2003 Mercedes-Benz ML 500 4X4
2003 · Sport utility vehicle · gasoline
F
Less efficient than 85% of 2003 gas cars
17 L/100 km · about $5,760 a year
Among 2003 sport utility vehicle cars, all types#80 of 101
Against every car on sale today, EVs includedF
20,000 km a year at $1.69/L premium gasoline.
Change km or fuel price
B
Cheaper to insure than 63% of 2003 cars
From what insurers paid out on the 2006 model
Compares cars, not drivers. Not a quote.
Insurance estimates for
- Crash rating
- — not tested
- Insurance claims
- 61 39% below average · 2006 data
- Theft risk
- — not enough data
- Awards
- 0 none this year
Why insurance costs what it does
IBC hasn't published claims for the 2003 yet, so this uses what insurers paid out on the 2006 model, compared with a typical car. Bars to the right mean higher claims, which push the price up.
- Crash repairsCollision45% below
- Theft, vandalism and hailComprehensive48% below
- Damage from other driversDCPDno data
- Injury payoutsAccident benefits24% below
- How often it's stolenTheft frequencyno data
How the grade is worked out
We estimate what a typical driver with full coverage would pay for this model in Ontario, then rank it against every other 2003 model. The car-specific part of the premium follows what insurers have paid out on this model (the bars above). A is cheaper to insure than at least 80% of them. It compares cars, not drivers: your own quote depends mostly on your age, record and address.
Sources: Alberta AIRB, FSRA, GAA, Facility Association and IBC How Cars Measure Up. How this works
Safety
NHTSA hasn't published crash-test stars for this model year.
About these ratings
Stars measure how well the cabin protects people in a lab crash, not how often the car crashes. They're for the U.S. version of the same model year, usually the same car as in Canada. IIHS awards can depend on headlights or trim. How this works
Fuel and emissions
- City18.6 L
- Highway15 L
- CO₂391 g/km
- Smog rating—
Litres per 100 km. Rated as gasoline, 382 of 447 for efficiency in 2003.
All NRCan figures
- NRCan model name
- ML 500 4X4
- Powertrain (file)
- ice
- Vehicle class
- Sport utility vehicle
- Engine
- 5 L
- Cylinders
- 8
- Transmission
- A5
- Fuel type
- Premium
- City
- 18.6 L/100 km
- Highway
- 15 L/100 km
- Combined
- 17 L/100 km
- Combined (mpg)
- 17
- Energy use (ranking scale)
- 17 L/100 km eq.
- CO₂
- 391 g/km
- NRCan trims averaged
- 1
- Efficiency rank this year
- 382 of 447 (beats 15%)
- Class rank this year
- 80 of 101 · Sport utility vehicle
- Vs latest NRCan year
- 788 of 794 in 2026
Lab ratings from Natural Resources Canada; real-world use, especially in winter, is usually higher. How this works