Mercedes Benz ML

53 models in this series

Mercedes-Benz ML – collective page of the M-Class in commercial N1 registration: W163 to W166, CDI diesels and 4MATIC four-wheel drive, 120 to 225 kW from four- to eight-cylinders

Pictured: Mercedes Benz ML 250 BLUETEC 4MATIC

This page gathers the Mercedes-Benz M-Class (ML) in the version registered as a commercial vehicle – in the Netherlands as an N1-class van. The M-Class began in 1997 at the newly built Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama, Mercedes-Benz's first plant in the United States; the W163 generation ran until 2005, the W164 from 2005 to 2011, and the W166 from 2011. The first two digits of the type designation roughly give the engine capacity in litres times ten – the ML 270 with a five-cylinder, the ML 320 and 350 with a six-cylinder, the ML 500 with an eight-cylinder – CDI denotes common-rail diesel injection, 4MATIC permanent four-wheel drive, and AMG the higher-output 55 and 63 models.

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The register lists here 53 versions with outputs from 120 to 225 kW, displacements from 2,143 to 6,209 cm³ from four- to eight-cylinders, unladen weights from 2,050 to 2,444 kg against gross weights of 2,800 to 3,050 kg; lengths are recorded for a handful of entries at 4,587 to 5,020 mm, and width runs throughout from 1,820 to 2,120 mm.

The commercial N1 registration of the SUV was common above all in the Netherlands, where it offered tax advantages over private car registration; technically the M-Class remained the road-oriented SUV from Tuscaloosa with which Mercedes-Benz competed against the BMW X5 and Range Rover.

On used examples, all generations call for checking the air suspension (Airmatic) and timing chain, the CDI engines their injectors and turbine housing, 4MATIC versions the transfer case and propshaft, and rust at the rear wheel arches; parts run through the regular Mercedes-Benz network.

Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Mercedes Benz ML, Mercedes-Benz (manufacturer)

Models compared

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	ML2000-2004	ML 250 BLUETEC 4MATIC2011-2015	ML 280 CDI2005-2011	ML 280 CDI 4MATIC2006-2010	ML 300 CDI 4MATIC2009-2012	ML 320 CDI2005-2009	ML 320 CDI 4MATIC2005-2010	ML 350 Bluetec 4Matic2010-2015	ML 350 CDI 4MATIC2009-2012	ML 400 CDI2001-2006	ML 450 CDI 4MATIC2009-2010	ML 500 4MATIC2006-2015
Power	120 kW	150 kW	140 kW	140 kW	150 kW	165 kW	165 kW	190 kW	170 kW	184 kW	225 kW	225 kW
Cylinders	8	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8
Displacement	3,996 cm³	2,143 cm³	2,987 cm³	2,987 cm³	2,987 cm³	2,987 cm³	2,987 cm³	2,987 cm³	2,987 cm³	3,996 cm³	3,996 cm³	5,461 cm³
Top speed	–	–	205 km/h	205 km/h	210 km/h	215 km/h	216 km/h	224 km/h	218 km/h	213 km/h	235 km/h	250 km/h
Wheelbase	2,820 mm	2,920 mm	2,920 mm	2,920 mm	2,920 mm	2,930 mm	3,910 mm	2,920 mm	2,920 mm	2,820 mm	2,920 mm	2,920 mm
Length	4,590 mm	4,945 mm	4,780 mm	4,780 mm	5,020 mm	4,780 mm	4,910 mm	4,950 mm	5,020 mm	4,630 mm	5,020 mm	4,780 mm
Width	1,950 mm	1,951 mm	1,990 mm	2,090 mm	1,990 mm	2,000 mm	2,120 mm	1,980 mm	1,952 mm	1,980 mm	1,980 mm	1,960 mm
Unladen weight	2,240 kg	2,150 kg	2,265 kg	2,301 kg	2,320 kg	2,330 kg	2,330 kg	2,440 kg	2,185 kg	2,300 kg	2,405 kg	2,250 kg
Gross vehicle weight	2,870 kg	2,950 kg	2,830 kg	2,830 kg	2,910 kg	2,830 kg	2,910 kg	2,950 kg	2,830 kg	2,870 kg	2,950 kg	2,950 kg

Mercedes Benz ML

Mercedes-Benz ML – collective page of the M-Class in commercial N1 registration: W163 to W166, CDI diesels and 4MATIC four-wheel drive, 120 to 225 kW from four- to eight-cylinders

Models compared

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5D ML 320 CDI

MERCEDES ML

MERCEDES ML 270CDI

ML

ML 250 BLUETEC 4MATIC

ML 270

ML 270 CD1

ML 270 CDI

ML 270 CDI AUTOMATIC

ML 270CDI

ML 280

ML 280 CDI

ML 280 CDI 4-MATIC

ML 280 CDI 4MATIC

ML 280 CDI MATIC

ML 280CDI 4 MATIC

ML 280CDI 4MATIC

ML 300 CDI

ML 300 CDI 4MATIC

ML 320

ML 320 4MATIC

ML 320 CD1

ML 320 CD14 MATIC

ML 320 CDI

ML 320 CDI 4-MATIC

ML 320 CDI 4MATIC

ML 320 CDI AUTOMATIC

ML 320 CDI YMATIC

ML 320CDI

ML 320CDI 4matic

ML 350

ML 350 4MATIC

ML 350 BLUE TEC

ML 350 BLUETEC

ML 350 Bluetec 4 Matic

ML 350 Bluetec 4Matic

ML 350 CDI

ML 350 CDI 4MATIC

ML 350 MATIC

ML 400

ML 400 CDI

ML 400 CDI AUTOMATIC

ML 400CDI

ML 420

ML 420 CDI 4-MATIC

ML 420 CDI 4MATIC

ML 430

ML 450 CDI 4MATIC

ML 500

ML 500 4MATIC

ML 55 AMG

ML 63 AMG

ML, 320 CDI AUT.