PHEV models are good for manufacturers because they reduce fleet emissions due to very low official consumption. Even the new WLTP cycle, more realistic than NEDC, failed to approach real consumption values. For customers, many PHEV models are a trick because they cost a lot more …
If it wasn’t for the camouflage partially hiding its front and rear ends, this Mercedes-Benz GLE could have flown under the radar. But it is actually a prototype built for testing purposes, ahead of the arrival of the facelifted iteration. We were surprised in June …
Reupholstering the interior of the Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupe is one of saying you don’t like the factory offering. We won’t delve into that for obvious reasons (cough, build quality, cough), and proceed to the actual project instead, which bears Carlex Design’s signature. At …
Hofele took a better look at the Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 Coupe and decided that it needs a reinterpreted design. Thus, with the word flashy on their mind, they set out to modify this example. As if the Panamericana grille that’s specific to modern high-end AMGs …
Mercedes GLE-Class is getting a facelift. Too soon? We thought so, too. The current generation of the luxury SUV was just revealed back in September 2018, but apparently, Mercedes-Benz is already testing its refreshed version out on public roads. Spotted for the first time, a …
There were some complaints back in 2015 when Mercedes-Benz changed its naming structures for its SUVs from GLK, ML and GL to GLC, GLE and GLS, but really it just made their locations in the lineup easier to pick out. Like the C-Class, the GLC is …
With the new Performance models based on the GLE, Mercedes-AMG is continuing a precisely 20 year-old tradition: in 1999 the ML55 as the progenitor based on the then M-Class was the top model in the range with its 255 kW (347 hp) V8 engine. The same …
It was September 2018 when Mercedes introduced the current-generation GLE and it seems the three-pointed star is in somewhat of a hurry to give the luxury SUV a mid-cycle update. Spotted making a U-turn in downtown Stuttgart, the prototype had very little camouflage, thus suggesting the …
Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S has been turned into the Brabus 800, with the tuner making a number of significant alterations to the performance SUV. Available for the Coupe version as well, the power boost, which comes thanks to modified turbochargers and new engine re-map, has …
German aftermarket specialist HOFELE Design just released its latest package for the Mercedes-AMG GLE Coupe. It offers an additional palette and accessories for its Ultimate HGLE kit, which gives the compact SUV a Maybach-inspired treatment. The latest work of HOFELE improves the appeal of the …
I wonder if back in 1967, when two Mercedes Benz racing division engineers, Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher started their private Motor Car Performance Business in the little town of Grossaspach, they would ever have dreamed of the incredible leap in technology as we were …
Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S Coupe is a very capable SUV straight from the box, yet PerformMaster has launched a performance upgrade that gives it some extra oomph. By applying their PEC tuning module, the German tuning house has managed to squeeze out 712 PS (702 …
