Mercedes is known as a manufacturer of stylish, good looking, efficient and powerful vehicles. Its GLE SUV is the true representative of its house. It is not only a vehicle but it is a mobile luxury house of any land lord. Mercedes is well known also for luxury and comfort. Its SUV reflects the true picture of luxury and comfort.
GLE is a name of class leading vehicle in SUV range though there are some competent names in the competition but Mercedes GLE SUV is far ahead due to its strong built, durability, spacious interior and practicality. Its stylish appearance and well balanced body style offers nice driving experience with economy. Good and efficient engines offer absolute luxury, comfort and smooth driving experience. It is expensive than its rivals but it gives exceptional features to its users.
GLE is for Five-passengers only, there is enough space remaining behind that arrangement can be made easily for more passengers but officially, Mercedes offers a spacious interior for its occupants. Its interior is also full of luxuries and stylish equipments.
The material used for its interior is exceptional. Overall combination of metal, wood and plastic gives a nice touch to its interior. Its control panel, knobs and dials are efficient in working. Dashboard is wide and well arranged. Infotainment system is graceful and efficient in working. In GLE SUV, Mercedes has used bigger screen display than its C-Class or M-Class. Leather upholstery and overall touches of leathers give a nice look. Leather seats are hip hugging. Leather trapped steering-wheel with lots of adjustments gives exact driving position.
Mercedes GLE SUV offers a good and spacious interior with lots of practicalities. GLE is a big size SUV but there is no seven seat option, means good and huge space for rest of occupants. There is a huge leg and head room at front and at rear. Front-seats are with multi adjustment functions that give extreme comfort for its occupants.
Boot space is also good and enough with wide opening and flat back. Mercedes GLE SUV offers 690-litres storage capacity and can be expanded up to 2010-litres by dropping down rear seats. Folding system of rear seats gives you a complete flat platform up to the front seats that can be utilized for a big size object. Wheel-arches are not in curve but in straight lines offer plenty of space.
Mercedes GLE SUV is a class leading big size four X four. There are good and efficient engines along with power and economy under its big and dashing bonnet. Mercedes has always tried to give its clients a different and unique thing, in such a big SUV like Mercedes GLE a hybrid engine is strange but it performs effectively well and has become role model for other luxury SUVs available in the market. In Range Rover, the Land Rover has used hybrid engines. In GLE SUV, Mercedes has used one petrol engine, two diesel engines and one petrol hybrid engine. All these engines are efficient in working.
Mercedes GLE is a big size SUV with powerful and economical diesel engines. Its diesel engines range starts with 2.2-Litre diesel unit that is capable of 201bhp and 369lb/ft torque. For such a big SUV like Mercedes GLE torque, is also very important to pull or drag the weight of the vehicle along with any kind of other weight towing with it. This is a powerful engine that takes 8.3 seconds to get from 0-62m/h with top speed of 130m/h. It is a four-cylinder and sixteen-valve diesel unit. Fuel average of this giant is reasonably good with 47m/g along with 155g/km of Co2 emissions. All engines are available with nine-speed G-Tronic automatic gearbox and four-wheel drive system as standard.
Second version in diesel engines is a 3.0-Litre engine. It is a powerful engine with 254bhp and 457lb/ft torque. It is a six-cylinder and twenty four-valve diesel unit with lot of power in it. It takes just 6.8 seconds to reach from 0-62m/h along with top speed of 140m/h. Used Mercedes diesel engines are fuel efficient in concerns of economy. This big diesel engine is offers good fuel economy and offers 42m/g of fuel average along with 179g/km of Co2 emissions.
Mercedes has used a single petrol unit in its bulky, heavy and big SUV. This petrol unit is of 3.0-Litre capacity along with 361bhp and 384lb/ft torque. Due to some extra bhps than diesel units, it is faster than diesel engines. It takes 5.5 seconds to get from 0-62m/h with 155m/h top speed.
It is a six-cylinder petrol engine so fuel average is just good. It offers 32m/g of fuel average along with 199g/km of Co2 emissions. This engine is also fitted with nine-speed G-Tronic automatic gear assembly and four-wheel drive system as diesel engines are.
Mercedes has used petrol/plug in technology in this hybrid engine, which is very effective in performance. This hybrid version is capable of 442bhp and 354lb/ft torque. Surprisingly, it is the fastest engine in the whole range. It takes 5.1 seconds to get from 0-62m/h along with 152m/h top speed. Fuel consumption has not been registered but its Co2 emissions are just 84g/km.
This hybrid engine is equipped with seven-speed G-Tronic gearbox and four-wheel drive system as standard. This hybrid unit is not good in speed but it has great towing capacity of 2000kg.
Mercedes GLE SUV is a luxurious brand of its range with exclusive comfort and exceptional driving experience. Mercedes has used Trio for its GLE. All engines are smooth in running and quiet as well. Under the bonnet of such a big and heavy vehicle, they perform well and have good combination with its automatic gear assembly. There is a great combination of nine-speed G-Tronic automatic gearbox with its four-wheel drive system.Both of them support each other and the result comes in speed, comfort, smooth and great handling. Its weight controls the roll in corners effectively. Suspensions are exceptional in working under the weight of the vehicle. Drum suspensions perform very well on un- even country side roads and adjust themselves automatically according to the terrain situation without giving any bumpy condition in the interior. Comfort and luxury are offered under panoramic roof of GLE SUV.
Big SUVs have been designed to give exceptional comfort and luxury to its passengers whether on lush motorway or on rough hilly terrain with lots of ups and downs. Mercedes GLE offers great handling on both terrains. It has been especially designed to give the best without notice what is the condition under tires. Its powerful engine along with four-wheel drive system offers strong grip on both on and off-road driving experience.
Its steering wheel is perfect offers great grip to the driver on the wheels. There are plenty of helping features in handling. Steering-wheel is with lots of adjustments giving the perfect driving position for any driver. There are Curve Dynamic Assist, Crosswind Assist and Collision Prevention Assist along with ESP system in support to driver. SUVs and four by four are made with anywhere go ability, so this stylish and graceful SUV is not just for town riding or motorway trips but also capable for muddy, hilly and desert terrains on the same hand.
Mercedes has a nice arrangement of technical assistance in its all vehicles SUV like GLE is equipped with exceptional features and equipments. With different safety kits, this vehicle is far beyond discussions. Though vehicles like this SUV can’t be tested but the standard maintained by the manufacturer suggests that it has gained five stars rating in any crash test. The price tag of this SUV reflects the safety standards well maintained by its manufacturer. Multiple airbags with side curtains for all passengers.
ISOFIX seats for children along with driver’s attention system are fitted in this GLE SUV to avoid any bad incident. Efficient antilock braking system, traction control , hill start system, hill descent system to prevent free fall, adaptive stability control system are there to assist the driver. Automatic parking system along with parking sensors and three dimensional view camera is mounted in this luxurious SUV to facilitate the driver. LED daytime running lights with auto dipping at night are fitted along with rear LED lights. Efficient anti pedestrian collision system is installed by Mercedes. As far as its reliability is concerned, it is far better than any other SUV available in the market of the same rank. Its twelfth place out of 32 vehicles shows its durability, strength and solid built. BMW is on 15th position and SUV of Audi has gained 21st position out of 32 vehicles.
