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2008 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class reviews

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The GL-Class is a luxurious, spacious cross-country vehicle that has a great deal to offer, whether you’re on your way to a board meeting or to a campfire. With comfortable seats for seven people, it effortlessly combines comfort with adventure, providing an entirely new motoring experience.

Stuart Gurnett, Yorkshire

Mercedes-Benz GL-Class 420 cdi 2008

5 star review

What a motor! Very, very, quick, but very thirsty. About 27 mpg solo, but drops down to 16/17 mpg towing. Small price to pay though for a luxurious tug that can pull nearly 2 tons of caravan uphill at 70 mph (where legal). Satnav is well out of date, but other bells and whistles make driving a pleasure. The seven seats are authentic, easy to operate and carry 7 adults in space and comfort. All in all a superb vehicle, but when you think you can buy a luxurious new motorhome with all that includes, for the same price, you do wonder where the money goes.

Submitted: 18/09/2009 09:26:09

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Stephen Ridler, England

Mercedes-Benz GL-Class GL420 2008

3 star review

Excellent ride quality and performance. Build quality low; many faults with brakes squealing; wiring hanging loose under seats; bluetooth has always and continues to work when it wants! Satnav is useless!!! Thank god I did not buy it; for £65000 plus extras. Only 12 months left of lease and then it goes back, probably will be worth £20000 then at most. Such a shame; it looks good but space inside especially boot (ha ha) is a joke. Mercedes built this model in Mexico and whoever is responsible should be sacked!!!

Submitted: 27/04/2009 08:38:39

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Stewart Bailey, Cheshire

Mercedes-Benz GL-Class 420 CDI 2008

5 star review

Never been a big fan of Mercedes - "old mens cars" I’d mutter whenever a friend bought one. Then a combination of large (both in size and number) offspring and their protective mother forced my hand into getting a 7 seater. People carriers just weren’t an option as I didn’t want the world to think I had been lobotomised so a 4x4 it was. And by god did we do our research. Every 4x4 that claimed to seat 7 was driven, pondered and driven again. Decision making when subject to 6 opinions takes time after all.... The easy part was discounting the "wannabes" as the kids put it. So many 7 seater’s simply aren’t (unless you have had you legs or at very least feet and shins surgically removed) You can forget the X5,Q7,XC90 etc. The real choice came down to 2 - the Discovery or the Mercedes GL. Land Rover very kindly let me play at their Gaydon testing ground in a Disco’ and it was an incredible experience. If you really want to cross a desert this is the car for you.... but I’m from Cheshire which is famous for its footballers wives, lush fields and pet horses. Which is where the GL excels. It feels like a Range Rover inside and handled like a Discovery outside. Truly... for a car that would normally sport a French manicure from a Wilmslow salon its heart wanted a rutted field and the calloused hands of a dairy farmer - it’s inspiring offroad. And the engine....700NM of torque. That’s enough to rip the entire tax revenue from Gordon Browns sweaty grasp (which is what you’ll need to be able to fill this beast up) It is simply mind bending when you go flying into a tight corner in a 2.5 ton leather and burr walnut armchair and the thing doesn’t even roll, let alone show any sign of bad manners. Don’t flatter yourself that it’s your driving skill - this thing has more number crunching power than the entire NASA Apollo 11 mission, and it uses it to stop you getting into trouble. And on a straight road... well it’s quick in a "I’ve just learnt how to bend the space/time continuum" sort of way. Miles disappear effortlessly, but it could easily cost you points as the thing is as quiet as a church mouse blindfolded in a cattery. So am I impressed.....oh yes. Should you buy one....oh yes. Am I now an "old man" ....oh no! The kids class the GL as "gangsta" which makes me young and hip trendy (for the first time in my life!) It doesn’t get better than that.

Submitted: 17/06/2008 16:26:27

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