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Review Index:
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL450 – Part 1 (Exterior)
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL450 – Part 2 (Interior)
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL450 – Part 3 (Chassis and Suspension)
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz GL450 – Part 4 (Powertrain)

The GL450 is equipped with Mercedes-Benz’s M278 engine.

The M278 is Mercedes-Benz’s latest direct injected, twin-turbocharged V8 engine, with 4.7L displacement. Basically speaking, M278 is the turbo version of the M273 V8, plus fuel direct injection. This same engine can be seen on many Mercedes-Benz vehicles such as the S-class, CL-class, CLS-class, E-class, M-class etc, but with different tunes to generate different level of outputs...

The Mercedes-Benz GLA class is based on the CLA sedan (they even has exactly the same wheel base length), which rides on a FWD platform.

Pricing info:

GLA250 FWD: base MSRP $31,300 (currently this trim is not shown on MBUSA.com website)
GLA250 4Matic: base MSRP $33,300
GLA45 AMG: base MSRP $48,300

Destination charge: $925

If you are shopping for a compact luxury SUV, currently there are quite a lot of choices. They all have base MSRP starting around $30k, and some of them are even new candidates in the competition (newly designed, newly introduced models):

1. Lexus NX
2. Acura RDX
3. Infiniti QX30 (not officially announced yet, but it is coming in the near future)
4...

Today Mercedes-Benz also released the completely-new 2015 C class pricing for US market. Before discussing the price please pay attention that starting from the 2015 model year, the C class will be build in Mercedes’ US factory, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Pricing data:

C300 RWD (available in 2015 Spring): base MSRP $38,400
C300 4Matic (available this September): base MSRP $40,400
C400 4Matic (available this September): base MSRP $48,590

Destination charge: $925

The C300 will be equipped with a 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo engine, 241 hp and 273 lb-ft of torque.

The C400 will see the 3.0L twin-turbo V6 engine which is good for 329 hp and 354 lb-ft of torque.

The upcoming Mercedes-Benz AMG GT is the successor of the current SLS AMG.

According to Mercedes-Benz, the AMG GT will be smaller, lighter and the most important – cheaper, compared to the SLS AMG.  There are already many spy shots of the AMG GT’s exterior. Today we got the first real photo of its cabin and center console:

Like other latest Mercedes-Benz vehicles, the AMG GT will come with the iPad style, center-mounted LCD screen; the round AC vents are also present.

The AMG GT will be the first Mercedes-Benz vehicle to receive the newly designed M178 V8 engine. For more information about the M178 engine, please see our report here.

If you are interested in how the AMG...

On 07/25, Mercedes-Benz announced that the production of the long-wheel-base C class officially starts production in the capital city of China – Bejing, and they have a ceremony to celebrate that.

Mercedes-Benz’s China branch – the Beijing Benz Automotive Company, is formerly the Beijing Jeep Corporation, a joint venture with Chrysler. The corporation is the first foreign automotive company in China.

The LWB C-class is 3.15-in longer in the wheel base, total wheel base is 115 inch. The extended C-class has total length of 187.6-in, and will be on sale in mid-August. Models offered are the C200L and C260L.