DesertStar - 3/9/2008 8:21 PM

Seems like a great time was had by all. The test track with the GL seemed interesting ? Did it make you consider a GL...maybe as a second car ?

Mike

DUTCH - 3/9/2008 9:08 PM Yes. I rode in both the ML and the GL on the track; and the GL was a very nice ride. However, the off road package is only offered in the gassers, not in the GL320CDI (stupid MBUSA Marketing!!); and the fuel economy in the diesel is 135% better than the gassers. That nixed any further consideration. I'll keep my ML320CDI. Of interest is the fact that all the ML's on the test track ride were European or Rest of the World models, because the Off Road package is not offered on any of the the ML models for the North American market. Another MBUSA Marketing heads in very dark places decision. :banghead:

DUTCH - 3/9/2008 9:08 PM


Of interest is the fact that all the ML's on the test track ride were European or Rest of the World models, because the Off Road package is not offered on any of the the ML models for the North American market. Another MBUSA Marketing heads in very dark places decision. :banghead:

G4Garret - 3/10/2008 2:43 AM


I was also amazed when I heard this. So I asked our test driver, Ritchie, and he confirmed that was the case last year, but he thought he hear they may have changed the US options for this year. So, just as we were leaving the factory lobby at the end of the event, he came running up and told us he had just asked those that know, and that the ML off-road package is now available for the US market, and that it specifically included the low-range, adjustable suspension, center and rear diff locks. He didn't elaborate on Diesel or Gasoline or other engine options. It's what he said anyway, FWIW.

Garret