Mercedes-Benz announces VLS and VLS coming in 2026
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Give me a 7 seater in the US with similar luxury interior accouterments and I would buy one. Vans are so much better than SUVs. I miss the old R-class but I prefer vans with sliding doors anyway.
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I think I read that the VLS will be 216" so around 22" longer than my GLE and upcoming Buzz (both @ 194"). That is going to be spacious but too big as a daily. I'm hoping the VLE will be a more manageable size.
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That's true. I guess I'd wait a couple years, and possibly even for the facelift, for the kinks to be workout anyway so I'll just stick with the Buzz for now. I hope they studied the Buzz when they developed this. The interior space in unrivaled, better than any large SUV (Escalade and suburban).
I think I read that the VLS will be 216" so around 22" longer than my GLE and upcoming Buzz. That is going to be spacious but too big as a daily. I'm hoping the VLE will be a more manageable size.
Thank you for posting this link.
I think I read that the VLS will be 216" so around 22" longer than my GLE and upcoming Buzz. That is going to be spacious but too big as a daily. I'm hoping the VLE will be a more manageable size.
Thank you for posting this link.
VLS feels like a Maybach and sits 4, VLE will sit 8, so maybe the same size? Some expert may get the dimension of VLE out of the video from Stuttgart to Rome.
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VLE and VLS have rear wheel steering so it doesn't feel that big?
VLS feels like a Maybach and sits 4, VLE will sit 8, so maybe the same size? Some expert may get the dimension of VLE out of the video from Stuttgart to Rome.
I waited for the ID BUZZ for many years and have lost trust in VW...
VLS feels like a Maybach and sits 4, VLE will sit 8, so maybe the same size? Some expert may get the dimension of VLE out of the video from Stuttgart to Rome.
I waited for the ID BUZZ for many years and have lost trust in VW...
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So the price maybe similar to A and B class?
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The CLE is actually a mixed really, I saw many lately and I sat in one last year, it was very nice. It gets CLE exclusive style seats, massage which the W206 doesn't get in North America, so an E-Class feature. The CLE as you know was meant to merge the C and E coupe/cabriolet in one (two) models. The E part of the CLE name was meant to market as an E-Class (yes I know, it is mostly marketing) but as previously mentioned, it has features you won't find in a W206 C-Class.
Some said, EQE was marketed as the E-Class EV and so was the EQS marketed as the S-Class EV. That is why it is fair to think that Mercedes is meant to market the VLE as the E-Class of the V-Class. As well as the VLS the S-Class of V-Class.
So it is very strange that the E-Class gets those bezels.
