Mercedes GL-Class Facelift Spied Almost Undisguised

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Anybody noticing how pointless facelifts are getting right now? you barely know the difference.

Want a real SUV, get an X5, want something outstanding and big with presence, get an X6, these rubbish Mercedes are just so boring - to look at, to drive and to live with. That's why you don't see many of them

Who wants a 4wd van?

i like it... and i think that the facelift will look even better...

Why do they keep making these stupid, oversized, useless AWDs?! You feel like a big man in your tank do you? Like looking down on people at traffic lights? Buy a MAN TGA, you'll be the hit of the cocktail parties in that baby :P

Man TGA, great idea :)

LEDs! Are they fog or DRLs?

This car is a glorified minivan yes, I will concede you that, HOWEVER, the market is the rural cottage owning, camping in tents at drive in/hike to site campgrounds. For that upper-middle class demographic this vehicle is absolute brilliance. The road to the cottage are severely weather rutte, they see hazardous winter conditionsd dirt tracks. The road to the ski hill is snowy and slippery and these features do serve benefit. Do these vehicle "offroad"? Probably not. But they see deep snow, they see treacherous winter conditions, they negotiate lousy offgrid dirt roads. Minivan? Oh yeah. But a Mercedes minivan that dad can feel macho in, mom can use for just about everything, kids,kids,more kids,soccer balls,ski equipment,cottage supplies,family trip to state forest campground,groceries,fuel mileage,safety,Mercedes They are gonna sell gazillions of them.

So in response to Voss, yes, they will use them for proper offroading cause that is what happens after the car slides off the side off the road. And with this car you might just make it back on the road again, which is really the idea.

this IS a pointless mammoth, rino, fata$$ lol. seriously every owner i have seen driving this around doesn't go off roading and they never will... they spent way to much on this waste of trash to risk even going over a muddy hill lol. it may be capable, but its very pointless from a buyers points of view.

...it's funny that I read the comments by people denigrating the Benz GL which is a true offroad vehicle...whether the owners choose to take it offroad or not is another issue...it is far more capable than an X5 and far more that an awd minivan...those comments are just insulting and without merit...The true poseurs are the BMW X6, Infinti FX, Acura MDX and to a lesser extent the Porsche Cayenne...

carcrazy1234, 'seriously every owner i have seen driving this around doesn't go off roading and they never will' Oh come on! What owner of any SUV actually takes it off-road, in LA I lease an RX Hybrid, I don't think it knows what mud is, I certainly frequent the hand car wash on Ventura Blvd twice a week, this isn't the middle ages, today SUVs are big, branded fashion statements and that's no bad thing; the GL is a good car, if I had 4 kids it would be perfect.

Damn, I hoped, they'd make it bigger with the facelift... It's still much too small. I think it should be possible to built it twice as big as the current one. WE NEED MUCH BIGGER CARS!!!

read what droobear says, ? fully agree with that, whoever can afford a MB GL has a cottage either on the sea or lake sides or on the tops, so that is the idea...

I'm assuming they don't sell this in the UK? I have never, ever, seen one.

i consider this a significant facelift. one of the most significant id seen in the las moths. it looks much better than the present GL. i like it... (surprisingly)