The R-Class is a combination of the Mercedes ML-Class and GL-Class. The R-Class wants to pack the luxury of an MPV with the handling performance of a sedan. With only 6 seats as standard, the R-Class doesn't look like an MPV. It is often thought of as a more luxurious, spacious family car, but it is not very convenient to park.

 

All R-Class are equipped with full-time all-wheel drive as standard, so that the big car will not get stuck in rain and snow. Today, when all Mercedes-Benz models have "upshifted", the configuration of the 7G-tronic seven-speed automatic transmission seems a little too old, and the phenomenon of hesitation in shifting gears also frequently appears in the R-class, but fortunately, the emergence of Mercedes-Benz's transmission control system DIRECT SELECT has greatly improved this phenomenon. This generation of Mercedes-Benz R-Class has replaced the original naturally aspirated engine with two 3.0T twin-turbo engines, for a behemoth, the advantages of turbocharging may not really be able to play, but will increase fuel consumption a lot.

 

Mercedes-Benz's current R-Class is positioned as a luxury MPV model, with five and seven seats in the interior, and the equipment is on par with the S-Class. However, the car's performance in the United States, the main market it was originally set, has been far from satisfactory since its release. Despite Mercedes' hard tongue at consumers, people still think that the R-Class is a strange crossover. As a result, Mercedes-Benz had to sell more of the R-Class to a handful of emerging markets, including China. Normally, the comfort and space offered by cars in this class is not too bad, but the R's third-row comfort does fall very sharply compared to its rivals. And the Mercedes-Benz R-Class design is also a bit of a one, and it's hard to see any significant differences in the interior space of the last two generations of the R-Class, except for inconsequential details, such as the larger horn buttons on the steering wheel. In today's popularity of electronic parking brakes, Mercedes-Benz still adheres to the footbrake parking brake method, as a high-end model, consumers will inevitably complain.

 

Despite the poor market performance of the current Mercedes-Benz R-Class, Mercedes-Benz does not intend to completely abandon this luxury-positioned model, and the new generation model is expected to be launched in 2017. The new R-Class will be based on the W213's Mercedes-Benz E-Class platform, which will be around 5,000mm long and likely to have a wheelbase of more than 3 meters. The interior will also come standard with seven seats and a panoramic sunroof. In terms of power, the all-new R-Class will be shared with the successor E-Class, and the petrol engine will be dominated by two sets of powertrains, the 3.0-liter V6 and 4.0-liter V8, and a plug-in hybrid system will also be introduced. It can be seen that the new generation of R-Class will let go of the burden of crossovers, and the MPV pedigree will become more pure.

 

In terms of reliability, the quality of the current R-class is still not too optimistic, as the quality of the previous generation GL-class and ML-class is not very good. Given that the reliability of the new generation of E-class has been greatly improved, the quality of the next-generation R-class may be greatly improved.

 

In terms of safety, there are no crash records due to the market failure of the R-class, but the protection of passengers in this class is usually not lacking.