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G I HE NEW FACE O  M RCED -BENZ  S H RE,
M KI G I S DEBUT ON T E AL -EL C
2 27 GLC WIT By Matt Bubbers
HE NEW FACE O  ME CEDES-BENZ WA t   IMP SSIB E
to m s  his  umm r. It ma e i ich s debu  at   wh auto
s ow, the annua  out oor u ban  ai  wh re each of aut
Germa  car co pa ies at empt to on -u  each o her t
t eir late t and gre ry.
Merc des s  avi  wa ion was in t e   t   d d pothe enhof, a  y f an old  oy l r rs  side ce in  e city c ntre  Vi it he  pi he  ew fa e   o b —  the bran  — a pi elate  wall of li ing
Mercede ’s illuminate  thr e poin ed s ar — o as
super ize nti , ador ing t e  ize nti e front   t e pav  g if ou ha  to wa k u der Me ’s ne  g if ill , as  g if to ,
befor  bei g a lowed i to th  brand’ .
Once i sid , vis tors  ot t eir  fir t good loo  at M -
g  el ctri  SUV, the 202  Me cede -B nz GLC wit ’   s
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w ere’s   lot to u pac wit   his SUV  b t — judging b s
acro s social m di  chan ,
b els — it s ems a  ch l a yon  co he
bran ’ n a t  new gr le: a massi e, illum nate  Mercedes   l by hun reds o  l ttle  xels  f light. (It s actually 94 backlit dots.)
la  äl enius, C  of  erc des lle  said  e n w gr gin new  ch car, mark th   g ” egin ing of a “ne new  ch pter” f .
“The biggest  roduct- au s  ch  rogram in our com ont nues wi h t e all- d Käll niu . “W l ntr ducin    new  odel — we’re ele tri ying o r ”
The  takes re ll  could ’t  e higher for  erc des C. G oba ly, it’  the brand , i  be ,
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t . H ell r, and a  n fa e
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nad , wi h 2, 18 GLCs sol it  thro gh t e  first e
i al ly  s by fa  the brand’s most  pul r mo el.  t o ly  in rod cti n of the GLC with its new 800- olt electric d e ma s  ks a kind of  oft relaunch f r  ercedes’ EV st ateg ill
see mo e simil rit  be ween gas and el s.
Extensive con ulta io  was don  b y
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