‘Like a Volskwagen Golf, only posher’

When the history of ICE — internal combustion engine — cars is written, the Mercedes-Benz GLC is unlikely to get a mention, but it should. Dismissed by sceptics as a Mercedes C-class on stilts when it appeared in 2016, it has slowly but surely climbed the sales charts, making it the company’s most popular car last year with global sales of more than a third of a million.

Like the humble Ford Cortina or the Nissan Qashqai, the GLC is a car for its time. It may not be especially quick or glamorous but it’s a practical all-rounder — although Mercedes won’t welcome such a humdrum description. Possibly they’d be happier with “like a Volkswagen Golf, only posher”.

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