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The 2008 Mercedes-Benz GL 500 4MATIC, offered in Europe from October 2006 to mid-2008, is a 5-door, 4×4 permanent four-wheel-drive SUV with a 50/50 planetary centre differential. It includes a turbocharger-free 5461 cm3 V8 (Daimler-Benz M273 E55) petrol engine, with multi-point injection and DOHC, the V-90deg, producing 382 hp / 285 kW at 6000 engine revolutions and 530 Nm of torque at 2800 – 4800 engine revolutions. Combined with a 7-speed automatic transmission (Daimler-Benz 7G-Tronic), it accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 6.2 seconds and reaches a top speed of 244 km/h. Its combined fuel consumption is 17.8 L/100km. The car has a length of 5088 mm, a width of 1920 mm, a height of 1840 mm and weighs 2370 kg, with a fuel tank of 100 liters.