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Thursday, 28 April 2016

2017 Mercedes-AMG GLS63: Who Needs Minivans?

 
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2017 Mercedes-AMG GLS63 Review: Who Needs Minivans When This Is Available?
 
You see them everywhere, chock full of car seats and errant Apple Jacks, screaming kids and harried parents: minivans. They're actually fine, useful vehicles whether you have a young family or not, but it's the giving up that the minivan implies, the assumption that life has somehow pointed you in a direction that precludes vehicular fun. The sliding door has claimed too many of us and shouldn't be allowed to claim any more. Fortunately, there's a remedy -- one that just might let you sidestep the issue altogether: the 2017 Mercedes-AMG GLS63.

The hottest variant of the Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class lineup, the AMG GLS63 is most definitely not a minivan. Instead, it's the closest thing you can get to a seven-seat S-Class uber-wagon, raised a couple of inches and fed a diet of steroids and amphetamines. It's also more of a cosseting, high-speed continent crosser than a canyon carver, but that doesn't mean the AMG team didn't try its best to make it fully capable in any situation.
 
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