Mercedes GLK Production Version Spied On the Road

Mercedes GLK

New Mercedes compact SUV caught testing

By Christopher Jackson
February 25, 2008 2:48 PM
Filed Under: Spy Photos

Mercedes' GLK Freeside and Townside concepts left little to the imagination when it came to the lines of the upcoming GLK compact SUV, and these images of pre-production models handily confirm this assumption.  Set to go on sale later this year, the GLK, caught here during winter testing, clearly keeps the boxy, junior-GL look of the concepts.

The differences are in the details.  The tester displays a less ornate grille and foglight setup, and the roof rack is also less complex. It's hard to tell with the camouflage, but some of the character lines may have been smoothed out.  At the rear, the dual exhaust exits below the fascia instead of coming through it.  The GLK's side steps look sturdier as well; this production version looks a bit more rugged and utilitarian than the urban-pretty show vehicles.

Comments

FP23
February 25, 2008 3:53 PM
Boring story... we already saw the production version spied on Sex and the City film set.

smokeonit
February 25, 2008 3:53 PM
"prison break" pin striping??? LOL...

iseenitall
February 25, 2008 5:15 PM
Nothing appealing about it...Truly borning design.Concept or Production version.

NICKKOP
February 25, 2008 6:33 PM
yeah but you know they will sell tens if not hundreds of thousands of them in the united states as long as the quality isnt crap like the first version of the ML, it has a mercedes-benz badge, and it starts in the $35000 range

unknown
February 25, 2008 11:12 PM
MB can't let the X3 get away this time.

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