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Things will definitely get interesting when a BMW X7 is an option. I hope they do it right. Competition is a good thing. I like the look of the latest X5 but the seats and driving position are not as good as my GL 550 (IMO). And the X5 sits a bit higher making the GL easier to enter and exit. Anyway, good to see BMW taking up the challenge.
Excluding maybe the headlights, none of that excites me.
Whats the purpose of standing outside your car and parking it from your phone anyway?
Spots that tight that I cant open my drivers door, I'm not parking there.
totally agree. that is nonsense. but the safety stuff really excites me. the ear thing, the t-bone airbags (that push you toward center of car), autonomous driving advances.
it's awesome that mercedes tech showcase has become the e class..a mid level entry. that tech will proliferate quickly across the entire range and industry.
With two cars with the capability, I can get them both in my very tight garage and not worry about door dings or actually not even being able to exit them. :-) When they built my house I guess they did not consider the width of an SUV. I would probably use it just ahead of snowstorms or a long vacation. All that power equipment and an SUV in a very tight spot. I can only hope that it will auto park itself with exceptional accuracy.
Now, for all the cost of acquiring two vehicles with this very interesting capability, I can probably build a new garage!
With two cars with the capability, I can get them both in my very tight garage and not worry about door dings or actually not even being able to exit them. :-) When they built my house I guess they did not consider the width of an SUV. I would probably use it just ahead of snowstorms or a long vacation. All that power equipment and an SUV in a very tight spot. I can only hope that it will auto park itself with exceptional accuracy.
Now, for all the cost of acquiring two vehicles with this very interesting capability, I can probably build a new garage!
+1 to this, from top to bottom. Same predicament in my home. And I honestly never considered the value of this feature in our home.
I'm actually hoping my sons are the ones to bang up a car/our garage to spare myself the embarrassment of being the first to do so.
With two cars with the capability, I can get them both in my very tight garage and not worry about door dings or actually not even being able to exit them. :-) When they built my house I guess they did not consider the width of an SUV. I would probably use it just ahead of snowstorms or a long vacation. All that power equipment and an SUV in a very tight spot. I can only hope that it will auto park itself with exceptional accuracy.
Now, for all the cost of acquiring two vehicles with this very interesting capability, I can probably build a new garage!
PLUS, I can imagine that I would open the garage door from my house and have the car back out and be pre-heated prior to me getting in it during those very cold winter mornings. Oh yes, this is sounding better and better. Now, I don't need neither a wider or heated garage. The ROI is improving.
With two cars with the capability, I can get them both in my very tight garage and not worry about door dings or actually not even being able to exit them. :-) When they built my house I guess they did not consider the width of an SUV.
This 'Remote Parking Pilot' option is actually something my wife and I could really use. We have the same problem in our home, and have had to park our vehicles in the driveway as a result.
Here's a couple videos that highlight benefits of the feature:
(getting in and out of tight parking spaces at home and work)
(And here's a more futuristic application of the Parking Pilot in which it operates as an automated valet service. The Parking Pilot app works together with an intelligent car park garage to send your car off to park fully autonomously and retrieve it for you when you're ready to go. You really have to trust your TECH to do this I think.) http://on.aol.com/video/mercedes-ben...ined-518517559
I had a similar garage as part of our rental apt to park my Fiat 500 when I was vacationing in Turino, IT. I had to drop my wife off outside prior to pulling into the spot or neither of the doors could be opened. For me to get out, I needed to park very far to the right. If I had a larger car, the garage would have been just like in this video and I would have had to get out of the back hatch. :-) This is interesting technology.
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Again it is mentioned 'out before the end of 2015', but given the potential delay between 'out' and 'shipping to customers in the USA' this still could mean anywhere from shipping early in 2016 through to slightly early or even normal timing of a '2017' model.
Edit: it is difficult to read the country code but the rest of registration is clear and appears to be from an area in Germany (Böblingen) where " Daimler develops and manufactures its Mercedes brand of luxury cars here."
Please understand - until MBUSA releases preliminary information to the MB dealer network - the internet "chatter" gets confusing, especially based on internet sources.
There has been nothing internal - including MB national dealer meetings - that has mentioned any "early release" of the 2017 GLS.
If anythiong concrete comes up in dealer communication - I will let you know.
I know the photos are nothing new but you are missing the point. It is the first web article (I've read) to acknowledge the GLS will be a 2017 and will not be available until next year. Every other article I've ever read says the refreshed GLS will be a 2016 available by the end of this year, all hogwash.
The GLE (not the coupe) was introduced February 1st and its still not available. So I'm not expecting to see a GLS until late spring/early summer 2016 at the soonest.
I know the photos are nothing new but you are missing the point. It is the first web article (I've read) to acknowledge the GLS will be a 2017 and will not be available until next year. Every other article I've ever read says the refreshed GLS will be a 2016 available by the end of this year, all hogwash.
I know you're focused on this, but fab has said a few times that he'll update us when he hears anything internally
He clearly works for MB and doesn't have an agenda so I'm not sure I understand why you're still holding out hope for a early GLS
Or, even if an early GLS is coming, fab will likely hear it sooner/same time as a web report, but I would trust his update way more than the websites who have been wrong to date
You guys are terminally confused!!! These articles are speculating about different markets. In Europe the GLS will be available this year, as it will likely debut in Sept at the Frankfurt show, meaning it will go on sale in EUROPE before the end of the year and then in the U.S. next spring. This was said many many months ago, not sure what the ongoing confusion is. I don't see what is so hard to grasp here.
I know you're focused on this, but fab has said a few times that he'll update us when he hears anything internally
He clearly works for MB and doesn't have an agenda so I'm not sure I understand why you're still holding out hope for a early GLS
Or, even if an early GLS is coming, fab will likely hear it sooner/same time as a web report, but I would trust his update way more than the websites who have been wrong to date
WOW. I'm not "focused on this" nor did I in anyway infer that I am "holding out hope for a early GLS". In fact, the article confirms what Fab has been saying.
Remember as long as they only in Germany they not coming from the main production line. Only small limited early production is produced in Germany (Böblingen) is indicated by the BB plates.
What you see here is the new Mercedes-AMG GLS63, the top performance version of the facelifted Mercedes-Benz GL. This mid-life refreshment for the largest of posh Mercedes-Benz SUVs will also bring the dreaded new naming scheme, linking the old GL with its saloon counterpart, the S-Class.
That means the facelifted model will go by the name of Mercedes-Benz GLS or Mercedes-AMG GLS63, respectively. Our spy photographers have caught one such example testing on the road and we thought it would be a good idea to share their work.
The Mercedes-AMG GLS63 is wearing less camouflage than it did the previous times its picture was snapped, so we can get a better idea now about how the car will look like. Well, to put it bluntly, it will look like a facelifted Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG, that's how.
The 2016 Mercedes-AMG GLS63 seems to get pretty much the same front end treatment as the other Mercedes-AMG SUVs, with new headlights, radiator grille and lower bumper, and why shouldn't it? The car looks mean enough, but it also can't hide the fact it is a heavy behemoth and we can already see in one of the images how much it leans over when turning.
But that's not why we or anybody else liked the Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG: it's because it was exactly what the new name suggests, an SUV version of the wonderful S-Class. Sure, there are also get the G 63 and 65 AMG, but even though they get equally spectacular interiors, it's that freakish off-road ability that prevents them from becoming true luxury machines.
The Mercedes-AMG GLS63 can get off-road as well, but its looks tell you it doesn't want to. And neither should you.
Alright, back to the pictured car and after the not so impressively taken corner, we get to see its back too. There's not much to tell here, the new GLS63 getting a new bumper and restyled taillights
I like the wheels, they're available on the new GLE 63 so makes sense these would be offered on the GLS 63. Wonder if the grill will also be a single crossbar similar to the GLE 63 below? That seems to be the theme of the latest AMG grills.
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