Tomshop

I realized I posted this on the wrong board (old GL board)

Here is the ordering information for the GL63. No price as of yet:

Standard:
399-Multi-countour driver/passenger seat w/ massage and comfort headrest
401-Heated/Ventilated front seats
413-Panorama Sunroof
468-Active Curve
843-Power EASY-ENTRY
846-Illuminated running boards
872-Rear heated seats
214-Adaptive damping
P02-Premium 2
P44-Parking Assist Package
319-Lighting Package
581-3 Zone Climate Control
997-Driver Assistance Package

Optional:
550-Traler Hitch $550
864-Rear seat entertainment $1,950
866-Rear seat entertainment pre-wire $170
Y95-Designo wood/leather steering wheel $1,050
297-Rear sunshades $380
610-Night View Assist PLUS $1,780
811-Bang & Olufsen $6,400 (you lose the spare tire)

In addition Designo leather is available (Black, Porcelain and Auburn Brown)
Designo Piano Black Wood
Brown Satin Ash Wood
Anthracite Poplar Wood
AMG Performance Steering Wheel

South Ocean1

Thanks Tomshop.

I ordered a GL63 when the order banks opened but the dealer indicates that allocations and build slots have not yet been provided to them yet.

If anyone else on the board has placed an order, have you heard anything different regarding your order being accepted and a build scheduled???

We have to be getting close with the pricing released at $116,900 plus delivery at the LA auto show. By the way, the GL63 at the show is in Cinnibar Red. Interesting color.

Thanks

jdmmbz

Are the AMG STD sport seats any different than the GL550 seats? If you order Designo leather do they cover the AMG sport seats or do you just get the same seats from the GL550?

South Ocean1

I think the seats are the exactly same but the pattern of the nappa leather is different (diamond pattern for the designo GL550 and "straight pattern" for the GL63).

jdmmbz

OK so no diamond pattern for the Designo in the GL63 but does this mean MB is giving Tex Leather in a 100+ SUV as STD equip in the GL63?

xxGenericSNxx

No GL63 has Designo premium leather standard. No other choices for interior upholstery except the color. To help understand better, pretend the Designo interior on the GL63 is the exact same as on the lower GLs except that instead of the diamond pattern it's a straight line pattern. You get the leather covered door panels, dashboard, and armrests just like on the regular GLs.

It is [currently] impossible to get diamond pattern seats on the GL63 from factory.

Edit: The GL63 does come standard with Designo, right? I thought I remember reading that somewhere on this board and the ML63 also has Designo as standard...

Tomshop

Are you sure about the fact that the GL63 doesn't have quilted leather? My dealer is saying it does.

xxGenericSNxx

I think your dealer may be misinformed. Then again I'm only basing my information off of the ML W166 setting precedent to the GL X166 and all of the press information given out. The GL63, when unveiled, only showed the "straight line" pattern seats, and there has been no indication whatsoever in press photos or shown at the LA Auto Show that the GL63 will have quilted seats.

ML63 has "straight line" Designo Leather standard- no further options for interior upholstry aside from three colors, porcelain (white), black, and auburn (brown).

ML350/ML550 have MB Tex/ leather standard respectively. Designo Exclusive optional, which will net the quilted seats in three colors, porcelain (white), black, and auburn (brown).

ML63 cannot get quilted seats.


But then again I'm only an avid fan trying to put together information on what's available. It'd be nice to get someone more behind the scenes on this board **cough fabbrisd1 cough** at MB to answer this question definitively.

sam9187

Any ideas when the allocations on the GL63 will begin?

fabbrisd1

Check with a MB AMG Performance Center - trying to order a GL63 from a "regular" dealer will be like winning the lottery. AMG Performance Centers are allowed to order/1st-available production slot like regular production MB's, "regular" dealers will not get GL63's by allocation, they only can schmooze politcally, or like I say - win the GL63 lottery.

sam9187

Where can we find a location of an AMG center?
Thanks

South Ocean1

Fabbrisd1:

I am curious as to why you think the allocations will be any more difficult to get then, say, the ML63? While I think the GL63 will be a great vehicle, it is actually less special relative to the GL550 (than the ML63 is to the ML550) since the GL63 and GL550 share the exact same look (save for wheels and exhaust tips). And it seems just about every dealer has had at least one or two ML63s. (I am even wrestling a bit with whether I really need a GL63 over the GL550 since the GL550 is so close . . . but we will see).

What you are referencing sounds more like a Black Series allocation - which I appreciate is very limited. Or even a G63 allocation, where I understand the plant in Austria can only produce so many G wagons each day for all. MB plans to churn out 25,000 plus GLs per year (and more if people will buy more). So I don't see why allocations should be that limited (unless the demand from Russia and the Middle East for GL63s is that much larger than I would think . . .)

All that said, I am still waiting to hear about allocations from my fairly large dealer that has had and sold all of the recent AMG models, including the G63 and SLS so I am guessing that none have been allocated to date . . . but I would love to know if that assumption is right.

To answer an earlier post, the seats on the GL63 will be exactly the same as those in the ML63 - no quilted pattern option. I would actually prefer the designo pattern from the GL550 to the AMG pattern on the GL63 if I could choose . . . .

Kind regards

xxGenericSNxx

@SoutchOcean you've GOT to go for the AMG! No question. When the GL63 was first announced, I too was disappointed that the styling is almost the exact same as the GL550. The same disappointment I have regarding how the R63 looks just like a 2008-2010 R350. But even with that being the case, you'll get those humongous brakes and quad tips, and of course that wonderful engine.

If you were to go the 550 route, I'd honestly try and steer you away from that and get a 450 with a chip, since the 450 and 550 share the same engine. While you would lose the AMG styling, I find it a much better value. (Basically either go all out or go base in my opinion). If you do go the non AMG route, you will get the diamond stitched interior should you choose the Designo package.

fabbrisd1

This is the list - and with a AMG Performance Center it's all very straight forward...

http://www.mercedes-amg.com/webspeci.../index_en.html

South Ocean1

xxGenericSNXX:

I hear you on the value proposition of the GL450. While styling is very much a matter of personal preference, I really like the AMG styling package that the GL63/GL550 offers. To replace that look on a GL450 would probably run someone like me (given how skilled you are I bet you could do it for a lot less) around $12k as you would need new front and rear fascias, the very sweet 21 inch wheels and exposed exhaust tips. So in that sense, the GL550 is the better deal for me given my preference for that more aggressive "look".

You are exactly right with your comment about the R63. The AMG styling on the R63 in 2007 made it look so much better (in my opinion) than the R500 that I would have had to have the AMG version (if I could have afforded it then). Plus you got the wonderful 6.2L V8, marvelous exhaust sound, better brakes, better leather, etc. I think the difference between the R63 and the R500 was so much greater back then then the difference between the GL63 and the GL550 today. With the GL63, you get the more powerful engine, better sounding exhaust (which is a big plus for me), better brakes and different wheels (that are not necessarily better looking in my opinion). I am guessing the suspension is the same (assuming you add the optional ride control suspension option on the GL550) but with the electric nannies turned down a bit.

But no worries, at the end of the day I am not sure I will be able to pass on the GL63. It is an extra $17k over a similarly equipped GL550 - which is not too bad. I guess I am just a little frustrated that I can't figure out exactly when that will be . . .

Kind regards,

sam9187

When is the GL63 scheduled to arrive at the dealership?

cookstar

I ordered my 350 in October and although there is no info on MB website you could order the GL63 but no word on when production slot would be allocated, there is already couple people in Europe driving around with the GL63,

xxGenericSNxx

Looks like MB's own GL63s- likely preproduction models. The GLs in that video all have the same license plate. The first video, there's some guy quickly parking/ hiding that C63 preproduction model (likely a mule for the next gen). So my guess is that these are MB owned vehicles that haven't been sold to the general public.

South Ocean1

1st Quarter 2013. My best guess, if it follows the timeline of the ML63 which also made its US debut at the LA auto show last year, would be late February/ early March 2013.

I also think those were MB Germany owned GLs in the videos. It is probably the same white GL63 that showed up in Moscow for the auto show there.

xxGenericSNxx

@in regard to R500 vs. R63. The R350 and R500 in 06 and 07 had an optional AMG appearance package for $4,200 that would've netted the exact same bumpers as the 63.

And since you really like the aggressive AMG styling, then that makes sense that you'd go for the 550 since retrofitting it would certainly not be cost friendly. Getting an aggressive sound out of the 550 wouldn't be too tough though. An X pipe to replace the resonator would already make it louder/ more aggressive than a stock 63.

sam9187

I wonder when allocations will be released. How many GL63 can MB produce each decade?

jdmmbz

Any idea what wood finishes are avail on the wood steering wheel? Only the piano black or can you get anything?

sam9187

On the GL63 - Wood/ leather designo steering wheel is not standard but a $1060 option. My SA was telling me he thought burl walnut is a choice but he wasn't sure.

sam9187

Anthracite Poplar Wood is also an option

cookstar

In Canada :
Calyptus Wood Trim
Light Brown Poplar Matte Wood
Brown Ash Wood trim
Aluminum Trim
Burl Walnut Wood Trim