Wheels UAE – July 26, 2019

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The new compactSUV sports blocky good looks, usesthesamebasicunderpinnings

as theB-Class and canaccommodate up to seven passengers

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2020 mercedes-benZglb

the new GLBwillbe availableto buyin the uAe from Q2 of 2020

the large compact

ongratulations. Your
childhoodeducationwas allfor
nothing. You don’t needtoknow
howtofi nda bookusingthecard catalogue
systemandyou certainlydon’t needtoknow
howtoplay Hot CrossBunsontherecorder
butguesswhat?ThankstoMercedes-Benz
anditsgrowinglist ofSUVsandcrossovers
it isimperative thatyou stillrememberyour
ABCtounderstandwhere allofthesemodels
fi t intherange. So, if you didn’t fi gureout
thatitslatest entry—theGLB—slotsneatly
betweentheGLAandtheGLC, well,weare
worriedaboutyou...
Merciscallingit a compactSUVwhich

issurprisingconsideringthatit canbehad

withuptoseven seats(there’s anoptional

third rowavailableonrequest)andthatit’s

4,634mmlong, 1,834mmwideandstands

at1,658mmhighmakingit ratherburlyin

anyone’s book.Italsohasa 100mmlonger

wheelbase(2,829mm)thanthenewB-Class

(fromwhichit sharesitsbasicunderpinnings,

that’s theMFAplatformif you wanttobe

nerdy...)meaningmore roomforsecond-row

passengers. Italsohasplentyofheadroom

inthefi rst row(1,035mm,thebest inclass

infact)whilelegroomintherearis967mm

whichshouldbeplentyunlessyou play inthe

NBA.There’s loadsofbootspacetoo—1,

litreswiththesecondrowfoldedover forthe

fi ve-seaterinfactwhichismore thanenough

toswallowallyourluggage.

You may alsoneedtoknowa bit of math

becausekeepingcountofall the vehiclesin

theMercfamily canbehard...TheGLBis the

eighthcompact car and followstheA-Class,

A-Class saloonandlong-wheelbase A-Class

saloon,B-Class, CLA Coupé, CLAShooting

Brake andtheGLA. There’s anextensive range

ofsafety equipmentincluding retractable head

restraints, seat belts withbelt tensioners, and

a sidewindowairbagwhichalsoprotectsthe

passengersinthethird seatrowplus ISOFIX

andTOP-Tetheranchorages forsuitable

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