Mercedes-Benz GLE Class News
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Coming soon to a suburban traffic jam near you: the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class creeping along, fully loaded with cargo and kids. The newest luxe family conveyance bowed Tuesday, full of fuel-saving tech—and just plain ol' tech. It'll hit streets next year, although Mercedes-Benz didn't say how much it would cost. MORE: Off-roader built a Mercedes-Benz G-Class pickup because Mercedes won't for the US The new GLE follows closely behind the three generations that came before it nearly 20 years ago. The family hauler is roughly 5 inches longer, from nose to toes, with 3 additional inches...
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Mercedes-Benz teases 2020 GLE luxury SUV
Update: The 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE has been revealed. You'll find all the details at this link. Mercedes-Benz will unveil a redesigned 2020 GLE shortly but the automaker just couldn't wait so decided to drop a couple of teasers over the weekend giving us some early glimpses. The current GLE was...
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2019 Mercedes-Benz GLE spy shots and video
BMW has just unveiled a redesigned X5, and one of its main rivals, the Mercedes-Benz GLE, will soon be redesigned as well. We now have fresh spy shots and video of prototypes for the new generation of the Mercedes mid-size luxury SUV. The current GLE was introduced for the 2016 model year but is...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE preview
Mercedes-Benz is shaking up its GLE range for the 2017 model year. Most of the models carry over unchanged from the previous year but a new Mercedes-AMG GLE43 is joining the ranks. It replaces both the GLE400 and GLE450 AMG as Mercedes looks to streamline its relatively confusing hierarchy of...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE450 AMG Coupe first drive review
Mercedes was the first carmaker to coupe all the things. It turned the E-Class sedan into the CLS--something they call a four-door coupe, confusing as that might sound. But when it came to SUVs, Mercedes was beaten to the punch by BMW. And maybe that was a good thing, because for every coupe-like...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE450 AMG 4Matic Joins Growing AMG Sport Arsenal
Mercedes-Benz has today unveiled the GLE450 AMG 4Matic. It joins the growing range of AMG sport models that already includes the GLE450 AMG 4Matic Coupe and C450 AMG 4Matic models. The AMG sport cars sit between the most potent of the standard Mercedes models and the dedicated Mercedes-AMG...
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As compelling as the $40k Mercedes-Benz GLC is, some buyers simply need more room. Fortunately, Mercedes has bigger vehicles that match the style, luxury and comfort of the GLC—but you’re going to have to pay a premium. Next up the line is the GLE, which is new for 2016. The vehicle serves as the replacement for the popular M-Class although the two share most of their internals and even some body panels. Unlike the previous M-Class, the GLE can be ordered as either a regular SUV or as a ‘coupe-like’ SUV. For the latter, both the ride height and roofline have been...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe first drive review
In all likelihood, the 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe is one for which lines will be drawn; it's a baffling beast to some, a sexy one to others. Take the 'coupe' badging and tall-fastback form factor in context, and try not to bring too much of your gaze upon this model's cladding and rugged...
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New GLE Means Price Hike For Mercedes-Benz's Mid-Size SUV
We expected big changes when Mercedes-Benz dropped its M-Class designation and rebadged its mid-size SUVs the GLE, and now we have our first information on what the new nomenclature means for consumers cost-wise. The starting price of the 2016 GLE is $52,025, including a $925 destination charge...
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2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE63 Is Practicality Made Potent: Live Photos
While "performance SUV" might sound like a funny category to enthusiasts—remember, it's relatively recently that the vehicles have become a hot item in the new car market—the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE63 injects even more testosterone into what's currently a booming segment. ALSO SEE: 2016...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Puts The M-Class Out To Pasture: Live Photos
The Mercedes-Benz M-Class has been with us since the 1998 model year, and during that time has managed to become one of the German automaker’s best-selling models. Now, it’s being put out to pasture—well, its name at least—with the new GLE set to replace it. The GLE arrives...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe Debuts At 2015 Detroit Auto Show
At the 2015 Detroit Auto Show this week, we saw the covers come off the all-new 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe. However, the coupe-like crossover hasn't just debuted in regular trim but also as a GLE450 AMG 4Matic Coupe 'AMG Sport' model and as a dedicated Mercedes-AMG GLE63 Coupe model. Here we have...
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At the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, we’ve been treated with the reveal of the all-new 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe—in regular, AMG Sport and dedicated Mercedes-AMG flavors. But isn’t the GLE Coupe just a coupe-like version of the GLE (the new name for the M-Class)? It is, and we’ll be getting our first look at the non-coupe-like GLE at April’s 2015 New York Auto Show. The information was revealed by Mercedes chief Dieter Zetsche in Detroit this week, and first reported by Autoblog. The new GLE will be arriving in showrooms in the fall, as a 2016 model. It is...
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2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S Coupe 4Matic: 2015 Detroit Auto Show Preview, Live Photos
There’s a sexy new four-door coupe-SUV wearing a tristar badge this year, and it has a super-hot AMG variant, too: the all-new Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S Coupe 4Matic. Yes, that’s quite a mouthful. Fortunately, it’s an eyeful too. MUST WATCH: LaFerrari Demolishes Bugatti Veyron In Drag...
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Mercedes Confirms GLE Coupe For 'Jurassic World', Teases AMG Variant In New Video
Mercedes-Benz’s new GLE Coupe is set to make its world debut next week at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, and today we learned that the vehicle will also feature in the upcoming fourth Jurassic Park movie, Jurassic World. The partnership continues the relationship between the movie’s...
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2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE63 Coupe Spy Video
Mercedes-Benz recently took the covers off its all-new 2016 GLE Coupe, both in standard trim and in new AMG sport format. However, the version we’re most interested in is the dedicated performance model from Mercedes-AMG, the GLE63 Coupe, which was recently spotted testing in Spain. For those...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE450 AMG 4Matic Coupe Preview
Call it the answer to BMW’s X6, or call it simply another monstrosity foisted upon the world at the behest of success in China, but the Mercedes-Benz GLE 450AMG 4Matic Coupe is here, and it’s … certainly something. Since its debut in concept form at the Beijing Auto Show this...
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2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE63 Coupe Spy Shots
Mercedes-Benz’s rival to the BMW X6, the all-new GLE-Class Coupe (essentially an M-Class with coupe-like styling), is set to make a debut at next month’s 2015 Detroit Auto Show, but it won’t be debuting in just standard flavor as the Mercedes-AMG division will also be showing off...
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We’ve known for some time that Mercedes-AMG was planning a new range of performance vehicles to fill the gap between Mercedes-Benz’s range-topping variants and its own dedicated high-performance cars. We can now confirm that the new range is to be grouped under the AMG Sport heading and directly target similar offerings from rival brands such as Audi’s S-badged cars and those from the BMW M Performance and Cadillac Vsport ranges. Mercedes-AMG has revealed that we’ll see the first two AMG Sport models at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show in January. They will be based on the...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz M-Class Coupe (GLE-Class Coupe) Spy Video
Mercedes-Benz’s rival to the BMW X6 has just been spotted in prototype form testing at the Nürburgring. Our exclusive spy video shows two separate prototypes, one of which is a high-performance AMG variant. The new X6 rival will share its underpinnings with the M-Class. The vehicle was...
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