M-Class (W166/C292) [Official] Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S Coupe

[DJRaze99]

 

[Merc1]

It really has some gumball tires on it.

M

 

[Mr. Mercedes]

This one perplexes me. In some shots it looks great and in others it looks horrible. Can't wait to see it in person.

 

[OBR]

the star on the grille looks crooked...

 

[ThroughandThrough]

First drive: Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupe
Paul Horrell
June 22, 2015

Yes, it’s a five-door off-road coupe. With a biturbo V8. And 585bhp. Paul Horrell reports

Can that be its real name?

Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S 4MATIC Coupe. Oh yes. Because it's the hotter (S) version of the AMG version of the coupe version of the Mercedes' GLE-class. The GLE-class, if you're still following, is the car formerly known as ML-class. The 4MATIC bit is to say it's four-wheel drive, but that's superfluous really as there's no 2WD option. Maybe just as well given it has a stonking 585bhp and 560lb ft to deploy. That puts it in the very top league of high-power SUVS.

Does the world really need another off-road five-door coupe?

Need? Hardly. Want? Very much so, it seems. BMW's X6 might not be a thing of beauty but plenty of people bought it, so BMW did an X4 too. Anyway the GLE Coupe is a lot better looking and integrated than the new GLE itself. Also, it's wider and lower, which helps dynamics - the arches have room for the humungous 22-inch tyre options fitted to our test car.

From the back, the GLE Coupe's arched window, tapering pillars, strong haunches and horizontal tail-lights bring to mind the S-class coupe. There are even hints, through the bottom of a beer glass maybe, of the AMG GT. There's enough headroom in the back for grown-ups, and a huge boot.

The boot? Come on, this is an AMG. What's at the other end?

Oops sorry. Glad you asked. It's a biturbo V8. Not the new 4.0-litre one but the older, torquier 5.5-litre. It does an absolutely brilliant job. At low revs it does what you ask, almost completely effortlessly. But when you add more revs and and throttle it sucks in the vanishing point. There's so little drama you don't always realise how crazy the performance actually is - though you can call up a load of pops and crackles from the exhaust if you select the sport modes for engine or transmission.

The sheer performance also becomes abundantly clear when you overtake someone. That really is its core skill. Your high viewpoint helps anticipate the gap, and then the immense traction allows you to put a wheel on the dusty edge of the road as you squirt past.

Will it corner?

With epic force and unshakeable security. At the rear are optional 325/35 tyres on 22-inch rims. The suspension consists of air springs that lower when you're going fast, adaptive dampers, and adaptive anti-roll bars that resist the high body's natural inclination towards inclination. So those tyres' treads are always flat to the road. No surprise that there's mild understeer if you go into a tight corner too fast, and equally mild oversteer if you hammer it early on the exit. Unfortunately it doesn't give you the communication of the rivals - Cayenne, RR Sport SVR or X6M. And even those three are hardly super-chatty. These sorts of cars are always going to place brute force above anything else.

Can you live with it?

Easily. The ride isn't too harsh at all, though there is some background shudder. The cabin is beautifully made, and Mercedes keeps improving its infotainment and safety systems. On motorways it pretty well drives itself. Indeed, because Mercedes' Distronic Plus radar-cruise-and-steering-assist system is optional, it actually can drive itself. But it's not allowed to, so every 10 seconds or so it warns you to put your hands back on the wheel. That's just one of the things this car is can do, but generally isn't allowed to. Most of them having something to do with the 585bhp under the hood...

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/mercedes-benz-gle-63-amg-coupe-first-drive-2015-06-22

 

[Wolfgang]

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Driven: Merc's razor-sharp GLE Coupé
June 26 2015 at 09:29am
By Stuart Johnston

Any resemblance to a Bavarian motor vehicle with an X-rated six-cylinder engine is purely non-coincidental, says Mercedes-Benz.

Kitzbühel, Austria - The launch route into the Austrian Alps for Mercedes-Benz’s brave new GLE Coupé emphasised one thing very quickly and clearly.

Mercedes is at once serious about retaining a truly comfortable ride for its new SUV, but has injected an aura of sharpness about the cars that was lacking in previous generations of the ML Sports Utility series (which the newly-named GLE effectively supersedes in both Coupé and SUV forms).

Mercedes-Benz vice-president for SUVs and sports cars Wolf-Dieter Kurz made clear: “With this model we are matching ourselves with those who have previously defined sportiness in this segment.

Herr Kurz was no doubt referring at least in part to BMW, which introduced its X6 Coupé in this segment some five years ago to initial perplexity and then a growing fascination and customer base among a certain segment of the sporty lifestyle public. But Mercedes is quick to point out that with its new car it is merely cementing a place in a segment that it in fact created with the first ML-Class way back in the late 1990s.

Key to the mix of sharpness and reassuring comfort in this new sporty SUV is its Dynamic Select driving dynamics control system which offers as many as five different driving modes, depending on the model.

Another huge factor is the all new steering system, known by Mercedes (which is fond of specifically naming every single new technological development) as Sports Direct-Steer. The new steering system proves more ideal for guiding, as opposed to trundling, this sporty but nevertheless bulky coupé deep into mountain terrain.

New Sports-Direct Steer sharpens cornering response.

VOCAL PRESENCE

Okay, so the chassis has been given a big workout. What about power? Well, further to Merc’s belief that this new car will not disappoint in any sort of sporty context, the international launch drive of the coupé saw only its two top-powered models available for selection.

The small South African group first sampled the new GLE 450 AMG Coupé, powered by a twin-turbo V6 petrol engine, good for 270kW and 430Nm, and fitted with the seamless new nine-speed automatic ‘box known as the 9G-Tronic, mated to the 4Matic all-wheel-drive system standard on all GLE models.

However, whilst torque split on the less-endowed models in the GLE range is 50/50, on the GLE 450 AMG Coupe the split is 40 front, 60 rear, for a more “pointy” attitude.

The engine on the 450 was quite surprising in its vocal presence, emitting a soulful six-cylinder song that echoed off the mountains. And this is, of course, enhanced when selecting one of the Sport modes on the dynamic driving programme, which is easily achieved via a rotary knob on the centre console.

Performance on the GLE 450 AMG Coupé is brisk to say the least, especially for a petrol V6. It runs the 0-100 km/h gauntlet in a claimed 5.7 seconds and races on to an electronically-limited 250km/h, so it more than deserves its grand-sounding “450” name-plate, despite employing an engine displacing only 2996cc. Such is the new world of engine downsizing that we live in, where numbers attached to models don’t mean anything specific anymore.

GLE cabin is appointed in usual Mercedes-Benz style.

BIG DADDY

But talking of numbers, if you want to get really serious then go for the Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupé.

This is the Big Daddy of the range, with its 5.5-litre V8 biturbo V8 easing out a solid 412kW and 760Nm. The numbers for sprinting include a 4.2 second 0-100km/h time, and this model is quite comfortable with a “mere” seven speeds on AMG Speedshift Plus 7G-Tronic gearbox. Fuel tank sizing, by the way, is 107 litres but if you treat it gently (not likely) you may even get close to the EU-rated consumption of 11.9 litres/100 km.

As for looks we’ll leave you to make your own judgements, but I liked its un-fussy lines.

Interestingly, Merc is claiming its luggage space is the “biggest for any coupé anywhere” - 650 litres with the rear seats in use, 1720 with them flat.

The new GLE Coupé is scheduled for South African release in October/November 2015 and pricing for the 450 AMG (without the CO2 tax) is set for R1 099 900, with the 63 weighing in at a hefty R1 859 900. For the more modest, there will be a GLE 350 d Coupé selling for R999 900. - Star Motoring

Source: iol Motoring, South Africa

 

[Wolfgang]

 

[hannaz]

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[Wolfgang]

 

[Merc1]

Every Mercedes' paint should look like the rear of rear side of this GLE Coupe.

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[Merc20]

 

[Wolfgang]

 

[Mick Briesgau]

Nice painting of "die rote Sau" on the wall behind the GLE

 

[HighestOfHigh]

After seeing this car on road I simply adore it.

 

[Merc1]

It is gorgeous. More importantly it signals hope for the next generation of Mercedes SUVs. The next GLE and GLS need to be standouts like the C, new E and S, interiors and all.

M

 

[ThroughandThrough]

Brabus Unveils Astonishing GLE 700 Coupe
Patrick Morgan
November 12, 2015

Brabus, the ever active German tinker masters, have managed to get a hold of a GLE 63 Coupe, and the result is astonishing. As the name suggests, 700 is derived from the amount of horsepower it makes, which is 700. Like their AMG GT, this unusually low bump in HP only means they are leaving room for improvement.

More astonishingly, the car is said to be capable of 186 miles per hour. That’s a lot for a crossover utility vehicle (or whichever title you wish to apply these days). Thats due in part to the monster engine under the hood, but also by Brabus’s own areo designs that help keep the GLE planted at elevated speeds. Even tweaks to the suspension have been accounted for to help it hunker down on the ground.

The visual treatments weren’t left to just the exterior though. Someone at Brabus was apparently seeing blue. Inside, the seats are wrapped with a light blue leather. So are the door inserts. In a block pattern. That’ll draw a few opinions… Anyhow, blue seems to be a bit of a theme with calipers and even carpets with those color accents.

Whatever your color preference, though, the GLE 700 is nothing short of impressive.

http://mbworld.org/articles/brabus-unveils-gle-700-coupe/

 

[Rainer271]

Australia gets Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupe police car


Police authorities in Australia have recently taken delivery of a Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupe.

Codenamed “Guardian”, the high-performance crossover coupe will be used as an operational highway patrol car by the Victoria Police over the next 12 months. The GLE 63 S Coupe is a loaner from Mercedes-Benz’s local division which means tax payers can rest assure their hard-earned money are being used elsewhere. This certainly comes as good news since the vehicle is not exactly affordable, carrying a starting price in the Land Down Under of $198,900 in this range-topping S version.

Dressed in a striking blue & yellow livery, the GLE 63 S Coupe is part of Victoria Police’s campaign to boost road safety, according to Assistant Commissioner Doug Fryer. He mentions it’s important for people to consider buying the safest car they can afford as it is estimated death and serious injuries could drop by a third if all people would drive the safest cars available.

As a refresher, the flagship GLE Coupe is motivated by a biturbo 5.5-liter V8 engine pushing out 585 horsepower (430 kilowatts) and 561 pound-feet (760 newton meters) of torque sent to a 4MATIC all-wheel drive system through a seven-speed automatic transmission. It rockets to 62 mph (100 kph) from a standstill in just 4.2 seconds and has an electronically-governed top speed of 155 mph (250 kph.)

The Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupe Guardian is going to be showcased at the Industry and Innovation Precinct during the F1 Australian Grand Prix season opener set for this weekend.

Source: Mercedes-Benz Australia / Worldcarfans

 

[Monster]

That is just a show car, it won't be put on active duty.

 

[Rainer271]

That is just a show car, it won't be put on active duty.

Codenamed “Guardian”, the high-performance crossover coupe will be used as an operational highway patrol car by the Victoria Police over the next 12 months.

Dressed in a striking blue & yellow livery, the GLE 63 S Coupe is part of Victoria Police’s campaign to boost road safety, according to Assistant Commissioner Doug Fryer. He mentions it’s important for people to consider buying the safest car they can afford as it is estimated death and serious injuries could drop by a third if all people would drive the safest cars available.

 

[Centurion]

This car looks absolutely murderous in size and presence.