Is the GLK a large or small SUV?
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angryartichoke (06-23-2024)
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To me, it's a "pretty small" SUV that feels like a much bigger SUV when you're driving it (but in a good way).
My recent test was getting a 65" TV home, with three people (total) in the car. I was wheeling the HUGE box out and it seemed like it would extend from the tailgate to the dash, but yet...
The key was that my tiny 17 year old granddaughter could drive with the driver's seat pushed pretty much all the way forward and upright. ;-) I got to ride home in the right rear seat, but was fine after a chiropractic adjustment. ;-)
My recent test was getting a 65" TV home, with three people (total) in the car. I was wheeling the HUGE box out and it seemed like it would extend from the tailgate to the dash, but yet...
The key was that my tiny 17 year old granddaughter could drive with the driver's seat pushed pretty much all the way forward and upright. ;-) I got to ride home in the right rear seat, but was fine after a chiropractic adjustment. ;-)
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Silver Shadow (06-23-2024)
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I bought a Cherokee in the US in 2000, and was amazed that I often couldn't find it in a parking lot because it didn't show up around / over the other vehicles.
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It's funny - I lived in China in the early 90's, and they were building Jeep Cherokees there. On the roads there, they looked huge.
I bought a Cherokee in the US in 2000, and was amazed that I often couldn't find it in a parking lot because it didn't show up around / over the other vehicles.
I bought a Cherokee in the US in 2000, and was amazed that I often couldn't find it in a parking lot because it didn't show up around / over the other vehicles.
I didn't know they built Jeeps there, especially back then, but I know what you mean.
You probably know, but, GLKs were built in Beijing, Hanoi, Cairo and northern Germany.
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calder-cay (06-23-2024)
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My recent test was getting a 65" TV home, with three people (total) in the car. I was wheeling the HUGE box out and it seemed like it would extend from the tailgate to the dash, but yet...
The key was that my tiny 17 year old granddaughter could drive with the driver's seat pushed pretty much all the way forward and upright. ;-) I got to ride home in the right rear seat, but was fine after a chiropractic adjustment. ;-)
The key was that my tiny 17 year old granddaughter could drive with the driver's seat pushed pretty much all the way forward and upright. ;-) I got to ride home in the right rear seat, but was fine after a chiropractic adjustment. ;-)
We also transported a 65" Samsung Frame TV in its factory box ... but that's NOTHING compared to this.
The painting image follows. This painting was done by a very prominent painter in Houston (TX), for my wife. Both long time friends and horse fanatics.
We took the canvas to have it framed (the frame itself was $450.00 usd!!). I was SHOCKED when we went to pick it up after framing. It's LARGER than the TVs box !! (I just now measured both - heck frame's thickness is 4.5" deep!!). I'll never remember how we got that framed painting in the GLK !!
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My wife and I got our tandem bicycle in our Suzuki JLK (basically, a slightly longer wheelbase, hardtop Suzuki Samuri). Wheels off, the rear triangle was up against the hatch, and the fork was up against the dash, between us. If that bike had been another 2" long, it never would have fit.
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calder-cay (06-26-2024)
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Im thinking in terms of the Mercedes line-up. What is the smallest Mercedes suv, the GLA I think, then its the GLK then GLC on up.
The GLK is smaller than a Ford escape, and im thinking the Ford escape is considered a small suv compared to other Fords like the Edge, Explorer, Expedition..
In the first photo above the GLK is parked next to what I would call a micro-car.
If we are talking world wide I would say a Geo Tracker is a very common suv, that thing is around 160" long, GLK is 178" so hardly much bigger.
The GLK is smaller than a Ford escape, and im thinking the Ford escape is considered a small suv compared to other Fords like the Edge, Explorer, Expedition..
In the first photo above the GLK is parked next to what I would call a micro-car.
If we are talking world wide I would say a Geo Tracker is a very common suv, that thing is around 160" long, GLK is 178" so hardly much bigger.
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Im thinking in terms of the Mercedes line-up. What is the smallest Mercedes suv, the GLA I think, then its the GLK then GLC on up.
The GLK is smaller than a Ford escape, and im thinking the Ford escape is considered a small suv compared to other Fords like the Edge, Explorer, Expedition..
In the first photo above the GLK is parked next to what I would call a micro-car.
If we are talking world wide I would say a Geo Tracker is a very common suv, that thing is around 160" long, GLK is 178" so hardly much bigger.
The GLK is smaller than a Ford escape, and im thinking the Ford escape is considered a small suv compared to other Fords like the Edge, Explorer, Expedition..
In the first photo above the GLK is parked next to what I would call a micro-car.
If we are talking world wide I would say a Geo Tracker is a very common suv, that thing is around 160" long, GLK is 178" so hardly much bigger.
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The Geo Tracker is really a Suzuki Vitara / Samurai (depending on the market).
The one I had was the "long wheelbase, tin top" JLK (kind of the deluxe edition), in Australia (right drive, manual tranny, so shifting with the left hand, which always seemed like a good idea). As near as I can tell, it was about 165" long and 65" wide. It was "smallish" but didn't really feel tiny.
By comparison, the GLK is over a foot longer, which is really "quite a bit". The 74" width also makes it about 9" wider, which is - again - kind of a different range, IMHO. I know the front seats seem a world further apart in the GLK, but of course, a lot closer together than my daughter's Ford Expedition Max (dimensions are 222″ L x 80″ W x 76″ H). And of course, the GLK shrinks to nothing compared to my other ride (a 1978 GMC motorhome) - dimensions 321" L x 86" W x 110" H... ;-)
Yes, the angle of the photo makes the GLK look a lot bigger than it is in comparison...
The one I had was the "long wheelbase, tin top" JLK (kind of the deluxe edition), in Australia (right drive, manual tranny, so shifting with the left hand, which always seemed like a good idea). As near as I can tell, it was about 165" long and 65" wide. It was "smallish" but didn't really feel tiny.
By comparison, the GLK is over a foot longer, which is really "quite a bit". The 74" width also makes it about 9" wider, which is - again - kind of a different range, IMHO. I know the front seats seem a world further apart in the GLK, but of course, a lot closer together than my daughter's Ford Expedition Max (dimensions are 222″ L x 80″ W x 76″ H). And of course, the GLK shrinks to nothing compared to my other ride (a 1978 GMC motorhome) - dimensions 321" L x 86" W x 110" H... ;-)
Yes, the angle of the photo makes the GLK look a lot bigger than it is in comparison...