- Combustion principle: four-stroke petrol engine
- Exhaust-gas treatment: catalytic converter
- Arrangement: front
- Installation direction: longitudinally; over axle
- Engine designation / type: M 113 E 55 AMG / 113.989
- Number of cylinders / arrangement: 8 / 90° V
- Bore: 97.0 mm
- Stroke: 92.0 mm
- Displacement : 5439 cc
- Compression ratio: 11.0
- Rated power: 265 kW / 360 DIN/hp at 5750 rpm
- Nominal torque: 510 Nm at 4000/min
- Number of valves per cylinder: 3
- Valve operation: 1 overhead camshaft per cylinder bank
- 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: 11.1 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 map-controlled phased twin-spark ignition
- Fuel tank capacity/of which reserve: 70 / 10.0 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, speed-dependent
- Brakes front: composite discs, internally ventilated and perforated
- Rear brakes: composite discs, internally ventilated and perforated
- Disc or drum diameter front : 340 mm
- Disc or drum diameter rear: 330 mm
- Parking brake (actuation): mechanically (manually operated)
- Front rims: 7.5 J x 18
- Rear rims: 8.5 J x 18
- Front tyres: 225/40 ZR 18
- Rear tyres: 245/35 ZR 18
- 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
- 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: 3.06
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (electronically limited)
- Acceleration 0-100 kpm: 4.9 s
- Fuel consumption urban / extra-urban / combined (according to the respectively valid measurement and calculation methods): 17.7 / 8.8 / 12.0 l per 100 km (super plus petrol)
- Wheelbase: 2430 mm
- Front track gauge: 1526 mm
- Rear track gauge: 1549 mm
- Vehicle length: 4087 mm
- Vehicle width: 1794 mm
- Vehicle height: 1271 mm
- cW drag coefficient: 0.33
- Turning circle diameter: 10.51 m
- Unladen weight (according to the respectively valid measurement or calculation methods): 1540 kg
- Permissible total weight: 1850 kg
- Permissible axle load front: 910 kg
- Permissible axle load rear: 940 kg
- Payload: 310 kg
- Units produced: not separately documented
- Prices: 01.2004: EUR 63,974.00
04.2005: EUR 65,192.00
04.2006: EUR 65,830.00
07.2007: EUR 68,127.50