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2013 Mercedes-Benz GL Class spy shots

HI-RES GALLERY: 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL Class spy shots
Size does matter. Sometimes, anyway.

It definitely matters when you need to haul around six of your favorite people, and the Mercedes-Benz GL Class is one of the handful of ways to do it in luxury and style.

That style is soon to get an update, as our spy photographers have snapped these images of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL Class in testing, wearing the least camouflage to date as it enters the final phase of testing before sales begin late this year. The latest images capture a pair of new GL Class SUVs in testing, each revealing more details about different parts of the vehicle.

The broadly-spaced two-bar grille and large area for the Mercedes emblem stand out at the front end, as do the more angular headlights. A similar LED strip for foglights/daytime running lights appears to be in about the same place as the current GL, while the lower front bumper/skid plate appears to have slightly larger openings on the spied vehicle.

At the rear, the exhaust inset in the lower portion of the bumper with parallelogram tips, but that may yet change for production. Like the headlights, the tail lights get a new shape, now extending further across the rear lift gate, which is itself re-shaped, with a more prominent roof spoiler at the top.

Based on the same underpinnings as the 2012 M Class, the new GL Class should also carry a similar engine lineup to its smaller sibling. This means a 302-horsepower 3.5-liter gasoline V-6 in the GL350, and a reworked 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 making 240 horsepower and 455 pound-feet in the new GL350 BlueTec.

For V-8 fans there should be a GL550 model powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.6-liter V-8 engine rated at 429 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque. And yes, there’ll even be a new GL63 AMG model, which like the ML63 AMG will come with a twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8 engine rated at 518 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque.

A seven-speed automatic transmission should be fitted across the board.

We'll bring you the latest details and spy shots as we get them, so stay tuned to see what Mercedes has in the works for its full-size luxury SUV.



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  1. fb_707923928 avatar Rania Khalil Posted: 11/10/2011 6:38am PST

    I am due for a new car this year should I buy the 2012 gl or wait for the new model?
     
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  2. fb_614215415 avatar Multifarious London Posted: 2/25/2012 4:49pm PST

    I'd get the 2012 GL
     
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  3. GIPSYKING13 avatar GIPSYKING13 Posted: 2/25/2012 5:31pm PST

    ????...what's the difference's between the old & new..???
     
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