The benefits aren’t obvious on paper.īut from the driver’s seat, the hybrid makes the GLC feel as if there’s a bigger, beefier engine under the hood. The mild-hybrid motor would be a tough sell on the dealership floor. “The consumer is buying a vehicle, they’re not buying an engine,” Zillmann says. Most buyers in North America will spend at least $2,000 on big wheels and extra leather options anyway, so the added cost hardly seems like a deal-breaker. The mild hybrid adds $1,000 to $2,000 to the retail price of the vehicle, according to Ulrich Zillmann, project lead for development of the revised GLC. Europeans get the hybrid to avoid paying high taxes, while we get the regular motor that emits more CO2. The reason is that in some European countries, road taxes are partly based on how much carbon-dioxide a vehicle releases. In Europe, the GLC 300 has a mild-hybrid motor. The basic 2.0-litre engine in the GLC 300 is merely adequate. Without it, the handling won’t be as crisp or comfortable. The 2020 GLC 300 will only be available with adaptive suspension as a (pricey) special-order option in Canada.
GLC PLAYER DRIVERS
They’re still not as fun to drive as cars, but some SUVs, like the GLC, are so close it doesn’t matter for most drivers any more. SUVs have become the default everything else is a choice.Īs a loyal fan of station wagons and sedans, it pains me to see how good SUVs have become. At any polite, legal speed the GLC steers and handles so crisply there’s little point in getting a C-Class, unless you really need every last ounce of handling prowess. The sensation of wallowing around corners in a big tall box is entirely gone. When driving the revised GLC on a narrow, twisty road, the most striking thing is how far SUVs have come. When it was originally launched in 2008 as the GLK, there was just one version. There’s a hydrogen fuel-cell model, a mild hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, and a rumbly AMG version with a V-8 engine that sounds like Zeus with a bad case of indigestion.
The appetite has become so ravenous that Mercedes will offer 24 different versions of the new 2020 GLC globally.
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