- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 156 E 62 / 156.984
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 8 / 90° V
- Bore: 102.2 mm
- Stroke: 94.6 mm
- Displacement : 6208 cc
- Compression ratio: 11.3
- Rated power: 386 kW / 525 DIN/hp at 6800 rpm
- Nominal torque: 630 Nm at 5200 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 4
- Valve operation: 2 overhead camshaft per cylinder bank (variably adjustable)
- 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: 10.7 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 8.75 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 35 + 95 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 3080 w
- Ignition system: electronic mapped ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 90 / 14 l
- Fuel tank (location): above the rear axle
- Front-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Front axle: four-link suspension with with Active Body Control (ABC)
- Rear-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Rear axle: multilink suspension with Active Body Control (ABC)
- Suspension front / rear: active suspension via suspension struts with coil springs and downstream plunger cylinder, twin-tube gas-pressure shock absorbers with Adaptive Damping System / active suspension via suspension struts with coil springs and downstream plunger cylinder, twin-tube gas-pressure shock absorbers with Adaptive Damping System
- Steering (type): rack-and-pinion
- Steering assistance: hydraulically assisted, speed-dependent
- Brakes front: compound discs, internally ventilated und perforated
- Rear brakes: compound discs, internally ventilated und perforated
- Disc or drum diameter front : 390 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 365 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): electrical (operated via push button)
- Front rims: 8.5 J x 19
- Rear rims: 9.5 J x 19
- Front tyres: 255/40 ZR 19
- Rear tyres: 275/40 ZR 19
- Drive: rear wheel drive
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: AMG SPEEDSHIFT 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: 3,06
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (electronically limited)
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 4.6 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 23.2 / 10.2 / 14.9 l per 100 km (super plus petrol)
- Wheelbase: 3035 mm
- Front track gauge: 1600 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1606 mm
- Vehicle length: 5076 mm
- Vehicle width: 1871 mm
- Vehicle height: 1473 mm
- Turning circle diameter: 11.80 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 2070 kg
- Permissible total weight: 2595 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1320 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1335 kg
- Payload: 525 kg
- Units produced: not separately documented
- Prices: 07.2007: EUR 131,376.00
07.2008: EUR 132,685.00
01.2009: EUR 134,232.00