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Detroit, MI — It really is a fantastic story of one-upmanship.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mercedes-Benz, which shocked the industry by creating a whole new segment with their CLS \u201c4-door coupe\u201d, finds themselves caught off guard a little by archrival BMW when that company releases its X6 Sports Activity Coup\u00e9 two years later, combining the uber-popular crossover utility vehicle class with that very same 4-door coupe that Mercedes pioneered.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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More recently, BMW delivered another blow by releasing its 4 Series Gran Coup\u00e9, which is a close to a perfect matchup with the CLS as you can get. Now, BMW\u2019s up by one, and the X6 is selling like gangbusters.<\/p>\n

Which brings us to the present day at the North American International Auto Show, where Mercedes has just debuted its GLE-Class. A more spitting an image of the X6, I cannot recall.<\/p>\n

The model shown was officially called the Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 Coup\u00e9 4Matic, after a restructuring to better connect Mercedes\u2019 AMG tuning arm with the brand as a whole (a lower-spec, V6-powered GLE 450 was also on-hand). The new 4-door coup\u00e9, as Mercedes calls it, is powered by the 5.5 lite, biturbo V8 engine we\u2019ve seen across the line-up in everything from sedans to SUVs, making 557 hp or 585 if you select the \u201cS\u201d version. Both engines are paired with a 7-speed Speedshift Plus automatic transmission, which can be made to shift faster by pressing an \u201cM\u201d button. If that\u2019s not a shot across BMW M-Division\u2019s bow, then I don\u2019t know what is.<\/p>\n

Of course 4Matic AWD comes as standard, with a rear-biased 40:60 set-up for an even more performance-oriented feel. There\u2019s air suspension and adaptive dampers, although there\u2019s been no mention of the Magic Body Control, so far seen only on the S-Class sedan.<\/p>\n

Then again, that\u2019s a cruiser and Mercedes s painting the GLE as more of a bruiser (just have a look at the fat 325-section rear rubber and optional 22-inch wheels to see what we mean), so the option to select from numerous dynamic drive modes is probably more up the GLE 63\u2019s alley: \u201cSport Plus\u201d, the most extreme of the five modes, provides sharpness to power delivery and chassis balance, while \u201cSlippery Transmission\u201d\u2014yes, that\u2019s what it\u2019s called\u2014makes for more stability in conditions befitting of an SUV, like snow or mud. How many GLE 63 drivers take their cars to climes that feature a lot of snow and mud remains to be seen, but Canadians will undoubtedly be happy to find that they can dive their GLE even if the tarmac isn\u2019t clear.<\/p>\n

Look for the GLE to hit dealers in late summer of \u201915 as a 2016 model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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