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Vehicle 2007 Mercedes-Benz M-Class ML500 2008 Saturn VUE AWD V6 Red Line
100,000-Mile Extended Service Interval For Spark Plugs Yes No
1 Rear Seat Power Outlet and 1 Cargo Area Power Outlet Yes No
2 Front Cupholders, 2 Rear Cupholders; 4 Cupholders Total Yes No
2 Front Power Outlets Yes No
3.6-Liter, 60-Degree V6, 24-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 257@6500 and Torque Of 248@2100, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads No Yes
3-Function HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener Yes No
4 Front and 2 Rear; 6 Cupholders Total No Yes
4MATIC(TM) Full-Time 4-Wheel Drive Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes Yes
4-Wheel Electronic Traction System (4-ETS) All-Speed Traction Control Controlled By ABS and Engine Management Yes No
5057-Lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating No Yes
5.0-Liter, 90-Degree V8, 24-Valve, SOHC, SEFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 302@5600, Torque Of 339@2700, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads Yes No
6239-Lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Yes No
6-Speed Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
7-Speed Electronically Controlled Adaptive, Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive Yes No
8000-RPM Tachometer No Yes
Active Head Restraint Yes No
Adaptive Automatic Transmission Yes No
Alloy Wheels, 18-In. X 7-In. No Yes
Alloy Wheels, 18-In. X 8-In. Yes No
All-Speed Traction Control No Yes
All-Wheel Drive No Yes
Aluminum Trim Located On Center Floor Console and Doors Yes No
AM/FM Radio With 6 Speakers Total; CD Player; MP3 Player; XM(R) Satellite Radio (Subscription Fees Apply. Available Only In 48 Contiguous United States. Service Is Provided On A 3-Month Trial Basis Upon Purchase; See Dealer For Details) No Yes
AM/FM Radio With Speed Sensitive Volume and 8 Speakers Total; CD Player Yes No
Audible Warnings Include Headlights-On and Key-In-Ignition Yes No
Automatic Climate Control Yes Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On and Dusk Sensor Yes No
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off No Yes
Automatic Locking Retractors Yes Yes
Auxiliary Audio Input Jack No Yes
Battery Yes Yes
Battery Saver No Yes
Black Front Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Black Rear Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Body Colored Exterior Door Handles No Yes
Brake Assist Electronic Brake Assistance Yes No
Burl Walnut Genuine Wood Trim Located On Center Floor Console and Doors Yes No
Cargo Area Power Outlet No Yes
Cargo Area Tie-Down Hooks Yes No
Cargo Area Tiedowns No Yes
Cargo Cover Yes No
Cargo Net Yes Yes
Cargo Organizer No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area Yes Yes
Child Safety Door Locks Located On Rear Doors No Yes
Chrome Grille Yes No
Cigarette Lighter and Ashtray Yes No
Coinholder No Yes
Color Keyed and Chrome Body Side Molding Yes No
Color Keyed and Chrome Exterior Door Handles Yes No
Color-Keyed Front and Rear Bumpers Yes No
Comand Modular Control System Centralized Control Instrumentation For Phone, Audio, Navigation, and Telematics Yes No
Compact Spare Tire No Yes
Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor Yes No
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal Yes Yes
Cruise Control Yes Yes
Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Delayed Courtesy Lights Yes Yes
Delayed Power Retention Operates Audio and Windows No Yes
Digital Clock Yes Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes Yes
Driver, Front Passenger and Rear Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Driver Manual Lumbar Support No Yes
Driver Power Lumbar Support Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total Yes Yes
Dual Body Color Folding Power Adjustable Heated Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Dual Color-Keyed Folding Power Adjustable Heated Signaling Exterior Rearview Mirrors Yes No
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror Yes Yes
Electronic Brake Force Distribution Yes No
Electronic Stability Program (ESP(R)) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction and ABS Measures Steering Wheel Angle/Direction, Yaw Rate, Wheel Speed and Lateral Acceleration Yes No
Extended Service Interval For Iridium Tipped Spark Plugs No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge Yes Yes
Front Active Head Restraints No Yes
Front Air Dam Yes Yes
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front and Rear Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Crumple Zones Yes Yes
Front and Rear Door Mounted Storage Yes No
Front and Rear Outboard 3-Point Seatbelts Yes No
Front and Rear Pretensioners With Force Limiters Yes No
Front and Rear Reading Lights Yes No
Front and Rear Side Head Curtain Airbags No Yes
Front and Rear Skid Plates Yes No
Front Carpeted Floor Mats Yes No
Front Dual Heated Bucket Seats With 3-Settings, Adjustable Seat Height and Adjustable Headrests Yes No
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors Yes Yes
Front Dual Reclining Heated Sport Bucket Seats With 3-Settings, Driver Adjustable Seat Height and Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Seatback Storage Pockets Yes Yes
Front Dual Sunvisors Yes Yes
Front Fog Lights No Yes
Front Halogen Foglights and Single Red Rear Foglight Yes No
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total Yes No
Front Passenger Underseat Storage No Yes
Front Power 351-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 330-mm Solid Disc Brakes Yes No
Front Power Outlet No Yes
Front Power Vented 296-mm X 29-mm Disc and Rear Power 303-mm X 20-mm Disc Brakes No Yes
Front Pretensioners No Yes
Front Reading Lights No Yes
Front Seatbelt Height Adjusters Yes Yes
Front Stabilizer Bar Yes Yes
Full-Size Spare Tire Yes No
Glovebox No Yes
Halogen Headlights No Yes
Head Protection Curtain Side Head Curtain Airbags Yes No
Hill Descent Control Yes No
Hill Start Control Yes No
Illuminated Entry Yes No
Independent Double Wishbone Front Suspension With Anti-Dive Geometry, Coil Springs and Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers Yes No
Independent MacPherson(R) Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Soft Ride Type No Yes
Independent MacPherson(R) Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Sport Ride Type No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Anti-Squat, Alignment Control, Coil Springs and Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers Yes No
Interior Air Filter No Yes
Interior Load Area Light Yes Yes
Interior Pollen and Dust Air Filter Yes No
Interior Spare Tire No Yes
Interior Tire Cover No Yes
Intermittent Rear Wiper/Washer Yes No
Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob Yes Yes
L A T C H Yes Yes
Latching Power Liftgate Yes No
Leather Located On Shift Knob; Stainless Steel Located On Sill Plates No Yes
Leather Seats No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel Yes Yes
Lockable and Illuminated Glovebox Yes No
Locking Fuel Filler Door Yes No
Locking Storage No Yes
Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Maintenance Interval Indicator No Yes
Maintenance System Plus Service Interval Indicator For Oil Level and Brake Wear Yes No
Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission No Yes
MB TEX Vinyl Seats Yes No
Multi-Function Remote Operates Door Lock/Unlock and Illuminated Entry No Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Door Lock/Unlock and Panic Alarm No Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Door Lock/Unlock, Tailgate, Fuel Door, Illuminated Entry, Exterior Lights, Anti-Theft, Power Windows and Panic Alarm Yes No
Neutral Tinted Glass Yes No
Night Security Illumination Perimeter Lighting With 1 Minute Duration Yes No
OnStar(R) Personal Calling Hands-Free Telephone No Yes
OnStar(R) Stolen Vehicle Tracking No Yes
OnStar(R) Telematics System With 12 Months Safe and Sound Service Plan Includes Automatic Collision Notification, Concierge Services, Emergency Response, Personal Calling, Remote Unlocking, Roadside Assistance, Security System Notification, Stolen Vehicle Tracking, and Vehicle Diagnostics No Yes
OnStar(R) Vehicle Location System No Yes
Overhead Console Storage No Yes
Panic Alarm Yes Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor No Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Passenger Weight Yes No
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes Yes
Perimeter Lighting No Yes
Power Liftgate Lock/Unlock No Yes
Power Rack and Pinion Steering No Yes
Power Tailgate Locks/Unlocks Via Remote Keyless Yes No
Power Vehicle Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering Yes No
Power Window Lockout Yes Yes
Power Windows No Yes
Power Windows With One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down Yes No
Programmable Daytime Running Lights Yes No
Programmable Power Door Locks No Yes
Programmable Power Door Locks With Automatic Locking Yes No
Projector Beam Halogen Headlights Yes No
Radio Antenna Yes Yes
Rain Sensing Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers Yes No
Rear 3-Point Center Seatbelt No Yes
Rear 60/40 Split Folding Bench Seat With Fold-Down Center Armrest and Adjustable Headrests Yes No
Rear 60/40 Split Folding Reclining Bench Seat With Fold-Down Center Armrest and Outboard Adjustable Headrests No Yes
Rear Air Dam Yes No
Rear Armrest Storage Yes Yes
Rear Carpeted Floor Mats Yes No
Rear Center 3-Point Seatbelt Yes No
Rear HVAC Ducts Yes Yes
Rear Intermittent Window Wiper/Washer No Yes
Rear Privacy Glass Yes No
Rear Side Airbags Yes No
Rear Spoiler No Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar Yes Yes
Rear Step Up Bumper Yes No
Rear Window Defroster Yes Yes
Red Line Instrument Faceplate No Yes
Remote Tailgate Release Yes No
Rollover Sensor Yes No
Roof Rack With 220-Lb Capacity Yes No
SBRP235/55R18 BSW, Hankook(R) Performance Tires No Yes
SBRP255/55R18, All-Season Performance Tires Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags Yes No
Selective Locking/Unlocking No Yes
Selective Unlocking Yes No
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls Yes No
Side Guard Door Beams Yes Yes
Solar-Ray(R) Front Tinted Glass No Yes
Solar-Ray(R) Rear Deep Tinted Glass No Yes
StabiliTrak(R) Vehicle Stability Control System No Yes
Stainless Steel Exhaust Pipes Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio No Yes
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Multi-Function Display, Phone and Transmission Yes No
Tachometer Yes No
Tele Aid Telematics Includes Automatic Collision Notification, Concierge Services, Emergency Response, Roadside Assistance, Security System Notification, Stolen Vehicle Tracking, Remote Unlocking, and Reservations; 12-Months Included At No Charge Yes No
Tele Aid Vehicle Location System Yes No
Tele Aid Vehicle Theft Tracking Yes No
Telephone Antenna No Yes
Telephone, Navigation, Audio and Portable Media Player Pre-Wiring Yes No
Telescopic Steering Column Yes No
Theater Style Seating No Yes
Tilt Steering Column Yes Yes
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes Yes
Touch Shift Manually Interactive Transmission Yes No
Transfer Case Yes No
Trip Computer No Yes
Trip Computer With Average Fuel Consumption, Miles To Empty, Instantaneous Fuel Consumption, and Stop Watch Yes No
ULEV Emissions No Yes
Underbody Tire Carrier Yes No
Valet Lockout Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Theft No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm, Anti-Lift Sensor, and Engine Immobilizer Yes No
Voice Activated Controls For Phone No Yes
Warning Lights Include Low Fuel, Low Coolant, Brake System, Door Ajar, Oil Level and Low Washer Fluid Yes No






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