This includes the black-fabric roof lining, multi-contour front seats, tyre-pressure monitoring system and AMG sports package. Further, our car has the Premium Package ($3,800) which adds the panoramic glass sunroof, rear sun blinds, and previously mentioned heated front seats and cup holders.
The AMG Sports body kit, with its flared arches and 21-inch black AMG twin-spoke alloy wheels give the GL a tough and muscular look, and almost disguise the size of the car. Which, its fair to say, is big.
At 5,120mm long, the GL350 is 263mm longer than the BMW X5 I am used to driving. It might not sound much, but that extra 26cm narrows the availability of parking spaces more than you would think.
Weighing in at just under 2.5-tonne (2,455kg) the GL350 is powered by a 190kW / 620Nm 3-litre turbo-diesel V6. To save the trip to the calculator, that is about 78kW per tonne, a figure that concerns more in regard to fuel consumption (claimed at 7.7L/100km combined cycle) than it does outright performance.
So what is in store for the big G?
We’ll see what it’s like to go up a size in the extra-large SUV stakes and live with the GL350 on the school run, shopping trips and Saturday morning ballet lessons that tend to make up most of the day to day existence of these big wagons.
We’ll hit the road during the school holidays and look at long-range touring comfort and consumption of the Mercedes, and maybe even put the 4WD system to the test for some ‘off piste’ adventuring.
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