- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine with supercharger and intercooler
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 271 E 18 ML / 271.944
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 4 / in-line
- Bore: 82.0 mm
- Stroke: 85.0 mm
- Displacement : 1796 cc
- Compression ratio: 9.5
- Rated power: 120 kW / 163 DIN/hp at 5500/min
- Nominal torque: 240 Nm at 3000 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 4
- Valve operation: 2 overhead camshafts (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: 8.2 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 5.5 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 62 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 1680 w
- Ignition system: electronic mapped ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 70 / 9.0 l
- Fuel tank (location): above the rear axle
- Front-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Front axle: three-link suspension
- Rear-wheel suspension (type): independent suspension
- Rear axle: multi-link suspension
- Suspension front / rear: McPherson strut with twin-tube gas pressure shock absorbers, torsion bar / coil springs, single-tube gas pressure shock absorbers, torsion bar
- Steering (type): rack-and-pinion
- Steering assistance: hydraulically assisted
- Brakes front: discs, internally ventilated
- Rear brakes: discs, solid
- Disc or drum diameter front : 288 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 278 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanically (manually operated)
- Front rims: 7.0 J x 16
- Rear rims: 7.0 J x 16
- Front tyres: 205/55 R 16
- Rear tyres: 205/55 R 16
- Drive: rear wheel drive
- Transmission: manual
- Availability: as standard
- Clutch: dry single-disc clutch
- Gearbox design: change-speed gear
- Transmission control: manual with linkage
- Forward gears (total): 6
- Gear ratio: I. 4.46; II. 2.61; III. 1.72; IV. 1.25; V. 1.0; VI. 0.84; R. 4.06
- Axle drive ratio: 3.46
- Maximum speed: 228 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 7.9 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 12.6-13.0 / 6.5-6.9 / 8.7-9.1 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: 5-speed automatic transmission (electronically controlled)
- Availability: optional
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: planetary gear group
- Transmission control: electrohydraulic
- Forward gears (total): 5
- Gear ratio: I. 3.95; II. 2.42; III. 1.49; IV. 1.0; V. 0.83; R. 3.15
- Axle drive ratio: 3.46
- Maximum speed: 226 km/h
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 8.3 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 12.5-12.9 / 6.7-7.1 / 8.8-9.2 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- Wheelbase: 2430 mm
- Front track gauge: 1530 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1541 mm
- Vehicle length: 4089 mm
- Vehicle width: 1777 mm
- Vehicle height: 1296 mm
- cW drag coefficient: 0.32
- Turning circle diameter: 10.51 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 1390 kg
- Permissible total weight: 1705 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 840 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 935 kg
- Payload: 315 kg
- Units produced: 106,542
- Prices: 01.2004: EUR 33,524.00
04.2005: EUR 34,220.00
04.2006: EUR 34,452.00
07.2007: EUR 35,938.00