The debut today of the new GLK at Auto China in Beijing represents a double milestone in Mercedes-Benz history. The Stuttgart premium auto maker’s compact SUV is also the first Mercedes to celebrate its world premiere in China. “It’s a testimony to this important and fast-growing market that we are presenting our most significant new [...]
Continue reading...18. April 2008
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. So here is a photo collection of the production GLK sourced from autoblid. What’s especially nice and rich about the production GLK is its extensive use of wood across the dash. It is definitely a visual and tactile selling point. See more photos after the jump… (9 [...]
Continue reading...29. February 2008
Mercedes has received quite a strorm of possitive reviews on the GLK, and will rightfully enter the small-SUV market to take on veterans such as the X3, Acura RDX, and others. At the 2008 Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz is going a step further than the competition and adding the Vision GLK BLUETEC HYBRID to the [...]
Continue reading...14. January 2008
“I love the GLK’s powerful design, not to mention its incredibly spacious trunk, its exceptional comfort and the fact that it’s a Mercedes,” comments Kim Cattrall, one of the four stars of hit TV show Sex And The City and celebrity guest of the Mercedes-Benz press conference at the 2008 NAIAS, who brought more than [...]
Continue reading...3. January 2008
GLK – a combination of letters that has specific connotations. The “G” alludes to the archetypal cross-country vehicle, the “L” intimates luxury and, as in other Mercedes model series, the “K” stands for compactness (German: Kompaktheit). At first sight these three aspects may appear to be mutually incompatible. But on closer inspection they offer the [...]
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21. April 2008
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