Paul Tan on the Automotive Industry
Mercedes Benz has officially announced its new small SUV set to be launched late 2008 – the Mercedes Benz GLK-Class. This name has been speculated for a very long time now, and there have been many sightings of a disguised GLK on road tests. The compact SUV will have 2 rows of seats with place for 5, and will go head to head against competitors such as the BMW X3 and the Land Rover LR2.
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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This car looks a bit weird for me. But i think that this should be a nice car.
Too many angles at the front exterior look. Looks bogged down, like after it have been shelved into the back of a lorry.
Funny looking car… Look at the driver, seems he is a bit uncomfortable in an mini merc SUV lol… Anywayz got a bit like the citroen new 4X4 suv..
the headlights have a tiny hint of CRV in ‘em… haha…
i love x3 more
looks nicer than X3!
shape alike the tea pot..
mayb the driver is a tall ppl, or else it rally a small suv.. =)
the front is too busy
looks kinda weird
but it will look much better in reallife
oowwhh my God!
although it is better than the Ssang Yong creations, but this is not a Miss World either!
mercedes…some say it is for the grown ups and uncles. Bimmer is for us, the young and energetic human being.
taking the new c-class and putting more angles to it
it’s a little disapionted because it dun hav 7 seaters
No one can really express the word UGLY. Let me do it for u guys…its UGLY
it looks way unproportioned for an SUV, even a ssangyong kyron would look better than this
i tink from now on all merc wil use the new c-class oversized grill design…those roof bars spoil the whole looks…
Please have Mercy on Merce ….. this must be a creation from Bangle’s infiltrator into Merc…. they srewed themselves with bad quality in the last decade, and now they decided to continue screwing themselves with bad design. . . .just look at the new S Class and C Class….. ugly and vulgar is all i can describe.
I guess the Benz step-son a.k.a Ssang Yong from Korea help them in designing this GLK.
Japan Suv already expensive …. but the German Suv more more expensive … this GLK really look nice , sporty , all change new looks … lol it is using V8 ?? when can we own this Merc SUV ….. dreaming ….
sxe10r said,
August 10, 2007 @ 8:30 am
Japan Suv already expensive …. but the German Suv more more expensive … this GLK really look nice , sporty , all change new looks … lol it is using V8 ?? when can we own this Merc SUV ….. dreaming ….
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cant even afford to own an a-class.. lol
wait….. isnt this just an artist impression Paul?
Out of topic. Today paper got New Optima + Spectra teaser ad which schedule to be launch on 15 August.
more to new C-class look
too much dull edges…..
azrai said,
August 10, 2007 @ 10:44 am
Out of topic. Today paper got New Optima + Spectra teaser ad which schedule to be launch on 15 August.
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Looks like they want to test their strength over Proton.. how often we see two launches of new car of different make in the same day..
very sorry lah, i will just get a Murano after looking at this picture of new GLK for 30 secs….
Daimler doing a Chris Bangle.
Now doesn’t that look more like the Gugenheim Museum in Bilboa compared with the new M3? Hey if one German carmaker can do it, can’t another one do the same ugly odd thing?
dont worry guys…you might not see this car on our roads forever…last month autocar malaysian edition had a article bout this SUV…and mercedes is only planing to make left hand drive models and it meant only for US,canada and some part of Europe…i dont know why they are doing so…but many say it because europe is more interested in smaller cars…compared to the US..and another reason is adapting the new four wheel drive platform to right hand drive setting(kinda lame excuse actually)..
bangle design is alot better than this freak
Hmm.. looks like these are Mercedes Benz’s new design concepts. Notice the similarities of the front portion of the car with the new C-Class?