2019 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC Starts At $76,195

2019 Mercedes-Benz GLS 450 4MATIC Starts At $76,195

Now we know the entirely new price that comes with it. Gone is the outgoing GLS' standard V8 engine. The 2020 GLS 450 4MATIC instead comes with a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six-cylinder with EQ Boost. It makes 362 horsepower at 5,500 rpm and 369 lb-ft of torque at 1,600 rpm. EQ Boost tech, which is intended to assist acceleration and improve efficiency, additionally makes up to 21 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque. This engine is paired with AIRMATIC suspension and 4MATIC variable all-wheel drive, and can be optioned with E-Active Body Control suspension. To explain the higher price, Mercedes laid out the various standard equipment enhancements for 2020. From a tech standpoint, the 2020 GLS is leaps and bounds beyond the outgoing model. Two 12.3-inch screens (one a digital instrument cluster and the other the infotainment display) replace the outgoing COMAND 7.0-inch infotainment system. With the new infotainment screen comes the new MBUX infotainment system, introduced in the A-Class and continuing its spread throughout the Benz lineup. Unfortunately for interested parties, the 2020 GLS will not show up to dealerships until the end of the year. Pricing for the GLS 580, which we've already driven, should be announced in coming months.

Shortly thereafter our teenage daughter was driving it and right in the middle of a busy intersection, during rush hour traffic, it died. How Service Manager Alan Eisenhauer handled the follow-up repairs was the type of customer service that literally compels one to share. Lots of companies talk about providing exceptional customer service, but to find one that actually delivers on that promise is rare. A big thank you to the Lyle Pearson service center! We worked with Shaun Ferguson and he was so great to work with. No pressure and didn't feel like I was "being sold". I honestly felt that he wanted us to find the right car for our family. Welcome to Mercedes-Benz of Boise! We are proud to be one of the premier auto dealerships in Boise. Whether you鈥檙e looking for a new or pre-owned Mercedes-Benz vehicle, Mercedes-Benz of Boise is your home. We鈥檝e been a family-owned dealership for 50 years in Boise. We鈥檙e here to help you find the right vehicle for your lifestyle. We feel that a Mercedes-Benz car or SUV is the perfect vehicle to help you through every season in Boise. Many people aren鈥檛 aware of how affordable the Mercedes-Benz actually is. Outstanding German-engineered design boasts incredible performance and reliability. With our complete service center, we can be your destination for everything automotive! We serve customers in the Boise area, as well as far away as Oregon, Utah, and Washington. We couldn鈥檛 be more excited at the prospect of serving folks from a variety of areas around Boise and the surrounding communities!

The C-Class drives with a similar stateliness as its E-Class and S-Class brothers, but in smaller, nimbler form. While comfort and quiet are a priority, the C-Class is willing to hustle. In fact, the 2019 C-Class is respectably quick. Thanks to its bump in horsepower -- from 241 to 255 -- the freshened C300 does 0-60 mph in just 5.7 seconds. In addition to being fleet, the C-Class is also remarkably stable and smooth. In our testing on the autobahns of Germany, the 2019 Mercedes C-Class happily cruised along at 100 mph, and continued higher to its governed speed limit about 30 mph beyond that. We also like this use of Mercedes鈥?9-speed automatic transmission, which is smoother than those we鈥檝e experienced in other vehicles. The C-Class also comes standard with a drive-mode selector, which enables you to optimize the car for comfort, sporty driving or higher efficiency. And it works. Changing settings changes the nature of the car, from the higher degree of dynamism associated with its BMW 3 Series archrival to the steady-state relaxed cruising of, well, a Mercedes-Benz. The C300 coupe feels slightly sportier than the sedan, while the Cabriolet isn鈥檛 quite as rigid, no surprise given it doesn鈥檛 have the additional structure as the standard roof.

South Africa might seem a strange place to launch a 200-mph exotic sports-GT car that will find owners mainly in the U.S. South Africa for more than 45 years, including complete vehicle assembly. More important, the weather in mid-November is fabulous. Piloting these left-drive-only coupes in a right-hand-drive market took only a short adjustment, leaving us free to enjoy the SLR鈥檚 addictive power against the spectacularly scenic backdrop of the Cape mountains. The audio soundtrack wasn鈥檛 bad, either, with a muted but shrill scream of a twin-screw Lysholm blower accompanying a distinctly staccato roar from the 617-hp V-8鈥檚 side pipes every time the driver stabbed the pedal. Each of the engine鈥檚 cylinder banks enjoys a stream of condensed intake air from separate intercoolers, together producing a torque curve quite similar to the profile of Cape Town鈥檚 Table Mountain. There is already 440 pound-feet of torque by 1500 rpm, and well over 500 pound-feet between 3000 and 5000 rpm. This lends mind-boggling elasticity to the SLR, with passing performance that has to be felt to be appreciated.

We鈥檝e become fairly accustomed to huge output from AMG-built engines, but most of those are housed in conventional steel models weighing quite a bit more than the 3800-pound, carbon-fiber-bodied SLR. This isn鈥檛 exactly svelte when one considers that carbon fiber weighs half as much as steel. Mercedes claims 3.8 seconds for the 0-to-60-mph scramble, and we think that might be a conservative estimate. McLaren in the Formula 1 circus. Under McLaren鈥檚 management, this new plant conducts the high-tech assembly procedures that will give birth to 3500 examples of the SLR over the next seven years. This carbon-fiber road car exploits that material鈥檚 amazing strength and feathery weight for high performance and safety. The entire body is a composite molding, with beautiful front and rear aluminum subframes bolted and bonded to the tub to mount the engine and undercarriage. Below the tub is a completely flat underbody. When you flip open the long clamshell hood, it鈥檚 a surprise to see how little of the exposed interior is filled by the engine. For optimal weight distribution (the percentage, front to rear, is 51/49), the engine protrudes only two or so feet forward of the base of the windshield.