Car and Driver: Tested! 2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S 4MATIC: AMG Makes One for the Über-SUV Crowd

-Long revered for its stoic sedans and wagons, Mercedes-Benz bunched the underpants of more than one purist when it introduced the ML-class SUV in the late 1990s. (True, the Geländewagen, or G-wagen, had been around for decades, but that purpose-built, low-volume vehicle was engineered for military use before being forced into consumer service by well-heeled status-seekers.) While the cognoscenti were still busy sorting out their undergarments, Mercedes launched the ML55 AMG, a hot-rod version of the then-new SUV prepped by AMG, its longtime speed merchant. That model is the distant ancestor of the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S tested here. READ MORE ››

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