German Car Zone

Which one?

MB GLK









AUDI Q5










BMW X3

^X3 pics arent showing..

Well i know that this is gonna seem like duh artist voted for the MB..big surprise..
but let me justify the vote for a moment..
the reason why i did not vote for the X3: its the oldest, plus it never had appealing design imo
so that leaves the 2 new cars..
The audi again makes me feel like hmm havent i seen that before, its so familiar yet new.
and ppl complained about the GLK interior, and are complaining about the upcoming E that it looks to much like the C.. but why isnt anyone noticing that in the Q5..?
all in all, the audi is a very good looking suv, but its like been there seen that..

So that leaves me with the GLK, allthough not a car im IN LOvE with, its still something fresh, its not perfect, some times it looks like a boot, and the black plastic pieces doesent help it..
but its still something diffrent and something fresh..
and for that reason its my choice..

PS
would i ever buy any of these SUV´s.. probably not.. so i guess my vote doesent hold much weight

Come on Eni, did you really have to pick pictures of the GLK in the worst possible trim and combination???

Glk

I've chosen the most comparable pics (angles & colors & trims).

Showing X3 & GLK in beige interior + wood would be unfair to Q5 (only pics dark + alu available).

Showing GLK in black + top-end exterior trim would be unfair to X3 (only pics of light color + standard trim available).

I can't choose between the Audi & Merc. They both look good in a quite different way. The GLK yes it is a new design from MB and looks nice but reminds me of a suzuki a little. The Q5, handsome and neat but looks familiar and easy to the eye but I ll always find it a beauty. Can't vote now.

The X3: I know it handles well and very responsive but with that Audi, acceleration numbers make the X3 looks under powered a little. Especially when the 2.0TFSI engine pulls to 100 in 7.2 Secs ! thats almost like the Golf GTi ! So I can imagine either this car is more efficient or really light. Handling wise I think the Bimmer will win here.

One complain about the Audi though, I wish they used the new MLP platform. Front overhang will be at least bearable.

Regards

none of them blows me away, but if i had o choose I'd go with the Q5.
I never liked the X3 and still thing it's -design wiese- the black sheep in BMW's line up.
The GLK doesn't seem to bbe designed in passion. Just and angular-made older MBstyle SUV.

Audi blew it with the Q5. They went a little radical with the tail lights but the front end is just sooooo generic, like something you've seen too many times before. Although it's a well designed car it simply pale against the GLK.

GLK easily. However the Off-Road black bumpers were not needed on the GLK...
It's not enough to hide the fact that it looks way better than the two others!

Audi Q5 is the only real option here. The GLK has a sort of "look at me, I could not afford an ML"" feeling to it that the Audi doesn't have. The Audi Q5 on the other hand is so much nicer than the butt ugly Q7.

The X3 is not an option in any case. It may be how much better than the others on paper and in tests but you still have to live with it should you decide to buy one...