land gaps but sometimes it's the little

practicalities that separate the useful

ones from the rest

mercedes-benz cls-class has plenty of

just those now the GLS class replaces

the gl-class SUV essentially a refresh a

light refresh on that model three rows

of seats seven seats total no captains

chairs available in the second row but

check out how Mercedes facilitates

access to the third row here you just

press this button here on the second our

test car head restraints automatically

release downward and the seat powers

into this sort of tumbled forward

position back even if the front seats

are too far backwards they power

forwards to provide enough clearance and

when you put the seats back up a power

back to their original position

there's like four or five different

things that all had to happen in tandem

for this to work out and it's kind of

cool that they do just by you pressing

one button

speaking of that third row very very

roomy adults could sit back there

comfortably and lots of vents here

there's been up here up here in the

second row there's mint on the b-pillar

there's events in the back of the center

console essentially lots and lots of

airflow your kids if they're getting

sick it's not for lack of air probably

shouldn't have ordered them to fish the

little convenience has extended the back

if you need to convert from space for

people to space for cargo power-folding

receipts here now those are very common

in a lot of SUVs but most of them you

have to hold down the button while the

seat really slowly powers not so on the

GLS one-touch they go down very easily

here they also come back up with

one-touch you can even shut the tailgate

it all happens at the same time you

don't have to hold the buttons down

pretty cool

now both sides SUV can leave the captain

with some pretty big blind spots but

fortunately the GLS is second and third

row head restraints fold completely into

the seats

that's particularly uncommon for the

second row and a lot of 30 SUVs clears

out a nice view straight out the back

nice big rear window and usable second

and third row windows really clear up

good visibility as you're looking over

your shoulder here

finally a 360-degree camera system here

in our test car pretty well stitched

together images for sort of that bird's

eye view very good graphics and nice

dynamic markers one of the more useful

systems we've seen but like any app the

GLS class has a few weeks in it for

starters the side mirrors and

way too small another issue Mercedes

habit of gradual lag prone acceleration

is definitely alive and well here and

our test car suspension allows a lot of

body motion over a quick elevation

changes broken pavement stuff like that

finally it's really inexcusable that any

SUV that starts at close to seventy

thousand dollars would charge you extra

for real leather our test car here at

the fake stuff it's called mb text and

it's pretty obvious you didn't get

leather still this boat is both quiet

and capable with all the cargo and

towing credentials you'd expect for a

full-size SUV just watch the price all

those conveniences are nice but if you

go full steam ahead on options it could

put your budget in stormy seas thanks

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