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Old Jul 23, 2010 | 04:31 PM
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Just saw a 2011 GL450 at my dealership here in SF. Two main observations other than the new exterior mirrors: 1) new rear headrests for the 2nd and 3rd row outboard seats are massive!; 2) they no longer use gray contrast stitching on the black interior (albeit this one had the Leather Package).
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 10:11 AM
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Does anyone know if there have been any other changes apart from the ones mentioned in the post above?
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 01:41 PM
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Seems price has also gone up ..
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 04:36 PM
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New for 2011:

•New Mirror Design
•Blind Spot Assist Available
•New Rear View Monitor reduces fish-eye effect
•Compass in rear view mirror
•Diamond White paint available in October
•Barolo Red and Sand Beige discontinued

•GL550 gets a facelift
•New head restraints in 2nd and 3rd row
•Passenger seat memory added to P1
copied from http://www.benzblogger.com
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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I believe the speedometer design has also changed, unless that happened for 2010 already (instrument cluster).
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 12:01 AM
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I picked up my 2011 GL350 this past weekend (steel grey/black leather) after ordering couple months ago...loving it! Actually, black leather does have contrast stitching on dashboard and some portions of seating area. I have active ventilated seats so stitching might be different on non-ventilated leather.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Darkwing
I picked up my 2011 GL350 this past weekend (steel grey/black leather) after ordering couple months ago...loving it! Actually, black leather does have contrast stitching on dashboard and some portions of seating area. I have active ventilated seats so stitching might be different on non-ventilated leather.
My 2010 GL350 with MB-tex has contrasting stitching (gray stitch on black) on the dash and seats.
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