- 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 / 272.942
- 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
- Nominal torque: 300 Nm at 2500 - 5000 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
- 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 and perforated
- Rear brakes: discs, solid
- Disc or drum diameter front : 300 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 278 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanically (manually operated)
- Front rims: 7.0 J x 16
- Rear rims: 8.0 J x 16
- Front tyres: 205/55 R 16
- Rear tyres: 225/50 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: 3.27
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (electronically limited)
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 6.3 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 13.6-14.1 / 6.7-7.0 / 9.3-9.7 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- Transmission: automatic
- Gearbox type designation: 7G-TRONIC
- Availability: optional
- Clutch: hydraulic torque converter with lock-up clutch (governed)
- Gearbox design: planetary gear group
- Transmission control: electrohydraulic
- Forward gears (total): 7
- Gear ratio: I. 4.38; II. 2.86; III. 1.92; IV. 1.37; V. 1.0; VI. 0.82; VII. 0.73; R. 3.41
- Axle drive ratio: 3.27
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (electronically limited)
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 6.2 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 12.3-13.2 / 6.8-7.0 / 8.9-9.3 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- Wheelbase: 2430 mm
- Front track gauge: 1526 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1549 mm
- Vehicle length: 4103 mm
- Vehicle width: 1788 mm
- Vehicle height: 1296 mm
- cW drag coefficient: 0.34
- Turning circle diameter: 10.51 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 1440 - 1455 kg
- Permissible total weight: 1755 - 1770 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 900 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 940 kg
- Payload: 315 kg
- Units produced: 40,415
- Prices: 12.2007: EUR 41,858.25
07.2008: EUR 41,858.25
06.2009: EUR 42,572.25
01.2010: EUR 43,464.75