

A plug-in hybrid similar to the one in the S-class is heading to ZEV states.

The Mercedes-AMG GLE63 gets a power bump from 518 to 550 horsepower while a new S version offers 577. Engines mostly carry over from last year, though the four-cylinder diesel is now known as the 300d. GLE-class: The former M-class gets refreshed, renamed (GL. The same turbo four from the C-class delivers 241 horses and 273 pound-feet, routed through a nine-speed automatic, with four-wheel drive optional. The GLC300 rides on a longer wheelbase than the GLK and boasts larger dimensions. GLC-class: The old GLK’s new name, GLC, reflects a nomenclature change that aligns Merc’s SUVs with its traditional sedans, in this case the compact C-class. For the first time, the Mercedes-AMG offers Americans a V-12 under the hood of this 36-year-old truck, in the guise of the 621-hp G65. G-class: The world’s only factory-restomod SUV gets an even more ridiculously over-the-top powertrain. Stop asking about the shooting brake it’s not coming to the U.S. See C450 AMG first drive ››ĬLS-class: Four-wheel-drive models now use the same nine-speed automatic as rear-drivers. With standard four-wheel drive and a 362-hp, twin-turbo 3.0-liter V-6, consider it a C63 (469 horsepower) with training wheels. This last one is the first in the new AMG ’tween range, which sits below “full” AMG cars but above regular Mercs.
The sedan, introduced last year, sees three new variants in 2016: a plug-in hybrid for ZEV states based on a turbocharged 2.0-liter four augmented with an 80-hp electric motor and a 6.2-kWh battery a four-cylinder diesel C300d and a C450 AMG that replaces the C400. JOHNSON, ANDREW TRAHAN, THE MANUFACTURERĬ-class: The old coupe carries on for one more year before being updated to the new chassis for 2017. STEVE SILER, JAMES LIPMAN, PAUL BARSHON, MICHAEL SIMARI, DAVEY G.
