Gl63 ?
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Gl63 ?
Any news on a GL63 ?
My wife is hot for a Supercharged Range Rover but I'm very worried about the quality and lack of third row seats since we have two young children that will want to go places with friends. It also doesn't have a power gate which she uses all the time. Her desire is all about form rather than function.
We're going to drive a GL450 tomorrow, but I think it will take a 550 or 63 to sway her away from the Rover. She doesn't love the GL styling as much as the Rover, but it definitely has better functionality and with a bigger engine will be much faster than even the supercharged Rovers. She loves driving my CLS55 so more power could be the deciding point, along with an AMG (or other tuner) aero package.
My wife is hot for a Supercharged Range Rover but I'm very worried about the quality and lack of third row seats since we have two young children that will want to go places with friends. It also doesn't have a power gate which she uses all the time. Her desire is all about form rather than function.
We're going to drive a GL450 tomorrow, but I think it will take a 550 or 63 to sway her away from the Rover. She doesn't love the GL styling as much as the Rover, but it definitely has better functionality and with a bigger engine will be much faster than even the supercharged Rovers. She loves driving my CLS55 so more power could be the deciding point, along with an AMG (or other tuner) aero package.
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Erick, so far there are no news on GL63s. AMG is busy with new engine intro in ML, R, CLK, CLS and E-class that I do not expect GL63 for at least a year and a half.
Now as far as performance, GL450 is not a slouch. Motor Trend has it at 14.8@93 mph, which is just about what SC Range Rover does.
Find a good road and lay into it. It is quick and the 7-speed tranny keeps it on the boil.
Have fun!
Now as far as performance, GL450 is not a slouch. Motor Trend has it at 14.8@93 mph, which is just about what SC Range Rover does.
Find a good road and lay into it. It is quick and the 7-speed tranny keeps it on the boil.
Have fun!
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I am slmost sure that we will see the GL550 before calendar-year end; and I am just about as sure that we won't see the GL63 until after the end of the calendar year.
Nothing wrong with doing a GL450 now or waiting a few months more for the GL550 to come out, and then trading up to the GL63 next year - if necessary - when it comes out....
I don't think that you are going to find anything out there that is going to give you everything, and be as satisfying, as the new MBZ GL will.
Nothing wrong with doing a GL450 now or waiting a few months more for the GL550 to come out, and then trading up to the GL63 next year - if necessary - when it comes out....
I don't think that you are going to find anything out there that is going to give you everything, and be as satisfying, as the new MBZ GL will.
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Originally Posted by ekovalsky
Any news on a GL63 ?
My wife is hot for a Supercharged Range Rover but I'm very worried about the quality and lack of third row seats since we have two young children that will want to go places with friends. It also doesn't have a power gate which she uses all the time. Her desire is all about form rather than function.
We're going to drive a GL450 tomorrow, but I think it will take a 550 or 63 to sway her away from the Rover. She doesn't love the GL styling as much as the Rover, but it definitely has better functionality and with a bigger engine will be much faster than even the supercharged Rovers. She loves driving my CLS55 so more power could be the deciding point, along with an AMG (or other tuner) aero package.
My wife is hot for a Supercharged Range Rover but I'm very worried about the quality and lack of third row seats since we have two young children that will want to go places with friends. It also doesn't have a power gate which she uses all the time. Her desire is all about form rather than function.
We're going to drive a GL450 tomorrow, but I think it will take a 550 or 63 to sway her away from the Rover. She doesn't love the GL styling as much as the Rover, but it definitely has better functionality and with a bigger engine will be much faster than even the supercharged Rovers. She loves driving my CLS55 so more power could be the deciding point, along with an AMG (or other tuner) aero package.
