Even as the development of more and more new cars is done digitally, using advanced simulators and computer modeling programs instead of more traditional methods, automakers still put millions of miles into real test cars around the world before anyone can actually buy them. That test goes far beyond what any of these cars actually experience, but that's the point. If something can be performed in the heat of a freezing Arctic or a burning desert, you can certainly perform with confidence and safety as your daily driver. Off-road testing is also important for electric luxury SUVs, I think Mercedes-Benz is doing the final test for the next generation GLC EV.Our goal for the day is to have fun while trying to be as sideways as possible and as dramatic as possible.
It might seem ridiculous for the electric GLC to have an off-road drive mode in the first place, but even a slim person will see the dirt trail, as we quietly drift and glide and shimmy across the dunes (the engineers call it sand surfing). These prototypes are on regular road tires (though it's aired a bit), and the GLC has enough range to come back here from the city, so it's a good idea.The 2027GLC (its silly official name) powered by EQ technology was revealed at the Munich Auto Show on May 9, so the car we're driving has no camouflage, an orange flag on the ass so people can see us, and a computer test equipment and an emergency button inside.It's a prototype car with prototype software, but these cars are very close to what you can buy all of which are U.S.-spec models, as GLC is expected to launch in Europe soon and in the U.S. in late 2026.
It launched the GLC's first model, a pair of electric motors and 4MATIC all-wheel drive equipped GLC400. CLA, as the rear axle of the in-house developed motor is bigger and better efficiency, performance and traction for your own two-stage gearbox is equipped with( it is 5,291 pounds, to be raised). Front motor high speed cutting, traction almost immediately needed to be able to engage in. Total output power 483 HP and 596 lb-ft of torque,Mercedes is first estimated than less.The air suspension system is optional, and rear-wheel steering that rotates up to 4.5 degrees is also possible, but the GLC I ride and drive has a standard setup with a steel coil spring.
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With standard suspension the GLC has 7 inches of ground clearance; the Airmatic system provides up to 6.2 inches of normal driving and 8.1 inches of highest setting, it also roams up to a depth of up to a maximum of 11.8 inches. The AMG line car I'm riding on has the same Goodyear Eagle F1 21-inch wheels (20s standard) with all-season tires that will be the production model. At first we blow up along some of the lower dunes, jump over some lower hills, drift along the summit and the way between them, as you would expect on the Baja Race course, but then we come across really huge dunes, certainly hundreds of feet high, to most people "normal ass crossovers are there.
Mercedes had already had to rescue a poor Cadillac XT5 rental from the sand in a flat section near our camp, and all the other vehicles working on the dunes to this day are serious off-road vehicles designed for the desert.We go one at a time as passengers on a magnificent hill, giving us a few opportunities to see from afar before it's my turn. Even with the usual tires, the GLCs rocket up the dunes without sweating, skillfully sliding sideways for a long time, and then gently kick up the huge waves of sand, the sleek, bright bodywork and that interior kick up a great contrast against your face grille, back down the hill at a quick and controlled pace.
It's one of standing at the base of the dunes looking from a little distance and being in the car when it's driving down a seemingly incredibly steep hill. When the driver drifts through an imaginary corner and runs horizontally through the dunes, we are already at a steep angle that feels mildly unsettling, but the GLC has lost stability.Some of them are really calm. The cabin is super quiet, with just a little bit of whirling from the electric motor making its way to my ears. The electrochromic roof does a great job of beating the heat, and the air conditioner is always primed and powerful. You can get the optional Burmester 3D surround sound system and there are interesting materials and design elements like the door panel grab handle undergoing massage.
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Now, I'm completely okay to small dunes, despite the behind the wheel to get my turn. I just ride height adjustment more than you do, and completely the stability control turned on by selecting a map area you can search around any point in the map to start. Terrain-in uccw skin's list, long press a skin to delete it, and the front motor is always turned on, and the torque between the axles the distribution has always been adjusted. Traction control system, speed, wheel articulation, traction level, throttle and steering inputs to adapt. It simulates differential lock behavior and allows for more drive slip, which helps when "churning" on loose surfaces.
By selecting a map area you can search around any point in the map to safety, in order to increase the steering angle, taking into account the surface depending on the optimal deceleration and linear pedal, for driving with anti-lock brakes, adjust steering wheel regenerative braking paddle, Hill Descent Control are used to control the. Terrain modes, this desert driving is enough of a speed of 68 miles to pass through engage in.Mercedes, GLC400 is 4. seconds at 60mph and reach and say it in the sand like it so slow as to not feel. Accelerating from a stop is punch-free and totally stress-free, with no problem with deep sand. I'm in the sand dunes, some run, or take fun, very showy in some subtle can pull off in a controlled drift. My car is how you get used to them, and we set off in the ESP to put the fun really begins.
The front passenger seat of the instructor is to be used only in the GLC is just how easy it is to rotate from, emphasizing mainly on the right foot driving and encourage you. Engineers, throttle control in order to fine-tune this travel use, you are harder to accelerate, it is silly to get when you want it, know I nearly highway speeds in the dunes of the peak close to my steering wheel to flick the light, giving the right pedal mash up GLC tail vigorously sand a huge plume and an even bigger laugh from the lurid drift us into a whipping, will come out. It feels natural to drift in an instant, mainly using only the throttle, and the more I'm there, the more fun it becomes.
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I attack the dunes dozens of times, from different angles, at different speeds, with different levels of lateral aspirations in mind. GLC makes it all a step forward and I'm grinning all the time. I chained the slides together, create a figure eight in the sand. Na goes one more time,"I say for the sixth time.1 running on a big hill, I was absolutely facing up the hill while I was standing outside looking at the GLC, a group of motorcycle guys lined up pulling up. One shouts, "You guys are ripping frickin' in these!" It's amazing, it's impressive, man! When the GLC starts surfing the sand and some of the Germans are explaining what we're doing here, the GLC is not only electricity, it's completely in stock, and that "I'm actually blown away, says the same guy.
Then, as we lunch at the base camp with a big RV and all the Mercedes test and support cars, the sand rail with the homemade Chevy354 is pulled up, wondering what our group is here for. Starting to chat with Mercedes engineers and also impressed by GLC's performance from afar, he throws the keys of the sand rails to 1 of them, "enjoy" the Germans fly to the horizon, and the v8 echoes across the desert.It would be a taste different like dune- driving experience from electric Mercedes-SUVs and it would be a great thing to both coexist in the off-road park and both smile for those who wear them and the audience. If you are not sure about the GLC EV customers actually dune the new Suv. I hope they will. But you have to decide, that the test of GLC should be as fun a car on the road for the first time on the snow, and on the dirt road that weekend for rent.
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