nice review - what are blue tooth capabilities - I would want to stream high quality blue tooth music from my smart phone or other device to the radio - I can do this right now on my ML320 CDI by putting a blue tooth adaptor on the ipod connection but sound quality is mediocre at best. Also does the radio allow for other inputs like an 3.5 mm connection to the radio to also stream music?
@KenGold666 I see your point, but you ignore the fact the Q5 isn't a mid-size SUV such as the M Class but a small size one. Despite they both are 5 seaters, the Q5 is smaller (the ML has way more legroom at the backseat) and its engines are less powerful than those under the hood of the M Class (as far as the europe is concerned, the Q5 starts with a 143 hp diesel while the ML gets a 204 hp diesel as standard). According to me, it would be fair to compare it with the X5 or with the Touareg
The Mercedes B class scored an impressive 97% out of 100% for adult protection, by far the best results i have seen out of all the cars tested by Euro Ncap.
The Interior suprisingly looks a lot like an Infiniti, which isnt a bad thing at all but I was expecting a dash board layout similar to the ones found on the new GLK, E-class, S-class and 2012 C-class.
you pay extra for diesel???? and still only get a crappy 25 mpg? In the Uk I have a 2 litre diesel saloon, no cost extra and I get 70 mpg on the motorway and 650 miles in every tank.
Get the diesel? Regular at $3,30 and diesel at $3.96 is not cheaper. The .66 is almost a twenty percent increase while the milage between gas and diesel is much less. My 2011 Cayenne at the 9,000 mile mark is averaging 25 mpg. That's what the computer says and I haven't been able to prove it wrong.
@Semperfijo06 LOL! Instead being disappointed you should be proud since Highlander has the best reliablity record among all cars and SUV's. If Merc owners should be driving this car only for it looks like a Higlander that would be enough of a prestige for them.
Range Rover is before all an off road SUV. It wasn't all that luxurious before. Mercedes came out with an SUV that is before all luxury. Hence why they invented the luxury SUV
@MakeLoveNoBabiez Why making a comparison between the M-Class, which is a mid-size SUV, and a Volvo XC60 or an Audi Q5 which are small-size SUV's???; this doesn't make any sense, it's like comparing a VW passat with a jetta.
the bmw x5 looks outdated already... and in my opinion the outgoing ML still looks pretty fresh, muscular looks are nice if you're 19 ... or on steroids ... but thats not what I look in an suv. If I'd like to buy something that looks muscular Id take a 3 series which not only looks sporty but is fun to drive. not a 2 tone suv
Looks too Japanese on the outside. That being said it will still perform like a Benz should, will be comfortable, still have control/capability and nice solid build quality.
haha I hate holden :P (theres a massive rivalry between ford and holden down here) As for mark ups, barely any. I got my XR6 Turbo ute for about $35k AUD. Only mark up is if theres a special edition
where i live, its better to have an american built suv, because you have to travel to far for a mercedes or bmw or land rover:(, the dealers in my town, chevy, gmc, ford
how come ever single mercedes from the b class to the sls amg has the box on the dashboard. its obviously to cut costs but it looks outta of place in a car over 50000. its doesnt beldn wit the dashboard and looks like a replica of the stero boxes toyota sticks in there cars.
@JoSigurd92 must be 1 in a million m8;) stop being proud and be realistic. we had discoverys at my base that had constant problems on everything stop being stupid now:/
hmmm i don't think so... the Range rover Vougue is i think still the best mix of luxery and off road ability ... unless you go artic trucks ... but that is for extreme places.
this guy just lost all credibility with that bit about the ML being the first luxury SUV... even if he didn't write the script, certainly on first reading it he should have scrapped that bit immediately. And he isn't exactly young either, so he was around when many other luxury SUVs pre-dating the ML came out. Shows either he really isn't a car guy, and this is just a gig for him, or he pays no attention to what he's saying. Thing is we all see HIM saying this crap, not the writers... DO BETTER!
Love our Ml350. Handles great , amazing get up and go ,grand kids love their TVs. We used to have Mustang Cobras , little different handling. But much easier to get in and out of.. Serves our needs... Works for flower delivery too...
This is another incredible addition to the mercedes benz fleet... I have never owned anything but a MB, can't wait to pick it up and enjoy it with my SL & S class.
hey nice video but i wanna ask i got my mercedes ben m class yesterday and i was wondering does only specific models have the warm and cool cupholders cause i didnt get one on mine and my version is the gasoline version
I think it depends on where are you planning to use that- if it's town i think it's not necessary. But taking into consideration the difference in costs and difference in engines I think it's worth adding some money into it too. Always it's easier to travel (holidays or skies)
ahhh, love australia, love holden, you guys have the sport ute, gm went backrupt and the g8 couldnt come here, you have awesome cars down there, how much of a mark up are they?
nice review - what are blue tooth capabilities - I would want to stream high quality blue tooth music from my smart phone or other device to the radio - I can do this right now on my ML320 CDI by putting a blue to adaptor on the ipod connection but sound quality is mediocre at best. Also does the radio allow for other inputs like an 3.5 mm connection to the radio to also stream music?
As we see, MB has evolutionized the ML class the 3rd time to meet the expectations of customers and ML loyalists and exceed the competiton from german SUV rivals such as the 2012 VW Touareg, 2012 BMW X5 and even the 2012 Audi Q7. This 3rd Gen is a winner, has raised the bar in luxury, power, driver enjoyment, fuel efficiency while maintaining prices within the 2011 units which is good for these economic recession times.
yea, but those were the models in the 70s. From the 1980s onward the Range Rover was in fact a luxury SUV with leather seats, air-con, power everything, and from the latter half of the 80s, air suspension was added. Fact is, the Range Rover was the first luxury SUV. Mercedes started producing plusher versions of the G wagononly from about 1992. Therefore, both RR and Merc's own G pre-date the ML. And let's not even start to talk about the Grand Cherokee, Land Cruiser 80, Trooper LS, Pajero etc
@djjeetmtl its not up to me, my dad drives the Range Rover and its comfortable but what i hate about it is the milage and every while we get a problem in it. i have audi S4 and im happy with it but dont know if my dad would replace his Range Rover with this ML, i hope tho but dont think so.
man these things have come a LONG way! I had a 2001 ML55 and that thing was amazing. It just seem like mercedes SUV's are going a bit soft. You agree? I mean My 01 ML55 was a tank, the toughest thing I've drivin but these new ones seem very breakable haha
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Great review! Thanks for going through some of the buttons others never reviewed.
THIS IS WILL BE MY 3RD ML. LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS TRUCK...NEVER EVER HAD A PROBLEM.
My dad has a 2007 ML 350, and it still looks as great as the day we bought it 4 years ago!
Jast, test drove it today, amazing SUV and looks a lot better then the rest
I've test drive this car earlier and trust me this car is beautiful!
nice review - what are blue tooth capabilities - I would want to stream high quality blue tooth music from my smart phone or other device to the radio - I can do this right now on my ML320 CDI by putting a blue tooth adaptor on the ipod connection but sound quality is mediocre at best. Also does the radio allow for other inputs like an 3.5 mm connection to the radio to also stream music?
when is it coming out??
i saw white one today morning in riyadh saudi arabia really i like it
@KenGold666 I see your point, but you ignore the fact the Q5 isn't a mid-size SUV such as the M Class but a small size one. Despite they both are 5 seaters, the Q5 is smaller (the ML has way more legroom at the backseat) and its engines are less powerful than those under the hood of the M Class (as far as the europe is concerned, the Q5 starts with a 143 hp diesel while the ML gets a 204 hp diesel as standard). According to me, it would be fair to compare it with the X5 or with the Touareg
The Mercedes B class scored an impressive 97% out of 100% for adult protection, by far the best results i have seen out of all the cars tested by Euro Ncap.
Looks fantastic. Looks like the CL class.
My Dream Car :)
this is actually a mercedes i would consider buying
@TheNaunihal
I believe it's coming next year.
@s24atomic what? the Q5 is a 5 seater just like the M class so therefore it should be fair to compare it to the M-Class
Best mid-sized luxury SUV? This one (Mercedes M Class), BMW X5, Audi Q5, Cadillac SRX? Your view, please.
Don't forget ESP, TCS, crumples zones, BAS brake assist, PRE-SAFE®, distronic plus includes PRE-SAFE® - brake and finally night vision assist.
The Interior suprisingly looks a lot like an Infiniti, which isnt a bad thing at all but I was expecting a dash board layout similar to the ones found on the new GLK, E-class, S-class and 2012 C-class.
i love my ml 350. it's a 2013 very nice was gonna get the e class but the ml was cheaper.
my dad has ml 350 2004 and the rear bumper always breaks
you pay extra for diesel???? and still only get a crappy 25 mpg? In the Uk I have a 2 litre diesel saloon, no cost extra and I get 70 mpg on the motorway and 650 miles in every tank.
Why does the redesign look exactly like a Chevy Equinox? This is a new look for Benz as of 2012, but the Equinox has looked like that since 2010... :S
the current range rover is easily the best luxury suv.
Get the diesel? Regular at $3,30 and diesel at $3.96 is not cheaper. The .66 is almost a twenty percent increase while the milage between gas and diesel is much less. My 2011 Cayenne at the 9,000 mile mark is averaging 25 mpg. That's what the computer says and I haven't been able to prove it wrong.
yeah but Volvo has better safety results on crash tests. And considering the new high tech facility for crash testing they opened last year also.
Mercedes is on top........once again
actually range rovers used to be pretty spartan. they were only lined with leather after the rise of the luxury suv segment
I was thinking the same thing.
131 Degrees? what a shock before I realized that its not Celsius
Лучшая машина в мире!!!
LOOOOL Mercedes takes Cupholders to a whole new level, forget the SUV, it's all bout the cups!
Range Rover killer?
@Semperfijo06 LOL! Instead being disappointed you should be proud since Highlander has the best reliablity record among all cars and SUV's. If Merc owners should be driving this car only for it looks like a Higlander that would be enough of a prestige for them.
Mercedes didn't claim it. It was his words, not Merc's.
boy this thing is a far cry from the first generation ML i'm driving around right now
Range Rover is before all an off road SUV. It wasn't all that luxurious before. Mercedes came out with an SUV that is before all luxury. Hence why they invented the luxury SUV
i'm not a fan of the new headlight or tail light design, makes it look to soft in the front and to minivanish in the back
I think you'll find the range rover invented the luxury SUV segment.
This guy is such a hunk
Those front and rear skid plates should be available in brushed finish... they just look awful in chrome.
In germany it costs 82 thousand
@MakeLoveNoBabiez Why making a comparison between the M-Class, which is a mid-size SUV, and a Volvo XC60 or an Audi Q5 which are small-size SUV's???; this doesn't make any sense, it's like comparing a VW passat with a jetta.
the bmw x5 looks outdated already... and in my opinion the outgoing ML still looks pretty fresh, muscular looks are nice if you're 19 ... or on steroids ... but thats not what I look in an suv. If I'd like to buy something that looks muscular Id take a 3 series which not only looks sporty but is fun to drive. not a 2 tone suv
i don't like that they hidden the exhaust tips
the past model was much much better looking
it kinda looks like a volkswagon routan from the back
Looks too Japanese on the outside. That being said it will still perform like a Benz should, will be comfortable, still have control/capability and nice solid build quality.
The front kind of looks like a toyota rav4
haha I hate holden :P (theres a massive rivalry between ford and holden down here)
As for mark ups, barely any. I got my XR6 Turbo ute for about $35k AUD. Only mark up is if theres a special edition
@itloads
That is CHEAP ! Go to USA, Buy one nearly new with less than 30k Euros, import it to Nederlands and enjoy it :)
where i live, its better to have an american built suv, because you have to travel to far for a mercedes or bmw or land rover:(, the dealers in my town, chevy, gmc, ford
@itloads +100k here in aus :(
nice hair
how come ever single mercedes from the b class to the sls amg has the box on the dashboard. its obviously to cut costs but it looks outta of place in a car over 50000. its doesnt beldn wit the dashboard and looks like a replica of the stero boxes toyota sticks in there cars.
damn u got big arms tho lol
This is more disappointing than the time i found out Santa doesnt exist.
yeah, mercedes made the first car in 1886, beat that!
LOLWUT? A FUCKING CADILLAC? Are you shitting me?
more like compare it to jeep cherokee
Ill take the Audi Q7
toyota rav4
@JoSigurd92
must be 1 in a million m8;) stop being proud and be realistic. we had discoverys at my base that had constant problems on everything stop being stupid now:/
@Semperfijo06 go buy a toyota then
hmmm i don't think so... the Range rover Vougue is i think still the best mix of luxery and off road ability ...
unless you go artic trucks ... but that is for extreme places.
This looks plain. Nice Merc though...but not worth that.
it's too small for this big guy
this guy is a dink
- lol
i'll rather have a new jeep grand cherokee srt
last
The rear lights are impossibly ugly
it looks very bland indeed..
the american specs grill and headlights sucks. other specs is more beautiful just like the pic showed in the video.
this guy just lost all credibility with that bit about the ML being the first luxury SUV... even if he didn't write the script, certainly on first reading it he should have scrapped that bit immediately. And he isn't exactly young either, so he was around when many other luxury SUVs pre-dating the ML came out. Shows either he really isn't a car guy, and this is just a gig for him, or he pays no attention to what he's saying. Thing is we all see HIM saying this crap, not the writers... DO BETTER!
lol front look like audi q7 haha lol both veyr ugly bmw best
Your stereotyping shows just how ignorant most Europeans really are about people of other countries. They just like to believe what they think.
Trust me, new ML is gonna be a failure. The old ML looks way better
Love our Ml350. Handles great , amazing get up and go ,grand kids love their TVs. We used to have Mustang Cobras , little different handling. But much easier to get in and out of.. Serves our needs...
Works for flower delivery too...
This is another incredible addition to the mercedes benz fleet... I have never owned anything but a MB, can't wait to pick it up and enjoy it with my SL & S class.
i like it that it comes with pedal shift, keyless go as a standard. amazing.
Good review, Ron.
Informative review thank you
hey nice video but i wanna ask i got my mercedes ben m class yesterday and i was wondering does only specific models have the warm and cool cupholders cause i didnt get one on mine and my version is the gasoline version
I think it depends on where are you planning to use that- if it's town i think it's not necessary. But taking into consideration the difference in costs and difference in engines I think it's worth adding some money into it too. Always it's easier to travel (holidays or skies)
i work at a mercedes benz dealer in australia and im really looking forward to seeing this vehicle.
ahhh, love australia, love holden, you guys have the sport ute, gm went backrupt and the g8 couldnt come here, you have awesome cars down there, how much of a mark up are they?
nice review - what are blue tooth capabilities - I would want to stream high quality blue tooth music from my smart phone or other device to the radio - I can do this right now on my ML320 CDI by putting a blue to adaptor on the ipod connection but sound quality is mediocre at best. Also does the radio allow for other inputs like an 3.5 mm connection to the radio to also stream music?
Ron it looks and seems the same, just seems like a facelift, do you feel the same way?
People, its 2012, the power of ART and Design is being taken to a new level. Be prepared to see "different" and "unique" car designs, not UGLY.
i really really like the look of this ml.
As we see, MB has evolutionized the ML class the 3rd time to meet the expectations of customers and ML loyalists and exceed the competiton from german SUV rivals such as the 2012 VW Touareg, 2012 BMW X5 and even the 2012 Audi Q7. This 3rd Gen is a winner, has raised the bar in luxury, power, driver enjoyment, fuel efficiency while maintaining prices within the 2011 units which is good for these economic recession times.
power liftgate isnt standard on all ML models. i m getting one and encountered many which arent
what car is that at 0:03 the interior looks nice
@ftwelsh Actually, it was the Jeep Wagoneer. It was also the first SUV with Full time 4wd.
yea, but those were the models in the 70s. From the 1980s onward the Range Rover was in fact a luxury SUV with leather seats, air-con, power everything, and from the latter half of the 80s, air suspension was added. Fact is, the Range Rover was the first luxury SUV. Mercedes started producing plusher versions of the G wagononly from about 1992. Therefore, both RR and Merc's own G pre-date the ML. And let's not even start to talk about the Grand Cherokee, Land Cruiser 80, Trooper LS, Pajero etc
@itloads the prices are aligned to cheap loan countries. you can see it as a kind of chairity for countries who are in need of help
@djjeetmtl its not up to me, my dad drives the Range Rover and its comfortable but what i hate about it is the milage and every while we get a problem in it. i have audi S4 and im happy with it but dont know if my dad would replace his Range Rover with this ML, i hope tho but dont think so.
man these things have come a LONG way! I had a 2001 ML55 and that thing was amazing. It just seem like mercedes SUV's are going a bit soft. You agree? I mean My 01 ML55 was a tank, the toughest thing I've drivin but these new ones seem very breakable haha
Great review and great SUV, the only detail is that Merc didn't create the segment. It was the Range Rover
can it go of road ?