Mercedes-Benz GLC's latest generation launched in Mangaluru
India’s largest luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz today launched the latest generation of the GLC. The GLC is an excellent SUV, which combines outstanding on and off-road driving characteristics with spaciousness, practicality and comfort. The GLC is an illustration of excellent artisanship of high quality materials in combination with a classy and authentic design that attracts immediate attention. The new GLC was launched for the discerning customers of Mangaluru by Sundaram Motors, one of Mercedes-Benz’s long standing partners at their airport road showroom.
“Mercedes-Benz strives towards developing products centered around the customers, which ensure the best driving with an equally intuitive experience. The new GLC is the most tech savvy ‘Made in India’ SUV and owing to its popularity, we decided to introduce Mercedes-Benz’s all new intuitive infotainment system - MBUX for the first time. The new GLC combines ruggedness of a SUV with the intelligence of MBUX and luxury appointments synonymous with the Three Pointed Star. We are confident this unique offering will continue to win the hearts and minds of our discerning customers.” Martin Schwenk, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India said in Bengaluru.
Schwenk added, “The launch of the new GLC reiterates our product offensive for the Indian market. The new GLC is one of Mercedes-Benz India’s highest selling SUVs, having sold over 7000 units since its debut. The launch of the GLC also marks the introduction of the next generation of MBUX with the aim to improve driver’s interaction with the various systems in the car. The GLC is targeted at customers, who are urban dwellers, tech savvy at the same time adrenaline seekers. The GLC with MBUX makes a compelling proposition in the mid-size luxury SUV segment and we are confident of the vehicle’s continued success of being on top of customer preference.”
The most important advancements of the GLC
MBUX - Innovative telematics: The combination of the touchscreen multimedia displays, navigation with augmented reality, intelligent voice control via the talk button or the "Hey Mercedes“ prompt, connectivity and the user interface now brings the GLC also in line with the latest technological standards.
What3Words: Mercedes-Benz has built what3words location technology into its MBUX navigation system. Mercedes-Benz is committed to offering a premium and intuitive customer experience, and what3words ensures that drivers reach their destination seamlessly, every single time. By integrating what3words into their vehicles, Mercedes-Benz customers can benefit from a precise and incredibly simple way to talk about any location. What3words is the only addressing system that allows for accurate and error-free location input by voice. Mercedes-Benz recognized the system’s potential and built it into its infotainment system, removing the challenges associated with in-car navigation and providing a smooth driving experience.
‘Traditional street addresses just were not built for voice input. Street addresses also use thousands of non-dictionary words, the pronunciation of which can be near impossible to guess. Mercedes-Benz is known for innovation, so it is no surprise to us that it was the first automotive company to integrate our system into their vehicles’ said Chris Sheldrick, CEO and co-founder of what3words.
Exterior design: distinctive appearance
The design language of the GLC follows the design philosophy of sensual purity and illustrates the carefully considered interplay of aesthetics, agility and intelligence. The overall appearance is sportier and the chrome elements now run from the front to the rear end as standard. The distinctive lines, muscularly sculpted surfaces and distinctive details ensure a strong off-road character. The standard-fit LED High-Performance headlamps are smaller and more raked, and have significantly modified contours. The athletic character continues in the rear view with the completely revised bumper and exhaust tips. The redesigned full LED tail lamps also ensure an unmistakable light signature – with the hallmark blocks of the Mercedes-Benz SUVs in backlit edge-light specification.
MBUX: intuitive operation
The focus is on the interaction with the vehicle and its functions through gestures, touch or the voice control system. This is made possible by the latest telematics generation of the Mercedes-Benz User Experience, which is characterized by intuitive logic and a wide range of operating options. There are five different possibilities to interact with the infotainment system of the GLC.
The revised voice control system makes operation even more convenient and natural. By voice command, the driver can have the system read out text messages, operate the audio systems or access vehicle functions such as the climate control system, for example. The system requires no memorized commands – the user has the freedom, for example, to phrase the desired destination address or the question about the weather report off-the-cuff. Passengers activate the voice control with the "Hey Mercedes” prompt. The talk button on the steering wheel is additionally available for this purpose.
The new range of engines: powerful efficiency
Specifications GLC 200 GLC 220 d 4MATIC Cylinders/arrangement 4/in-line 4/in-line Output (kW/hp) Combustion engine 145/197
143/194 Peak torque Combustion engine (Nm) 320 400 0-100 Sprint 7.8 7.9
Fuel consumption, combined (l/100 km)1 7.4-7.1 5.5-5.2
CO2 emissions, combined (g/km)1 169-161 145-137
The GLC will be equipped with the next generation of four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. The crucial feature of the M 264 two-litre four-cylinder engine from Mercedes-Benz is the increased output at significantly lower fuel consumption. In the GLC 200, the M 264 fourcylinder engine replaces the M 274 predecessor engine; the OM 654 four-cylinder diesel engine replaces the OM 651 predecessor engine.
To know more on the Mercedes-Benz GLC, Visit or call Mercedes-Benz Sundaram Motors at +91-9148155175. Or email us at panchajanya.c@sundarammotors.com
About Sundaram Motors
Sundaram Motors, a division of T V Sundram Iyengar & Sons Private Ltd, is an authorized dealer for Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars in the states of Karnataka & Tamil Nadu, and has been in the automobile industry for over six decades. Sundaram Motors started its Mercedes-Benz dealership in Karnataka in the year 2001 and in Tamil Nadu in the year 2003 at Coimbatore. Today it has 9 state-of-the- art Mercedes-Benz facilities spread across both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with the latest launch being the #9 Ambattur facility at Chennai. They have sold more than 8500 cars and successfully conducted more than 1,15,000 services. Sundaram Motors is known for the solid and widely acclaimed lineage of trust, value and service. Sundaram Motors believes in total customer satisfaction and constantly strives to improve quality standards to achieve excellence.
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
