After presenting the all-new GLE Coupe and the revised M-Class that was renamed to GLE, Mercedes is preparing to complete the family makeover with the GL-replacing GLS.
Our scoop photographers caught up with a group of lightly camouflaged GLS testers here in the States, including two cars wearing the AMG Sport Package.
There’s no need to look further away than the GLE for the type of cosmetic changes awaiting the GL’s successor and which include a completely restyled front end that now resembles a bloated GLA, tweaked rear bumper and tail lamp graphics, and a fresh assortment of wheels.
The same goes for the GLS’ interior, as it’s shared with the car we once knew as the M-Class, so expect a newly styled steering wheel and a freshened-up center console with a 7.0-inch free-standing screen for the updated infotainment system, plus new colors and trimmings.
By this point, you must have figured out that nearly everything that was done to turn the M-Class into the GLE, will be done to the longer and boxier GLS as well, so we’ll probably see the range being expanded with a plug-in hybrid version sporting a 328hp V6 and 114hp electric motor producing a combined system total of 436hp. That’s in addition to the rest of the V6 and V8 lineup topped by the GL63 AMG S model with 577hp (585PS).
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