GLC (X253) [Official] Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 4MATIC+ and GLC 63 4MATIC+ Coupé
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The Mercedes-Benz GLC (X253) is the first generation of the GLC compact luxury crossover SUV range. Body styles: X253 (5-door SUV), C253 (5-door coupé SUV). It is succeeded by the GLC (X254/C254). Production: 2015-2022. Model years: 2016-2022.
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Indeed. If only it could be driven in more countries without a big registration plate.
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Driving Mercedes’ Fast AMG-Branded GLC SUVs
By Jim Motavalli, Barrons
Mercedes-Benz' AMG GLC 63 at speed. The car offers 469 horsepower and neck-snapping acceleration of under four seconds to 60 miles per hour.
The marriage of the Mercedes-Benz GLC SUV and the company’s performance AMG brand produced the car I’m driving on the back roads of Dutchess County, N.Y.—a 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 SUV. It’s a vehicle that wouldn’t have been possible a few years ago, because supercar-type acceleration wasn’t thought compatible with heavy, luxurious SUVs.
But this five-passenger vehicle (US$73,750) produces 469 horsepower and 479 foot pounds of torque from a four-liter biturbo V8 engine coupled to a nine-speed automatic, and is capable of getting to 60 miles per hour in just 3.8 seconds. Opt for the AMG GLC 63 S Coupe (US$84,100) and the ante is raised: 503 horsepower, 516 foot pounds, and zero to 60 in just 3.6 seconds. The SUV can reach 155 miles per hour; the S tops out at 174.
The vehicle is so audacious that Mercedes took the 63 S to the North Loop of the Nürburgring race track in Germany, where it set a lap time of 7.49.369 minutes, making it the fastest SUV ever at that location.
The 2020 AMG GLC 63 amounts to a refresh, not a full redesign. The wider front fascia and forward-thrusting, vertical slat grille are new, as are other details—such as standard LED head and tail lights, the infotainment system, electronically controlled locking differential, optional 21-inch alloy wheels, a new steering wheel, dynamic handling control with either three or four modes depending on model, and a “Slippery” drive program for bad conditions. Add options and the price will climb. The AMG GLC 63 SUV as tested (with US$1,000 21-inch wheels and a US$1,500 panorama roof) was US$83,655.
The air-suspended AMG models we drove handled like sports cars, and loved being accelerated fast into tight turns. The car accelerated with a burbling snarl, and made short work of highway passing. They were quite comfortable, and would easily accommodate five adults on long road trips. A full suite of safety features was a plus, as was the power tailgate.
If there was a downside, it was the voice assistant interrupting every time she heard the word “Mercedes.” She’s supposed to respond to “Hey Mercedes.” We asked her for the fuel economy on our local tour, and she said it was “18 miles per gallon.”
A company that once left SUVs to the Americans now has a full suite of them—G, GLS, GLE, GLC, GLB, GLA—all of them new within the last 18 months, says Rob Moran, director of communications for Mercedes North America. The smaller GLB will be introduced later this year. In addition to the AMG models, the GLC 300 (powered by a two-liter four-cylinder turbo motor producing 255 horsepower and 273 pound feet of torque) is continuing, offering 6.1-second zero to 60 times. That car is priced between US$42,500 and US$50,000.
Also refreshed for the first half of 2020 is the GLC 350e, a plug-in hybrid version of the SUV. Its four-cylinder, two-liter engine will combine with electric power to deliver 315 horsepower and a big increase to 516 pound-feet of torque.
An incredible 54% of U.S. Mercedes-Benz sales today are SUVs. The GLC is the bestseller, with 42% of the SUV sales (and 22% of the company sales). Bernie Glaser, Mercedes’ head of product management, called the GLC “super important to us,” and noted that the American market now is nearing 70% SUVs and trucks.
One reason SUVs remain so popular, says Eric Larsen, who heads society and technology research at Mercedes’ R&D Center in Sunnyvale, Calif., is the ongoing suburbanization of America.
Speaking fireside at Troutbeck, an upscale Amenia, N.Y., inn that once hosted Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, Larsen said that despite much talk about urbanization and American young people not wanting to drive, the trend is still toward people living in suburbs and driving—a lot, even more than they did in the past. In part that’s because rising property costs result in Americans living further and further from their work and play.
So, Larsen says, any new forms of mobility—electric propulsion and autonomy included—“can’t scale” unless they work in the suburbs. He—and the company—don’t see the private car giving way to sharing anytime soon.
Of course, he acknowledges, for Mercedes and other brands, current trends could be disrupted by the imperatives of climate change and a warming planet. The bottom line is that there’s no immediate threat to the suburban market for the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC SUV.
The writer was a guest of Mercedes-Benz.
https: //www.barrons.com/amp/articles/driving-mercedes-fast-amg-branded-glc-suvs-01570115459
By Jim Motavalli, Barrons
Mercedes-Benz' AMG GLC 63 at speed. The car offers 469 horsepower and neck-snapping acceleration of under four seconds to 60 miles per hour.
The marriage of the Mercedes-Benz GLC SUV and the company’s performance AMG brand produced the car I’m driving on the back roads of Dutchess County, N.Y.—a 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 SUV. It’s a vehicle that wouldn’t have been possible a few years ago, because supercar-type acceleration wasn’t thought compatible with heavy, luxurious SUVs.
But this five-passenger vehicle (US$73,750) produces 469 horsepower and 479 foot pounds of torque from a four-liter biturbo V8 engine coupled to a nine-speed automatic, and is capable of getting to 60 miles per hour in just 3.8 seconds. Opt for the AMG GLC 63 S Coupe (US$84,100) and the ante is raised: 503 horsepower, 516 foot pounds, and zero to 60 in just 3.6 seconds. The SUV can reach 155 miles per hour; the S tops out at 174.
The vehicle is so audacious that Mercedes took the 63 S to the North Loop of the Nürburgring race track in Germany, where it set a lap time of 7.49.369 minutes, making it the fastest SUV ever at that location.
The 2020 AMG GLC 63 amounts to a refresh, not a full redesign. The wider front fascia and forward-thrusting, vertical slat grille are new, as are other details—such as standard LED head and tail lights, the infotainment system, electronically controlled locking differential, optional 21-inch alloy wheels, a new steering wheel, dynamic handling control with either three or four modes depending on model, and a “Slippery” drive program for bad conditions. Add options and the price will climb. The AMG GLC 63 SUV as tested (with US$1,000 21-inch wheels and a US$1,500 panorama roof) was US$83,655.
The air-suspended AMG models we drove handled like sports cars, and loved being accelerated fast into tight turns. The car accelerated with a burbling snarl, and made short work of highway passing. They were quite comfortable, and would easily accommodate five adults on long road trips. A full suite of safety features was a plus, as was the power tailgate.
If there was a downside, it was the voice assistant interrupting every time she heard the word “Mercedes.” She’s supposed to respond to “Hey Mercedes.” We asked her for the fuel economy on our local tour, and she said it was “18 miles per gallon.”
A company that once left SUVs to the Americans now has a full suite of them—G, GLS, GLE, GLC, GLB, GLA—all of them new within the last 18 months, says Rob Moran, director of communications for Mercedes North America. The smaller GLB will be introduced later this year. In addition to the AMG models, the GLC 300 (powered by a two-liter four-cylinder turbo motor producing 255 horsepower and 273 pound feet of torque) is continuing, offering 6.1-second zero to 60 times. That car is priced between US$42,500 and US$50,000.
Also refreshed for the first half of 2020 is the GLC 350e, a plug-in hybrid version of the SUV. Its four-cylinder, two-liter engine will combine with electric power to deliver 315 horsepower and a big increase to 516 pound-feet of torque.
An incredible 54% of U.S. Mercedes-Benz sales today are SUVs. The GLC is the bestseller, with 42% of the SUV sales (and 22% of the company sales). Bernie Glaser, Mercedes’ head of product management, called the GLC “super important to us,” and noted that the American market now is nearing 70% SUVs and trucks.
One reason SUVs remain so popular, says Eric Larsen, who heads society and technology research at Mercedes’ R&D Center in Sunnyvale, Calif., is the ongoing suburbanization of America.
Speaking fireside at Troutbeck, an upscale Amenia, N.Y., inn that once hosted Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, Larsen said that despite much talk about urbanization and American young people not wanting to drive, the trend is still toward people living in suburbs and driving—a lot, even more than they did in the past. In part that’s because rising property costs result in Americans living further and further from their work and play.
So, Larsen says, any new forms of mobility—electric propulsion and autonomy included—“can’t scale” unless they work in the suburbs. He—and the company—don’t see the private car giving way to sharing anytime soon.
Of course, he acknowledges, for Mercedes and other brands, current trends could be disrupted by the imperatives of climate change and a warming planet. The bottom line is that there’s no immediate threat to the suburban market for the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLC SUV.
The writer was a guest of Mercedes-Benz.
https: //www.barrons.com/amp/articles/driving-mercedes-fast-amg-branded-glc-suvs-01570115459
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Mercedes-AMG Brings On the Affalterbach Growl with Emotion Start
The feature, standard on all new AMG models, starts the car with the exhaust flaps open and revs the engine higher.
By Connor Hoffman
NOV 27, 2019
Brad Fick
Mercedes-AMG's Emotion Start Is Better Than Coffee
by Car and Driver US
Emotion Start is a startup-sequence feature that starts the car with all of the exhaust flaps open and the engine revs increased slightly. To do an Emotion Start, simply pull and hold one of the paddle shifters (it doesn't matter which one) before pushing the start/stop button. The engine then bursts with all sorts of emotion, and that sound of jubilance is sent straight through all four exhaust tips.
One quirk we aren't too happy with, though, is that the exhaust valves don't stay open once the startup sequence is complete. If you want the exhaust to continue to be loud and obnoxious when the car is on, the exhaust button, which is on the right of the center stack, must be manually pressed, which can be so extraneous on your fingers.
Additionally, the increased engine revs on startup aren't even that much of a boost, though. Our test car was equipped with AMG's hand-built 469-hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8, which produces 469 horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque, so it sounded amazing regardless. But on a normal startup, the engine reaches around 1800 rpm. Emotion Start jumps the tachometer's needle up around 300 rpm, reaching close to 2100 rpm. If you want to rev the engine higher than that after it's started, you're out of luck because it's limited to 4000 rpm.
Mercedes-AMG Brings On the Affalterbach Growl with Emotion Start
There is a video on page I posted with normal start and with Emotion start. Didn't knew at all about this feature.
The feature, standard on all new AMG models, starts the car with the exhaust flaps open and revs the engine higher.
By Connor Hoffman
NOV 27, 2019
Brad Fick
- Emotion Start is a feature that's available on all new Mercedes-AMG models, including the GLC63 shown in this video.
- It's a startup sequence that starts the car with the exhaust valves open, and it revs the engine to a slightly higher rpm.
- To activate Emotion Start, pull back either paddle shifter before hitting the start/stop button.
Mercedes-AMG's Emotion Start Is Better Than Coffee
by Car and Driver US
Emotion Start is a startup-sequence feature that starts the car with all of the exhaust flaps open and the engine revs increased slightly. To do an Emotion Start, simply pull and hold one of the paddle shifters (it doesn't matter which one) before pushing the start/stop button. The engine then bursts with all sorts of emotion, and that sound of jubilance is sent straight through all four exhaust tips.
One quirk we aren't too happy with, though, is that the exhaust valves don't stay open once the startup sequence is complete. If you want the exhaust to continue to be loud and obnoxious when the car is on, the exhaust button, which is on the right of the center stack, must be manually pressed, which can be so extraneous on your fingers.
Additionally, the increased engine revs on startup aren't even that much of a boost, though. Our test car was equipped with AMG's hand-built 469-hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8, which produces 469 horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque, so it sounded amazing regardless. But on a normal startup, the engine reaches around 1800 rpm. Emotion Start jumps the tachometer's needle up around 300 rpm, reaching close to 2100 rpm. If you want to rev the engine higher than that after it's started, you're out of luck because it's limited to 4000 rpm.
Mercedes-AMG Brings On the Affalterbach Growl with Emotion Start
There is a video on page I posted with normal start and with Emotion start. Didn't knew at all about this feature.
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Wow really? What in the world are they thinking?
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