First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC Is a Wagon With a Little More - RoadandTrack.com (blog)
More completely, it's a crossover with a C-Class-architecture front-end, an E-Class-architecture mid-section, and a completely new rear end — all re-jiggered to work in a taller, more capable form factor. There's up to 56. 5 cubic feet of cargo capacity, with 19. 4 of those cubes behind the second row (that's 2. 1 cubic feet more than the not-for-the-U. C-Class Estate behind the seats, and 3. 2 more cubic feet overall). Each aligns, roughly, with the A-Class, C-Class, E-Class, and S-Class passenger cars. In that space, you might (again) wonder, "Why not the C-Class wagon, then, heretic. The answer is that it's basically a C-Class wagon, anyway, except that it has the rear seat of the E-Class, and surprising off-road goodness, much of which is available even without the $750 electronics-based off-road package we can't get (more on... After all, the interior is much the same as you'll find the C-Class, from the large round vents to the iPad-plastered-on-the-dash COMAND display to the surprisingly fine and well-fit controls and up-scale materials, like satin-finished open-pore... But aside from some of the broader gestures on the dash, it's a remarkably classy cabin, as good as or better than anything in the class. Source: www.roadandtrack.com
