GLK-Class
Mercedes-Benz GLK 2012: New version of the dynamic SUV brimming with character
Donnerstag, 22.März 2012With a new design, exclusive appointments, pioneering assistance systems and efficient and agile engines, the new generation of the GLK underscores its claim to leadership of the compact SUV market segment.
The newly designed exterior lends this car full of character greater poise, combining the straight lines typical of all-terrain vehicles with the design idiom [...]
More Than Two Million SUVs Delivered to Customers
Montag, 2.Januar 2012Mercedes-Benz’s SUV models are celebrating another milestone. Since the launch of Mercedes-Benz’s first sports utility vehicle – the G-Class – over 30 years ago, more than two million G-Class, M-Class, R-Class, GL-Class and GLK-Class models have been delivered to customers.
Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars: “Our entire SUV family [...]
InCar Hotspot: wireless internet access now available for the GLK‑Class
Montag, 27.Dezember 2010InCar Hotspot: wireless internet access for your GLK (X204). The product was previously only available for the GL‑Class (X164), the M‑Class (W164), the C‑Class (W/S204), the CL‑Class (C216), the E‑Class (W/S212) and for the S‑Class (W/V221).
With the InCar Hotspot data signals are received via the vehicle’s aerial. The InCar Hotspot is a WLAN router, [...]
4MATIC: The automatic drive for wintry road conditions – Sure, predictable handling, plus impressive driving dynamics
Mittwoch, 1.Dezember 2010As with the 4MATIC system’s set-up on a dry or wet road, the directional stability and, therefore, the active safety of the 4MATIC models are paramount at all times when wintry conditions prevail, too. The mechanical principle of the 4MATIC system featuring a 45:55 torque split between the front and rear axles and the multi-disc [...]
GLK-Class serves to right-size the SUV
Samstag, 24.Juli 2010The compact GLK sport utility represents in the U.S. the newest member of a highly successful Mercedes-Benz SUV family that includes the full-size M-Class – which spurred the trend toward more car-like luxury SUVs – as well as the larger, award-winning GL-Class, the crossover R-Class and the rough-and-tough G-Class.
In addition to its standard front, side [...]
New York Challenge
Dienstag, 9.März 2010A bike faster than the GLK? A bike messernger challenges the Mercedes-Benz.tv team – on the streets of New York City. Patrice contacts his man on the spot an together they face the challenge with a race through all five boroughs – from Harlem to Brooklyn.
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Mercedes-Benz Rear Seat Entertainment System
Dienstag, 19.Januar 2010The Mercedes-Benz Rear Seat Entertainment System enables you to enjoy DVDs, favourite pictures and even video games on two superb 7″ LCD colour screens.
Each monitor has a separate DVD player, an SD card slot, a USB interface and a AV-IN connection, so it is possible to watch one film on both screens or to use [...]
The Rock! – The off-road experience in Bremen
Dienstag, 22.Dezember 2009Mercedes-Benz has made an absolutely stunning off-road course in Bremen: The Rock! – This shows the full potential of the new GLK and his powerful four-wheel drive.
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Maximum EuroNCAP rating for the E-Class, GLK and C-Class
Freitag, 27.November 2009No less than three Mercedes model series at once have achieved the highest rating of five stars in the more stringent EuroNCAP test – the E-Class, GLK and C-Class.
“We are very pleased about this good result. It confirms the correctness of our real-life safety concept, even in standardised rating crash tests,” says Prof. Rodolfo [...]
Navigation 20: Navigation system for the Mercedes-Benz Audio 20 CD available
Samstag, 17.Oktober 2009Mercedes-Benz will in future offer a fully integrated navigation system – called ‘Navigation 20′ – for its standard Audio 20 CD high-performance radio in C-Class or GLK.
The new device is based on highly sophisticated technology and offers numerous navigation features – including variable map displays, a realistic display of the roadscape at motorway exits, [...]
GLK 220 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY and GLK 250 CDI 4MATIC BlueEFFICIENCY
Donnerstag, 10.September 2009While one car boasts outstanding driving performance and high fuel efficiency, the other offers high fuel efficiency and good handling.
What is the difference between the two? The sporty handling dynamics set the tone in the all-wheel drive GLK 250 CDI 4MATIC BlueEFFICIENCY: The modern, four-cylinder diesel with 150 kW (204 hp) and an impressive 500 [...]
The GLK awarded Environmental Certificate
Mittwoch, 13.Mai 2009Spring 2009 sees the GLK receive not only a number of new items of equipment but also a special distinction: compact and distinctive, it is the first Mercedes-Benz SUV model family to receive the sought-after Environmental Certificate in accordance with ISO standard 14062.
In awarding the certificate, the independent specialists at the TÜV test organisation have [...]
The Mercedes GLK in a Sportservice Lorinser outfit
Donnerstag, 7.Mai 2009Off-roaders are only suitable for terrain; compact means sacrifice and sports cars only appeal to contortionists who have no spine: once prejudices were easier and the choice of the right car was therefore complicated.
Who would have thought that the Mercedes GLK would one day turn all these clichés on their head and flirt with an [...]
Mercedes-Benz GLK Spot: Narrow
Mittwoch, 6.Mai 2009For the U.S. market, Mercedes-Benz (MBUSA a new spot for the GLK) produces the sake of completeness here, we still want to publish: Narrow. This time, unfortunately, unspectacular, without a lot of actors, only a GLK by close and even sometimes very brief, village roads.
For the U.S. market, Mercedes-Benz (MBUSA) has produces a new spot [...]