![]() But because it's so stable and smooth, just DIY – drive it yourself – and it's no effort at all. Normally, the GLC doesn't want you to get involved and doesn't encourage it.Īnd yet oddly, the full driver assist package isn't available on the hybrid. The new plug-in version will have a range of more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) in EV mode. Mind you, that needs an interesting road. You can order it either as a plug-in version or as a mild hybrid in four gas versions and two diesel versions, all with a 48-volt motor. But you can still hustle it and it stays on your side. The chassis is built for comfort not sportiness, with a nicely absorbent ride, and no particular agility. It does all manner of clever stuff, but you've got to get past the infuriatingly oversensitive touchpads on the steering wheel spokes. The only flashy bit is that it's now acquired Mercedes' current-generation user interface. It's reassuringly Mercedes, not in that brash fashion some new Mercedes lean towards, but with the true dignity of the Untertürkheim aristocracy. It's actually bigger than the original M-class, btw. It's compact and subtle enough not to offend every bystander, but inside is more than roomy enough for a grown-up crew. ![]() I tried this in the bigger GLE 300 de and sadly its operation is generally clunkier. If you really want to swerve BIK tax or need better cruising economy once the battery is flat, there's also a GLC 300 de, which has the same hybrid system linked to a diesel engine. So you don't fall below the 50g/km tax threshold. The official numbers are 117mpg and 59/km. You'd easily get 60mpg most days for a trip of that length, going from full to empty battery. I got 40mpg on a 40 mile trip of really pretty vigorous driving. It'll tow two tonnes, which shows serious intent.Īnd the brake pedal is also pretty progressive, which you can never take for granted in cars where you've a motor and it's mixing with electric regeneration.Īh regeneration and all that hybrid jiggery-pokery. ![]() The engine's a little tinkly in sound, but the overall delivery is properly impressive – well-enough integrated that if you started listening to the stereo you'd forget you're in anything beyond a quiet and brisk all-petrol car. ![]()
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