Pricing and specification details for the new, second-generation Mercedes-Benz GLC have been revealed, with entry-level costs for the Porsche Macan rival starting from £51,855.
For its latest generation, the GLC is marginally larger and carries a more luxurious interior. It gains a new range of hybrid-only engine options in the UK, with three mild and two plug-in hybrid drivetrains – all claimed to provide it with an electric range of over 62 miles.
On sale now in the UK, prices for the new GLC start from £51,855 for entry-level models, rising to £72,210 for a mild-hybrid powertrain in the model’s highest specification.
Mercedes is offering a total of three specification levels for the GLC. The range opens with the AMG Line, which includes sports suspension, sports seats, the latest generation MBUX infotainment system with dual high-resolution screens, and chrome exterior design features.
Range-topping AMG Line Premium Plus cars gain other luxuries such as a full head-up display, intelligent headlights and black leather upholstery as standard.
Since the first generation of the luxury SUV was launched in 2015, Mercedes has seen global sales of the GLC grow to almost 2 million - one of the German car maker’s strongest selling models.
Developed alongside the latest C-class, with which it shares a large part of its mechanical package and engine line-up, the Audi Q5, BMW X3 and Jaguar F-pace rival is based on the latest incarnation of Mercedes-Benz’s MRA platform. It supports a more advanced electrical architecture than the platform used by its predecessor, providing the basis for a range of new features, including optional rear-wheel steering for the first time as well as the latest generation of driver assistance systems.
The styling of the new GLC is more evolutionary than revolutionary, with an appearance that updates the original with smoother surfacing and new detailing without straying too far from its predecessor.
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Narrower than its predecessor?! Praise be.
Those horizontal chrome embellishments on the grille look naff but overall this is much more competent design than anything BMW is currently putting out there.
For years I always favoured BMW over MB but I can't cope with the wilful ugliness of the former anymore.
The BMW looks like an SUV, the Mercedes' looks like a Car, I'd sooner have the BMW, maybe not as premium inside but that's fine, the infotainment?, I agree, specific functions should be a one touch or Button operation, your supposed be driving not diverting your attention every few seconds to adjust something,you'd end up setting it and leaving it there, as for selecting a noise to reassure you, make your Brain accept EV isolation, with total silence in the Car, aren't your senses dulled?, you do need to hear sometimes, your Eyes are facing forward, your Ears pick up all kinds of noises that might be important or not, silence maybe lulls you into a false sense of security, still, it's informative to hear about cars like these and the developments in car technology good and not so good.
It looks great. Audi need to get on with replacing the Q5, along with the A4 too.