目前GLK是奔驰旗下唯一一款没有AMG版本的SUV，而比它更小的GLA也已经推出AMG版本。不过这一切即将改变，据美国媒体报道, 下一代GLK与新一代W205 C级车共享平台，或许轴距都相同，而奔驰计划在未来一年内推出下一代GLK的 AMG版本,该车将与GT C190运动车和下一代C63 AMG共享同一台4.0升V8双涡轮增压引擎。预计功率为450马力，略低于C 63 AMG（包括轿车、轿跑车、敞篷车和旅行车）的462马力。其实GLK 63 AMG不仅与C 63 AMG共享引擎，甚至SLR和SLS也将搭载这台引擎。现在多款车型共享同一台引擎已经成为一种潮流。宝马即将推出的X4 M40i就与M3和M4共享同一台3.0升涡轮增压引擎，只不过功率调低至370马力。

 

Mercedes Planning GLK 63 AMG Using 4-liter Twin-Turbo V8

According to American magazine Car & Driver, Mercedes-Benz are going to launch an AMG version of the next-generation GLK, due out about a year from now. And get this: it will use the same 4-liter twin-turbo engine as the GT C190 sportscar and the next C 63 AMG.

 

The GLK is the only Mercedes SUV without an AMG version. Even the GLA baby model of the range has one that uses hot hatch technology. The next-gen GLK-Class shares its platform with the new W205 C-Class and will probably have a similar wheelbase. Implementation is thus not that big of an issue, but the market case is, which is why there's never been a performance SUV this size.

 

No work on power yet, but it's reasonable to expect somewhere around 450 PS. Keeping all its ducks in a row, AMG is likely to offer the exact same (rumored) 462 PS output on this and all the C 63 AMG models (sedan, coupe, cabrio and estate).

 

Compact in size, but practical, and powered by the same engine as the successor to the SLR and SLS… that sounds like the perfect combination. Mercedes are not, however, alone in this. BMW has just started work on a new model called the X4 M40i. It will have a de-tuned version of the biturbo 3-liter in the M3/M4, brought down to about 370 PS. Audi, meanwhile, still offers two versions of the SQ5, with 313 PS (diesel) or 333 PS (supercharged petrol).