Mercedes Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE

Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE
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It’s no secret that the Mercedes Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE is a near production preview of the upcoming Mercedes Benz GLK-Class, a compact SUV to rival the BMW X3, the Landrover LR2 and the Volkswagen Tiguan.

The name GLK has a meaning – G means a cross country vehicle (G-Wagon), L means luxury and K means Kompaktheit, which is German for compactness. Its styling looks rather butch, and there are some odd design elements, for example I do not see why they had to make the lower part of the front headlamps step down slightly inwards.

The Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE is powered by a 2.2 litre Bluetec inline-4 turbodiesel engine mated to a 7G-Tronic gearbox, putting out 168 horsepower.

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Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE
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Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE
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Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE
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Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE
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Mercedes-Benz Vision GLK FREESIDE
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Comments

  • cecibo (Member) on Jan 03, 2008 at 5:30 pm

    so this is smaller than the GL as what SLK smaller than SL but anyway it looks weird something that i would keep my eyes away from it but nice clean interior i can hardly smell….

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  • cole planet (Member) on Jan 03, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    look good but a little too boxy and weird

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  • MaverickNeo (Member) on Jan 03, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    un-inspired design…probably look better in black anyway. All comes down to pricing now.

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  • szw (Member) on Jan 03, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    so square…

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  • nmh (Member) on Jan 03, 2008 at 8:28 pm

    OMG! Whos made this? German or China? Izzit real or copycat?

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  • White Jack (Member) on Jan 03, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    The new trend of car design is sharp lines and muscular body. You will notice new BMW 5 series, new C-class, new Accord all look like this.

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  • VPowerRacing (Member) on Jan 03, 2008 at 11:39 pm

    when will it hit the malaysian road?…sure it will cost no less than 300k..

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  • mitlanevo (Member) on Jan 03, 2008 at 11:51 pm

    not too bad, but the interior is very dull……

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  • Jonathan Lee (Member) on Jan 04, 2008 at 12:45 am

    Interior looks like a Chinese rip-off of the BMW X5’s. Enough said.

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  • mdjqs (Member) on Jan 04, 2008 at 5:53 am

    OMG!! UGLY! but interior looks good though…

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  • nuajon (Member) on Jan 05, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    merc back to old design, back to square even new C Class, like C class model 1991 below to 1985….

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  • bavarian (Member) on Jan 06, 2008 at 11:57 am

    looks a little stupid

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  • mfg030380 (Member) on Jan 09, 2008 at 1:31 am

    This only available in LHD. Thanks God. :)

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