RUMOR: Mercedes-Benz GLS To Square Up Against BMW's X6

One of the biggest complaints about the BMW X6 is its incapability to go off pavement. However, you can't really knock the car that much considering how damn good it drives on the road. It literally drives as good as a standard BMW sedan. Considering its ride height and heft, it's practically a miracle.

But Mercedes-Benz must have taken note of this and is said to be working on a Jeep Grand Cherokee-based, CLS-inspired off-roader. Take a second and absorb that.

So you'll have the looks of a CLS paired together with the off-roading capability of a Jeep Grand Cherokee. That seems pretty...wild, right?

Here's an even more intriguing question: would Mercedes be building something that buyers don't want as it is though? Is this futuristic product a bit too niche?


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Mercedes-Benz is set to extend its line-up of dedicated SUVs with a new BMW X6-rivalling model called the GLS, according to highly placed sources at the German car maker.

Scheduled for launch in 2014, the new four-seater has been conceived around the same new unibody platform that underpins the third-generation M-class and the latest Jeep Grand Cherokee.

“After closely monitoring sales trends, we’ve concluded there is potential for an additional off-road model with a more sporting emphasis than the new M-class,” an insider revealed last week...


[Source: Autocar]


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bmwdrvr - 6/21/2011 9:46:36 AM

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why would that make sense the aav looked like a smaller last generation M class with big fenders. Essentially, more a concept for the AMG version of the M at that time....