Where to drive a 2010 Mercedes Benz GLK?
Yesterday, TheCarConnection.com had its first short stint behind the wheel of the new 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK. This morning, after a brief autobahn run southeast from Dusseldorf, I drove the new GLK on a special off-road course set up by Mercedes at the Schloss Ehrenhoven, in the Bergisch Gladbach forest.
Is the Mercedes GLK available for off roading?
Mercedes execs says U.S. customers haven’t warmed up to the off-road packages on other vehicles like the GL-Class, so the extra hardware won’t be offered on the smaller, softer GLK. With the package, on the intentionally rutted trail, the GLK moved impressively through a set of engineered traps.
Do you get off road tires on a Mercedes GLK?
That package includes a version of hill descent control, called Downhill Speed Regulation, along with a set of off-road tires. Mercedes execs says U.S. customers haven’t warmed up to the off-road packages on other vehicles like the GL-Class, so the extra hardware won’t be offered on the smaller, softer GLK.
How does open differential work on Mercedes GLK?
Essentially an open-differential system where wheelspin is limited by anti-lock braking–working as virtual locking diffs–the newest version has processors that work faster and brakes that clamp harder, giving more precise traction control in a variety of situations.
Yesterday, TheCarConnection.com had its first short stint behind the wheel of the new 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK. This morning, after a brief autobahn run southeast from Dusseldorf, I drove the new GLK on a special off-road course set up by Mercedes at the Schloss Ehrenhoven, in the Bergisch Gladbach forest.
Mercedes execs says U.S. customers haven’t warmed up to the off-road packages on other vehicles like the GL-Class, so the extra hardware won’t be offered on the smaller, softer GLK. With the package, on the intentionally rutted trail, the GLK moved impressively through a set of engineered traps.
How does the Mercedes Benz GLK Class feel?
Close the GLK’s doors and the sound they emit gives the feeling of closing a bank vault — all that’s missing is that spinny wheel thing. Go over railroad tracks and the body doesn’t flex a bit, nor does any jarring or jiggling greet your backside. This little SUV feels like you could drive over a grenade and experience nothing but a muted “thump.”
That package includes a version of hill descent control, called Downhill Speed Regulation, along with a set of off-road tires. Mercedes execs says U.S. customers haven’t warmed up to the off-road packages on other vehicles like the GL-Class, so the extra hardware won’t be offered on the smaller, softer GLK.