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Good news! Mercedes' all-new M-class is here. Better news! It's not hideous. Best news! There's going to be an AMG version.
In the great tradition of luxo SUVs, the new model's even more enormous. It's 4804mm long, 1926mm wide and 1796mm tall, which makes it 24mm longer, 16mm wider and 19mm lower than its older brother.
See more pics of the M-class here
You'll be able to choose from a big range of engines to hustle that heft when it launches in April 2012. There's the 254bhp 3.0-litre V6 diesel, which gets fitted to ML350 Bluetec models, a twin-turbo 201bhp 2.1-litre four-pot diesel, which goes in the ML250 Bluetec and a diesel-electric ML300 Hybrid model, which uses the 2.1 engine with a 20bhp electric motor.
But our categorical favourite is the ML63 AMG, which has a 536bhp twin-turbo 5.5-litre V8.
As well the re-jigged engine range, the American-built M-class gets all-new underwear - the very same that you'll find in modified form underneath the Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Inside, there's the same basic visual grammar as the old car - seating for five people in two rows and lots of that special ginger wood that only grows in Germany. It's also the first ever M-class to get factory diamond stitching as an option. Which is nice.
How are you feeling about it, TopGear.commers? Better than its predecessor?
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What do you think?
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Impreza09 commented on this article
at 02:27 pm on 08 June 2011
That looks sweet! 1st to comment hehe!
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Beebsy commented on this article
at 05:42 pm on 08 June 2011
I like it, but I still love the GLK the best. They need to come out with a GLK AMG. Wouldn't mind a GLK all wheel drive/diesel with manual trans for the states either....
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theparsonsman commented on this article
at 11:38 am on 09 June 2011
That has a wiff of korean-ness IMO.
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granturismo1106 commented on this article
at 11:59 am on 09 June 2011
Better than an X5 or Q7. And I'd have it over a Range Rover because they're too predictable and boring.
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Tafiwi commented on this article
at 12:01 pm on 09 June 2011
USAnodyne. Better to buy the Grand Cherokee and something interesting with the change.
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