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elegance
on wheels
What do you write about a car that ticks all the boxes in the
list for a premium car? The new Mercedes-Benz GLC does
all that and is a beauty to look at too.
By Sindhu Nair
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comfort
and
outstanding
off-road
capabilities. Specific characteristics are
pre-selected according to the settings of the
Dynamic Select driving mode programme.
Comfort mode focusses particularly on
comfortable running with soft connection
of the chassis. To ensure maximum driving
safety in this mode, too, the spring and
damper forces adapt within 60 milliseconds
in response to sudden evasive manoeuvres.
In Sport mode the GLCs occupants feel as
if they are sitting in a sports car with a high
level of lateral dynamics due to the tauter
connection of the chassis, which is lowered
by 15 millimetres. This isn't something
you feel when you select the mode but you
will notice the difference when you start
moving.
When the GLC is equipped with the
Off-Road Engineering package, air body
control optimises the wheels surface
contact, ensuring good off road-terrain by
raising the driving level by up to 50 mm
and providing for particularly soft basic
tuning. Further benefits of the system
include reduced rolling during cornering,
automatic level control and lowering of
the load compartment sill for convenient
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