Looking at the sales of more than 300,000 luxury SUVs, Mercedes-Benz GLC has beaten the old champion Audi Q5L several times in a row, removing the objective impact of the Changchun epidemic on FAW Audi's production capacity, but at least from the perspective of tens of thousands of sales per month, Mercedes-Benz GLC is indeed the darling of the middle-class upstart.
The competitive point of the domestic GRC is that the lengthening of the wheelbase allows the GRC to compete with the Audi Q5L, although it is not as exaggerated as the Q5L, but there is no pressure to comfortably stuff a multi-fist in front of the knee, plus the current GRC replacement is not small in the discount range, the power is at least 2.0T engine start, unlike the new C-class "small horse-drawn cart" type of the whole series of standard 1.5T, the comprehensive product force is indeed good.
(Current GLC interior)
(The new GLC is suspected of spy photos)
Although the interior of the GLC is classic enough, I don't think anyone can refuse the interior of the new C-class, and the new generation of GLC is likely to carry the same design language as the new C-class. At present, it is reported that the replacement GRC (X254) and the current C-class (W206) have a deep blood relationship, in addition to sharing the MRA II platform, will also share the powertrain and interior layout, there may be a 7-seat version to choose from.
Although this third row of seats I think it is better than nothing, if it is to share that set of interiors, the new steering wheel + the latest MBUX infotainment software and the large screen and the 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and the 11.9-inch central infotainment screen are all offered, I think the new GLC is very worth looking forward to.
Recently, some overseas media exposed the low-camouflage spy photos of Mercedes-Benz's new GLC, although it is a replacement model, but the amplitude of the new GLC is not as imaginative as the BMW next door, it is still mercedes-Benz's current design language, and the slender headlights and taillights look very similar to the new C-class.
Combined with spy photos and winter test photos released by Mercedes-Benz before, the new car body looks wider than the current model, the wheelbase looks more slender than the current model, and the body is lower than the body, and the design of the tail is more slippery, I don't know if there is a new optimization in aerodynamics.
On the side of the body, the wheels on the winter test prototype car use a hot wheel similar to the triangular composition, but the wheel hub of the spy road running map uses a star-shaped spoke hub, which may be a model equipped with a sports kit, and it is worth mentioning that the new generation OF GLC will be equipped with a rear axle steering system that can turn the rear axle by 2.5 degrees and reduce the slewing diameter by 40 cm.
In terms of power, considering the platform sharing, the powertrain of the new GLC is unknown, but it is possible to "break the bottom line", the starting GLC260 model will be equipped with the same high-power 1.5T+48V light mixing system as the C260, the maximum horsepower is 204Ps, the peak torque is 300N·m, and the high-end GLC300 model may be equipped with the C300 same 2.0T+48V light hybrid, the maximum power can reach 190kW, 40kW higher than the current model and has a 4Matic four-wheel drive system. And the four-wheel drive system will deviate from the rear-drive attribute, which can improve driving pleasure to a certain extent. It is just that the C300 has not been introduced into the country, if the domestic GLC is completely copied from the new C-class, it is not impossible for the whole series to be equipped with a 1.5T engine as standard.
Because it comes from the same platform, so in addition to the interior and powertrain, the new GLC derivative performance models may be similar to the C-class, considering the rapid growth of AMG models in the Chinese market in recent years, the new car is likely to launch the AMG GLC 43/GLC 63 version, the former or will be equipped with a 2.0T four-cylinder engine codenamed M139, with a 48v light hybrid system and an electronic exhaust gas turbine, the maximum horsepower can reach 408Ps, the peak torque is 500N·m, and the AMG" The custom of "one person, one machine" can also be saved, without worrying about the embarrassment of not being able to enter the AMG WeChat group.
According to the current news, the new car will be released overseas this year and is expected to be introduced into domestic production in 2023. Combined with the BBA announced the suspension of pure fuel vehicle node, this generation of GLC may be the last generation of pure fuel model GLC, the sense of science and technology has been full, I hope not to appear the new C-class that the embarrassing situation of the whole series of 1.5T.