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Vehicle 2008 Mercedes-Benz R-Class R320 CDI 4MATIC 2007 Lexus RX 400h Front Wheel Drive
100,000-Mile Extended Service Interval For Spark Plugs Yes No
1 Cargo Area Power Outlet No Yes
1 Rear Seat Power Outlet and 1 Cargo Area Power Outlet Yes No
288-Volt or 45 kW Sealed Nickel Metal Hydride Battery No Yes
2 Front, 4 Rear; 6 Cupholders Total Yes No
2 Front Foglights, 1 Rear Foglight Yes No
2 Front Power Outlets No Yes
2 Front Power Outlets, 1 Integrated With Cigarette Lighter Yes No
3 Front and 2 Rear; 5 Cupholders Total No Yes
3-Function HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener Yes No
4MATIC(TM) Full-Time 4-Wheel Drive Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes Yes
4-Wheel Electronic Traction System (4-ETS) Traction Control Controlled By ABS, Engine Management and Differential Yes No
5520-Lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating No Yes
6305-Lb Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Yes No
7-Speed Electronically Controlled Adaptive, Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive Yes No
Adaptive Automatic Transmission Yes Yes
Alloy Located On Doors, Center Floor Console, Instrument Panel and Shift Knob No Yes
Alloy Trim Located On Center Floor Console Yes No
Alloy Wheels, 17-In. X 6.5-In. No Yes
Alloy Wheels, 18-In. X 8-In. Yes No
AM/FM Radio With 80-Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume and 8 Speakers Total; CD Player; MP3 Player Yes No
AMG Front Air Dam Yes No
AMG Rear Air Dam Yes No
Analog Clock 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 and Time Delay No Yes
Automatic Locking Retractors Yes No
Auxiliary Audio Input Jack Yes No
Battery Yes Yes
Black Rear Spoiler No Yes
Brake Assistance No Yes
Brake Assist Electronic Brake Assistance Yes No
Brown Birdseye Maple Genuine Wood Trim Located On Center Floor Console and Doors Yes No
Cargo Area Light No Yes
Cargo Area Tie-Down Hooks Yes No
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area Yes Yes
Child Safety Door Locks Located On Rear Doors No Yes
Cigarette Lighter and Ashtray Yes No
Cloth Seats No Yes
Coinholder Yes Yes
Color Keyed Body Side Molding and Exterior Door Handles Yes No
Comand Modular Control System Centralized Control Instrumentation For Phone, Audio, Navigation and Telematics Yes No
Compact Spare Tire Yes No
Compass Yes Yes
Continuously Variable Electronically Controlled Adaptive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
Covered Lower Console Storage No Yes
Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor Yes No
Crash Sensor Unlocks Doors No Yes
Cruise Control Yes Yes
Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Delayed Courtesy Light No Yes
Delayed Courtesy Lights Yes No
Delayed Power Retention Operates Windows No Yes
Digital Battery Gauge No Yes
Digital Clock No Yes
Drive-By-Wire Control For Electronically Controlled Throttle With Intelligence (ECT-i), Electronically Controlled Brakes (ECB) and Electric Power Steering (EPS) No Yes
Drive-By-Wire Control For Throttle Yes No
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes Yes
Driver Knee Airbag No Yes
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total Yes No
Dual Chrome Exhaust Pipes Yes No
Dual Folding Power Adjustable Heated Electrochromic Automatic Tilt-Down Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Dual Power Adjustable Heated Signaling Exterior Rearview Mirrors Yes No
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Electroluminescent Instrumentation No Yes
Electronic Brake Force Distribution Yes Yes
Electronic Stability Program (ESP(R)) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via ABS and Engine Power Reduction Measures Lateral Acceleration, Yaw Rate and Wheel Speed Yes No
Emergency Fuel Shutoff Device No Yes
Extended Service Interval For Spark Plugs No Yes
Exterior Body Guard No Yes
Exterior Rails Yes No
Exterior Temperature Gauge Yes Yes
First Aid Kit Yes Yes
Front Active Head Restraints Yes No
Front Air Dam No Yes
Front and Rear Body Color Bumpers No Yes
Front and Rear Color Keyed Bumpers Yes No
Front and Rear Crumple Zones Yes Yes
Front and Rear Door Mounted Storage Yes No
Front and Rear Outboard 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front and Rear Passenger Automatic Locking Retractors No Yes
Front and Rear Side Head Curtain Airbags Yes Yes
Front and Second Row Reading Lights Yes No
Front Carpeted Floor Mats Yes Yes
Front Driver Power Lumbar Support Yes No
Front Dual Bucket Seats With Driver Adjustable Seat Height and Adjustable Headrests Yes No
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors Yes Yes
Front Dual Map Lights No Yes
Front Dual Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Bucket Seats With Adjustable Seat Height, Adjustable Headrests and Fold-Down Armrests No Yes
Front Dual Seatback Storage Pockets Yes Yes
Front Dual Sunvisors Yes Yes
Front Foglights No Yes
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 10 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power 320-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 287-mm Solid Disc Brakes No Yes
Front Power 330-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 330-mm Solid Disc Brakes Yes No
Front Pretensioners With Force Limiters No Yes
Front Seatbelt Height Adjusters Yes Yes
Front, Second Row and Third Row 3-Point Seatbelts Yes No
Front, Second Row and Third Row Pretensioners With Force Limiters Yes No
Front Stabilizer Bar Yes Yes
Full-Size Spare Tire No Yes
Fully Automatic Power Liftgate No Yes
Glovebox Yes No
Halogen Headlights Yes No
Heated Washer System Yes No
Hill Descent Control Yes No
Hill Start Control Yes No
HomeLink(R) Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
Hybrid Synergy Drive(TM) 3.3-Liter, 60-Degree V6, VVT-i 24-Valve, DOHC, MPFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 208@5600, Torque Of 212@4400, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads; Front Permanent Magnet Electric Motor With Horsepower Of 167@4500 and Torque Of 247@0-1500RPM; (Hybrid System Net Horsepower Of 268) No Yes
Illuminated Entry Yes No
Illuminated Entry Includes Ignition Key Surround No Yes
Independent Double Wishbone Front Suspension With Anti-Dive Geometry, Coil Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers Yes No
Independent Dual Link MacPherson Strut Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent MacPherson Strut Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Anti-Squat, Alignment Control, Coil Springs and Gas Charged Shock Absorbers Yes No
Infrared Glass No Yes
In-Glass Diversity Radio Antenna No Yes
In-Glass Radio Antenna Yes No
Interior Dust and Particle Air Filter No Yes
Interior Load Area Light Yes No
Interior Pollen and Dust Air Filter Yes No
Interior Spare Tire No Yes
Intermittent Rear Window Wiper/Washer No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob Yes No
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob With Audible Confirmation No Yes
L A T C H Yes Yes
Latching Power Liftgate Yes No
Leather Located On Shift Knob No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel Yes Yes
Lexus Premium ETR(R) AM/FM Radio With 132 Watts, Speed Sensitive Volume and 8 Speakers Total; Cassette Player; 6-Disc CD Changer Integrated With Radio No Yes
Lockable and Illuminated Glovebox No Yes
Locking Fuel Filler Door Yes No
Maintenance Interval Indicator No Yes
MB TEX Vinyl Seats Yes No
Metallic Paint (If Selected) No Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Windows, Liftgate, Panic and Illuminated Entry No Yes
Night Security Illumination Perimeter Lighting Yes No
Occupant Classification System Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Weight Yes No
Overhead Console Storage No Yes
Panic Alarm Yes Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Passenger Weight and Installed Child Seat No Yes
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes Yes
Perimeter Lighting Located On Headlights With .5-Minute Activation No Yes
Power Decklid Locks/Unlocks Via Remote No Yes
Power Door Locks No Yes
Power Engine Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power Rack and Pinion Steering Yes No
Power Tailgate Locks/Unlocks Via Multi-Function Remote Yes No
Power Window Lockout Yes Yes
Power Windows With One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down Yes No
Power Windows With One-Touch Up, One-Touch Down and Pinch Protection No Yes
Programmable Daytime Running Lights Yes No
Programmable Power Door Locks With Automatic Locking Yes No
Projector Beam Halogen Headlights No Yes
Radio Anti-Theft No Yes
Radio Data System No Yes
Rain Sensing Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers Yes No
Rear and Side Privacy Glass No Yes
Rear Armrest Storage Yes No
Rear Automatic Load Leveling Yes No
Rear Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Rear HVAC Ducts Yes Yes
Rear Reclining 40/20/40 Split Folding Sliding Bench Seat With Manually Adjustable Headrests and Fold-Down Armrest No Yes
Rear Seat HVAC Controls Yes No
Rear Stabilizer Bar Yes Yes
Rear Step Up Bumper Yes Yes
Rear Window Defroster Yes Yes
Rear Window Intermittent Wiper/Washer Yes No
Regenerative Braking System No Yes
Remote Decklid Release Located In Vehicle and On Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Remote Fuel Door Release Yes No
Remote Fuel Door Release Located Inside Vehicle No Yes
Retractable Tonneau Cover No Yes
Rollover Sensor Yes Yes
SBRP225/65R17 Michelin(R) or Goodyear(R) Mud and Snow Tires No Yes
SBRP255/55R18, All-Season Tires Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags Yes Yes
Seat Mounted Second Row Side Airbags Yes No
Second Row 3-Point Center Seatbelt No Yes
Second Row Armrest Storage No Yes
Second Row Bucket Seats With Manually Adjustable Headrests and Fold-Down Armrests Yes No
Second Row Carpeted Floor Mats Yes No
Selective Locking/Unlocking No Yes
Selective Unlocking Via Remote Yes No
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls Yes No
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls With Digital Display No Yes
Service Interval Indicator For Brake Wear and Oil Level Yes No
Side and Rear Privacy Glass Yes No
Side Guard Door Beams Yes Yes
Side Skirts Yes No
Smartkey(R) Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Exterior Lights, Fuel Door, Illuminated Entry, Power Windows, Panic Alarm and Tailgate Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Cruise Control, Instrumentation Display and Phone No Yes
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Instrumentation Display and Transmission Yes No
Storage Tray Located Underneath Cargo Area No Yes
SULEV Emissions No Yes
Tachometer Yes No
Telephone, Audio and Navigation Pre-Wiring Yes No
Telescopic Steering Column Yes No
Theater Style Rear Seating Yes No
Third Row Bucket Seats With Manually Adjustable Headrests Yes No
Third Row Carpeted Floor Mats Yes No
Tilt Steering Column Yes Yes
Tinted Glass No Yes
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes Yes
Tool Kit No Yes
Touch Shift Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission Yes No
Traction Control No Yes
Transfer Case Yes No
Trip Computer With Average Fuel Consumption, Instantaneous Fuel Consumption No Yes
Trip Computer With Average Fuel Consumption, Miles To Empty, Instantaneous Fuel Consumption and Stop Watch Yes No
Turbocharged Diesel 3.0-Liter, V6, 24-Valve, DOHC, EFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 215@4000, Torque Of 398@1600, Cast-Iron Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads Yes No
Turbocharger Yes No
(Unavailable In CA, CT, ME, MA, NY, PA, RI and VT) Yes No
Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Lockout No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm, Anti-Lift Sensor and Engine Immobilizer Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Engine Immobilizer and Alarm No Yes
Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) Operated Via VSC Vehicle Stability Control System, TRAC Traction Control, Anti-Lock Brakes, Electronic Brake Assistance, Electronic Brake Force Distribution, Electric Power Steering (EPS) and Electronically Controlled Brakes (ECB) No Yes
Vehicle Stability Control System (VSC) Controlled By ABS No Yes
Warning Lights Include Low Fuel, Low Coolant, Brake System, Oil Level and Low Washer Fluid Yes No
Warning Lights Include Seatbelts Unfastened No Yes
XM(R) Satellite Radio Pre-Wiring No Yes






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