- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine with biturbo charging and two intercoolers
- Exhaust-gas treatment: 2 catalytic converters
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 275 E 60 LA AMG / 275.982
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 12 / 60° V
- Bore: 82.6 mm
- Stroke: 93.0 mm
- Displacement : 5980 cc
- Compression ratio: 9.0
- Rated power: 450 kW / 612 DIN/hp at 4800 - 5100 rpm
- Nominal torque: 1000 Nm at 2000 - 4000 rpm (electronically limited)
- Number of valves per cylinder: 3
- Valve operation: 1 overhead camshaft per cylinder bank (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 sensor
- Injection pump (type): electric delivery pump
- Coolant / filling quantity with heating: 13.9 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 9.0 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 35 + 95 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 3080 w
- Ignition system: electronic mapped ignition; twin-spark 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 5-speed automatic
- Availability: as standard
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: planetary gear group
- Transmission control: electrohydraulic
- 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: 2.65
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (electronically limited)
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 4.4 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 23.1 / 10.0 / 14.8 l per 100 km (super plus petrol)
- Wheelbase: 3165 mm
- Front track gauge: 1600 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1606 mm
- Vehicle length: 5206 mm
- Vehicle width: 1871 mm
- Vehicle height: 1473 mm
- Turning circle diameter: 12.20 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 2250 kg; from 10.2006: 2270 kg
- Permissible total weight: 2705 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 1375 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 1375 kg
- Payload: 455 kg; from 10.2006: 435 kg
- Units produced: not separately documented
- Prices: 01.2007: EUR 211,761.00
07.2007: EUR 215,449.50
07.2008: EUR 217,115.50
01.2009: EUR 218,960.00