Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe review
At a glance
| Price new | £80,360 - £91,700 |
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| Used prices | £40,150 - £97,236 |
| Road tax cost | £590 - £600 |
| Insurance group | 48 - 50 |
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| Fuel economy | 22.8 - 42.2 mpg |
| Range | 524 - 673 miles |
| Miles per pound | 3.3 - 5.4 |
| Number of doors | 5 |
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Available fuel types
Petrol
Diesel
Hybrid
Pros & cons
- Sophisticated and well equipped
- Fast and engaging to drive
- Lots of presence
- Rugged and practical
- Heavy
- Compromised rear headroom
- Not cheap
- Awkward styling, divisive image
Overview
The Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe, now in its second generation, is the version of the popular GLE SUV with a curvacious rear end rather than the regular SUV’s straight-backed styling.
It’s not only restyled with slicker aerodynamics, chunkier haunches, new lights and a new grille – it’s a whole new model, bigger than the old one, but with a shorter wheelbase than the current GLE.
Built in the USA, the GLE Coupe is simultaneously a striking-looking style statement, a seriously rugged 4x4 capable of proper off-roading, a rapid mile-eater (particularly the AMG version) and sensible family transport.
The first two versions to arrive in the UK are the AMG 53 – which makes 435hp from its petrol six, with a further 22hp on top from the battery, if only for short bursts – and a six-cylinder 3.0-litre diesel, the 400 d, peaking at 330hp.
They will be followed by a lower-powered (272hp) version of the diesel, the 350 d. There’s also a diesel-electric plug-in hybrid, the 350 de, which gets 195hp from its four-cylinder engine and a further 136hp from its electric motor; it also has an electric-only range of about 60 miles. And on the horizon there’s a no-holds-barred high-performance AMG version, the 63.
Read on to find out about all aspects of the GLE Coupe and whether we recommend buying one.
