据《汽车与驾驶员》杂志报道，奔驰将于2016年发布GLC，其主要竞争车型为宝马X4。当大家都认为奔驰会推出一款跨界车或SUV时，该杂志称奔驰却在策划新车型。这款被称为GLC的车型将是第二代GLK的轿跑车版本。该车与宝马X4遵循相同的设计理念，而后者几乎就是X3的轿跑车版本。无论是GLK还是GLC都将采用相同结构，而这两款车则与最近发布的（W205）C级车共享同一平台。这两款车也将搭载一系列四缸和六缸引擎并将提供混动系统。与之搭配的九速自动变速器将动力传递至前后轴，同时奔驰也考虑推出后驱版本。相同的报道还称，GLC的定位比GLK更高端，因此前者的价格也更高，在美国起价将超过4万美元（约合人民币24.4万元）。该车很可能会在2016年一季度发布，随后将作为2017款车型于2016年底前在美国上市。

 

Mercedes-Benz GLC coming in 2016 to rival BMW X4 - report

Car & Driver is reporting Mercedes-Benz will launch the GLC-Class in 2016 as a competitor for the upcoming BMW X4.

 

Just when you thought the Germans were done with crossovers and SUVs, C&D says Mercedes-Benz has another one in the pipeline. The vehicle is set to receive the GLC moniker and will be a coupe-ish version of the upcoming second-gen GLK. It will follow the same philosophy behind BMW's forthcoming X4 which is essentially a coupe-ified X3.

 

Both the GLK and GLC will ride on the same architecture which underpins the recently revealed C-Class (W205). Power will come from an array of four- and six-cylinder engines and there could also be a hybrid derivative. These engines will be mated to a nine-speed automatic transmission sending output to both axles, but a RWD version is being considered as well.

 

The same report indicates the GLC will be positioned more upmarket compared to the GLK so as a consequence the price tag will be higher and could start above 40,000 USD. The vehicle will likely be unveiled in the first quarter of 2016 and will go on sale before the end of that year as a 2017MY in United States.