- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 272 E 35 / 272.963
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 6 / 90° V
- Bore: 92.9 mm
- Stroke: 86.0 mm
- Displacement : 3498 cc
- Compression ratio: 10.7
- Rated power: 200 kW / 272 DIN/hp at 6000 rpm
- Nominal torque: 350 Nm at 2400 - 5000 rpm
- Number of valves per cylinder: 4
- Valve operation: 2 overhead camshaft 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
- Coolant / filling quantity with heating: 9.8 l
- Oil change quantity (with filter): 8.0 l
- On-board power supply voltage: 12 v
- Battery capacity: 62 Ah
- Generator: three-phase AC / 2100 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 and perforated
- Rear brakes: discs, solid
- Disc or drum diameter front : 330 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 290 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanically (manually operated)
- Front rims: 7.5 J x 17
- Rear rims: 8.5 J x 17
- Front tyres: 225/45 R 17
- Rear tyres: 245/40 R 17
- 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: 5.6 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 15.5 / 7.8 / 10.6 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: 5.5 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 14.2 / 7.8 / 10.1 l per 100 km (premium petrol)
- Wheelbase: 2430 mm
- Front track gauge: 1526 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1549 mm
- Vehicle length: 4089 mm
- Vehicle width: 1788 mm
- Vehicle height: 1298 mm
- cW drag coefficient: 0.34
- Turning circle diameter: 10.51 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 1465 kg
- Permissible total weight: 1780 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 910 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 940 kg
- Payload: 315 kg
- Units produced: 44,905
- Prices: 01.2004: EUR 43,384.00
04.2005: EUR 44,196.00
04.2006: EUR 44,486.00
07.2007: EUR 46,231.50