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Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe
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E-class coupe
Fair enough, I didn't realise they didn't make an E63 AMG Coupe... wow. Seems kind of an oversight by Mercedes!
I was thinking B-class. (A45, CLA45, C63 Saloon, Estate and Coupe, S63 & S65 Saloon and Coupes, E63 Saloon and Estate, CLS63 Saloon and Shooting Brake, SL63 and SL65, SLK55, G63, GLA45, GL63 and ML63........)
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Sprinter and Vito don't count?
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- NaveekDarkroom
At least the outgoing C-Class coupe got the AMG treatment, and it should happen again with the new C. Wait, isn't the E Coupe based on the C-Class and not the E-Class? That's... interesting.E-class coupe
Also, the GLE Coupe has been revealed. In red, coincidentally.
Well, they both wear the Mercedes-Benz badge, and they can't be had as AMGs, so I guess they count. Except I don't know who would want or need an AMG Mercedes van. Okay, both the Sprinter and Vito are pretty slow, but speed isn't the whole point. Then again, they made a G63 6X6. Maybe someone actually does want a Sprinter AMG. Or at the least, a more powerful engine.
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I have to be dead honest here, and I'm going to get a lot of 🤬 for this, but I do actually like this now that I see it fully revealed. The way that the front end seems almost pulled back and how that design stretches across the whole car, especially with the window line, and ends at the back seems attractive on a car to me somehow. For an SUV, I expect that this handles decently at least also. One thing I wish that it had was more "stuff" on the lift gate.At least the outgoing C-Class coupe got the AMG treatment, and it should happen again with the new C. Wait, isn't the E Coupe based on the C-Class and not the E-Class? That's... interesting.
Also, the GLE Coupe has been revealed. In red, coincidentally.
Well, they both wear the Mercedes-Benz badge, and they can't be had as AMGs, so I guess they count. Except I don't know who would want or need an AMG Mercedes van. Okay, both the Sprinter and Vito are pretty slow, but speed isn't the whole point. Then again, they made a G63 6X6. Maybe someone actually does want a Sprinter AMG. Or at the least, a more powerful engine.
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The B and GLK, oh excuse me, I meant GLC. Except the next gen GLC is getting the AMG treatment, leaving our poor friend B to be without one.
Also probably the GL/GLS but I rarely care about that model.
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As far as the car goes, it's not as ugly as the X4/6 (Mercedes Bias is showing...) but it's not the prettiest Mercedes. I actually like the rear end tail lamps but the rear quarter itself is just too bubbly for me. It's not BAD, but it's not GOOD.
I'll keep the GLA.
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Not really, nor the Citan, Citaro, Tourismo, Actros, Antros, Atego, Econic, or Arocs... I was kind of ignoring the commercial vehicles side of things... the V-class/Viano probably can't either.
We had a 4 seat Vito for a bit, AMG wheels, bull-bars and badging....
... but no, not an actual AMG.No 🤬 here, I feel the same way about the X6.
There's a GL63, but I don't even know what a GLS is?
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I don't think a GLS-Class exists at the moment.
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Apparently, the AMG version will come with a V8!
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MLC?
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The GLE is disgusting. Kill it with fire, please.
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MLC was the original planned name but Merc changed their naming structure since then, meaning the ML becomes the GLE and the MLC is now the GLE Coupe.
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The renaming process for Merc's SUVs begins in 2015.
2016 is when we will see the SLK become the SLC.
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Okay. I was aware of the SLK becoming the SLC. The funny thing is, back in 2008, I saw spy photos in Road & Track of a prototype of the car that would become the SLS, and it was referred to as the SLC (I ended up seeing the SLS name used in a Car and Driver future cars article in 2009). And I think in a 2007 R&T issue, there was a future cars article, and a Mercedes SLC was one of the cars mentioned in the article. I should go check that article, I think I still have that issue lying around somewhere.
Wasn't the SLC name previously used on an old 2+2 version of the SL?
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Yes. It was used on the old 1970's SL that had a fixed hard top.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_R107_and_C107
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Okay. Also, in R&T's spy shots of the SLC prototype (which would become the production SLS), they say it could have a twin turbo version of AMG's 6.2 liter V8 making around 700 horsepower, though it ended up having a normally aspirated version. Kind of sounds like Chrysler's Hellcat engine a little. At the least, the new AMG GT has a turbo V8. Just thought that was funny.
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GLE63 AMG pretty much revealed in a "teaser" video
http://www.worldcarfans.com/115010886954/mercedes-amg-gle-63-coupe-teased-ahead-of-detroit-reveal
http://www.worldcarfans.com/115010886954/mercedes-amg-gle-63-coupe-teased-ahead-of-detroit-reveal
