track gauge: 1604 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1606 mm
- Vehicle length: 5070 - 5085 mm
- Vehicle width: 1870 - 1880 mm
- Vehicle height: 1465 - 1480 mm
- Turning circle diameter: 11.80 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 1880 kg
- Permissible total weight: 2475 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1210 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1325 kg
- Payload: 595 kg
- Permissible trailer load unbraked / braked: 750 / 2100 kg
- Units produced: not separately documented