Mercedes Benz has been making an attempt to retire the agricultural 33-year previous G-Wagen for years, however individuals keep shopping for the damn issue. It’s replacement was alleged to be the GL series, an oversized and opulent 7-seater seemingly tailor-made for an yank relatives and also the open freeway.sadly it's a fashionable and somewhat uninspiring vehicle with none of the design of its equally gargantuan German rival the Audi Q7. but it’s smaller brother the GL may be a chunky and virtually cute synthesis of the all-terrain vehicle paradigm and also the current Mercedes-Benz vogue guide, particularly once it’s 2013 model year refit.
The first GLK had the sensation of an experiment on Mercedes’ half. A radically sharp and boxy form with one engine selection and a basic interior. A dalliance with the custom automotive community at launch urged M-B were aiming the vehicle at “the youth”. This has modified.Car’s like the BMW X3, the Audi Q5 and most significantly the vary Rover Evoque have outlined this phase that we'd decision “Affluent Mom". There’s gold in them there hills and also the full force of Mercedes-Benz style, styling and engineering groups has descended to craft the GLK into full membership of the company’s vary.
Naturally the outsized grill and snout are currently in place along with the characteristic low air intakes below the lamp clusters. This being nominally an off-road vehicle we have a tendency to get a chromed sump guard instead of the standard front splitter.
Wheel arches are purposefully pumped and at the rear turn into a additional cubist interpretation of the present Mercedes facet swoop. huge rear taillights and another chromed under-plate complete the design.It’s on the chunky facet of cute and compared to Audi & BMW offerings to a small degree additional masculine and yank in intent. though created in Germany the U.S. is clearly a significant sales target - indeed the vehicle isn't offered in some European markets, as well as the U.K. where the Evoque is sweeping all before it.The interior has equally graduated to the present vary commonplace vogue, as well as huge chunks of polished walnut, leather and also the “jet engine” ventilation retailers from the range-topping SLS. The detailing is probably slightly less opulent than a number of the sedans however any owner can feel they're driving a correct Mercedes-Benz and that’s clearly been a priority for the corporate.
One probably cost-saving live, or maybe one simply geared toward yank Moms, is that the use of a column mounted gear shift for the ever-present 7-speed auto box instead of the regular console-mounted stick and steering wheel paddles.
The GLK350 (2 wheel drive) and GLK350 4MATIC (4 wheel drive) are each powered by a fuel-efficient three.5- liter direct-injection V6 gasoline engine generating three02 hp (225 kW) and 273 lb-ft (370 Nm) of torque from 3,500 to 5,250 rpm.This accelerates the GLK350 and GLK350 4MATIC from 0-60 mph in six.5 seconds. prime speed is one hundred thirty mph. This new motor additionally options Mercedes-Benz's ECO stop/start system for higher fuel economy, notably in town and suburban driving conditions. The GLK 250 BlueTEC 4MATIC boasts the foremost powerful four-cylinder diesel engine within the SUV world apparently. The direct-injection engine is rated at a hundred ninety hp (150 kW) and generates 369 lb-ft (500 Nm) of torque from a pair of,143 cc.Even additional frugal engine decisions within the sort of four wheel drive 220 BlueTEC and a couple of wheel drive two hundred & 220 BlueEfficiency diesels are going to be offered in Europe however not the U.S.Vehicles can become out there at the tip of summer 2012 and European costs vary from thirty six,000 euros to fifty,000 euros as well as taxes whereas U.S. costs can are available in at concerning $45,000 excluding taxes(~RS:25 Lacks).
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