Who wants to have the same as everyone else's 
I see this car is causing controversy! Excellent
I on the other hand am very much looking forward to (dubious?) honour of being the first person in the country to get one of these next week
In fact, this exact one which today was having all the factory-fit scratches removed
These cars are almost soooo wrong on so many levels.....and quote honestly, that's much of the appeal
But on a serious note, until you've driven one of these performance SUV's you just can't appreciate just how capable they are. I certainly didn't get them until I drove one a year ago....and since then I've had two ML63's and am now a believer! Indeed, I regretted swapping our ML63 for the (arguably superior driving) E63 the minute I drove away in it. As fast road cars the combination of performance, luxury, quality, comfort, visibility and feeling of engineering depth in these SUV's is mighty.
Even the roadholding is outrageous - sure, it'd make a sh!te track car but only because of it's weight and CoG. On the road, the active suspension keeps these top-end SUV's flatter than any sports car I've had...which in turn makes it feel tremendously secure and planted at almost any speed you'd dare drive at on public roads.
Everyone seems to argue that the diesel versions of these do the same thing but without the expense....but then they don't do they? They won't have the fancy active suspension or the aural characteristics or the performance when you want it.
I've been lucky enough to have had some nice cars, but the ML63's (and I'm sure this new GLE63) were right up there as some of the most satisfying and best built I've had.
I see this car is causing controversy! Excellent
I on the other hand am very much looking forward to (dubious?) honour of being the first person in the country to get one of these next week
In fact, this exact one which today was having all the factory-fit scratches removed
These cars are almost soooo wrong on so many levels.....and quote honestly, that's much of the appeal
But on a serious note, until you've driven one of these performance SUV's you just can't appreciate just how capable they are. I certainly didn't get them until I drove one a year ago....and since then I've had two ML63's and am now a believer! Indeed, I regretted swapping our ML63 for the (arguably superior driving) E63 the minute I drove away in it. As fast road cars the combination of performance, luxury, quality, comfort, visibility and feeling of engineering depth in these SUV's is mighty.
Even the roadholding is outrageous - sure, it'd make a sh!te track car but only because of it's weight and CoG. On the road, the active suspension keeps these top-end SUV's flatter than any sports car I've had...which in turn makes it feel tremendously secure and planted at almost any speed you'd dare drive at on public roads.
Everyone seems to argue that the diesel versions of these do the same thing but without the expense....but then they don't do they? They won't have the fancy active suspension or the aural characteristics or the performance when you want it.
I've been lucky enough to have had some nice cars, but the ML63's (and I'm sure this new GLE63) were right up there as some of the most satisfying and best built I've had.
) and had we not had an ML63 before, I'd probably have gone for that car and saved my self a load of financial pain. But after having the full-fat AMG, I suspect I'd have regretted not buying the GLE63.
