Hmmm.... It looks good, but I don't sense much "extra" happening in the interior. I like the interior of the new M-Klasse, but this just seems like a slightly upgraded version of that.

What's the MSRP going to be on this?

It's just not that exciting. It looks like a box in the back and while I realize that original G is shaped like a box, it doesn't work on this one. The design is just sooo generic. The side and rear just put me to sleep and the front looks like it doesn't have a coherent theme with all this different stuff happening up there. Those lights are weak too. I haven't really been that thrilled with MB's latest designs. The S class is weird and I fee like it's going to show its age very quickly. Now, this is just a mess. I want exciting cars with good designs. The CLS is an exciting car. That's what MB needs, excitement.

In the GL 450 the 4.6-litre engine develops 250 kW/340 hp.

I guess this is the new 450 engine.. sounds nice

Can anyone tell me the difference between the G and GL-Class? Or for that matter, the M or ML-Class?

As for this GL-Class, I echo the views that it is too similar to the ML-Class. It is very big, but I'll take the Q7 over this anyday.

It looks like a 4 Runner/HighLander, not my type of truck, but it looks nice in black.

Not bad at all. I think it looks much better than the M-class. Not the most exciting design but a lot better than many of the other new Benzes.

The ML is the M-Class. The G Class used to be the G-Wagons, those troop transports used in the Alps by the Germans converted into luxury SUVs for the consumer market. Hehe, my dad;s '84 G280 still has gun racks between the front seats hahaha.

This current GL series is supposed to be the modern incarnation of the G-Wagon, built more for consumers from the ground up. The G-Wagon was a little rough around the edges in many departments, our G280 is like the total opposite of Luxury in every way

This car really is a disapointment. WHO NEEDS A Bigger MB SUV?!?! Anyone here? Why would we buy this over a Lexu LX470 or an Escalade or a Range Rover when they offer just as much if not more for a better price?

It seems like MB is trying to milk there Badge some more. Hopefully the quality is up to par if not better...so much for hopes and dreams...

It looks too much like a Lexus, Toyota or Honda SUV. Not that its a bad thing, the car looks too similar to other competitors. The interior is nice looking, but not great. It looks too homogenized with the ML, but atleast they added that wood trim to the dash. They needed to fill up the huge empty space on the front passenger dash with something, it looks too plain for a luxury SUV of MB caliber. This is what the ML Interior should look like, and then they make a special interior for the GL.

Atleast the driving dynamics and engines should outclass the competition. The V8 engines should be sweet, tons of torque from the Diesel and rocket power from the new DOHC Petrol engines.

But serisouly, who really needs this new GL? Can't they just upgrade the G-Wagon interior with better appointments and engines?

Lets see, i like the exterior very much especially the rear in that pic in GCF, the interior is a problem, MB has some problems with their interiors I don't really like the S, M, and GL interiors especially the ML`s I've been in one and it was grey from the inside and the dash really looked horrible plus the upper part felt like some kind of cheap plastic to me, and I also don't like were the gear lever is, why copy BMW this was very unnecessary.

what is the next mercedes to have a command controller going to be?

Probably the C class will have it as an option when it comes out, but the ML R and GL because of the way the interior is designed with the shifter on the steering column and all that space in between the seats, they will put command with the controller in years to come, that is the other reason why it is designed like that.