This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
It is part of Mercedes-Benz's W 211 family of cars.
The 5 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged powerplant has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 2.7 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 175 bhp (177 PS/130 kW) at 4200 rpm and 400 Nm (295 lbft/40.8 kgm) at 1800-2600 rpm respectively.
A 6 speed manual 'box transfers the power to the wheels.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1665 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 233 km/h, which is 145 mph.
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