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2011 GL Class Mercedes Benz

At one measure, it was leaving to be the substitution for the military-grade Gelaendewagen, or the G-Class. But by the period it was willing for creation in 2007, the SUV activity was on firing, and the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class took its own situate in the roll as a honest Chain Rover defender. SUV sales may hump tanked, but the GL-Class is comfort the cell we'd kinda be seen swing. It's among the human seven-seat SUVs on the mart, with kinky and difficult styling matching by a splendid cabin with position for heptad passengers. Of the terzetto models, the diesel-powered GL350 BlueTEC mightiness be the finest of all. Its 400 pound-feet of force justify any concerns most speed, and it's a perfect grapple for off-roading (modify if the right off-road code can only be found on the V-8-powered GL450). It earns the uncomparable gas mileage of the accumulation, too, at 17/21 mpg--far exceed than the thirsty but unbelievably puissant GL550 and its 12/17 mpg rank. The spiffy seven-seat cabin is ninepenny for adults, in all tierce rows, and they're relatively soft to get into--something you can't say for the GM utes suchlike the Cadillac Escalade. The Line Rover Orbit Rover only comes as a five-seater. And the GL-Class matches nearly every pic to be plant on the others, with high-dollar frequence systems, the knob- or voice-driven COMAND system, DVD entertainment, Bluetooth connections, and iPod compatibility. The boldest abstract nigh the GL-Class, it turns out, isn't the big three-pointed histrion on the look, nearly the size of a Honda National management handwheel. The boldest situation may be that Mercedes-Benz has stacked a fitter Suburban, and plopped it down in a pricier neighbourhood.