Expectations of seeing the GLK Freeside Concept in the flesh at this special Mercedes press event were shattered with numerous surprises. On the eve of the North American International Auto Show here in Detroit, Mercedes had put together a warm up “big band” act which looked and sounded like they were plucked right out of the 1940's. However, they took everyone by surprise by ending with such pop songs as, Tom Jones' Sex Bomb and Britney's Oops, I Did it Again. It was quite funny and the crowd really enjoyed it.
Soon thereafter, Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Daimler AG, began his speech and presented surprise number two – the lovely Kim Cattrall. Just one month ago, legendary spy photographer, Brenda Priddy, caught the GLK undisguised during the filming of Sex and the City, the movie, showing co-start Kim Cattrall in and about the vehicle. So, it was a pleasant surprise to see her there.
Lastly, the GLK Freeside Concept was unveiled, but with a companion, the GLK Townside. Mercedes knows, like all car manufacturers, the vast majority of the buyers of compact SUV's will never take their vehicles off the asphalt and acknowledges it with the Townside. Billed for on-road agility, the Townside gets a lowered ride height of 30 millimeters. “The FREESIDE, on the other hand, has been optimised for off-road terrain with longer spring travel and a softer basic set-up.” Stylistically, the Townside represents a production ready version with less dramatic rocker panel moldings, no power bulges in the hood and no roof rack.
All fellow members of the Roman senate hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote?
X2. I was just going to type: nice remake of a Forester from yesteryear --- but you beat me to it.
Mercedes appears to waffle between having awful designs at shows some of the time (producing reasonable stuff the other), or just having awful designs, period. I am digging back to the 50's, here...
One of these days, someone will have to write a book on the whole SUV phenomenon, explaining how people came to prefer them over the traditional wagon despite so many of these traditional wagon being actually larger and having more useful space than so many an SUV. It has to be seen close up to even be appreciated.
There are two types of football fans- those who support Man Utd or Liverpool, and those who are glad they don't!
"Boy, they don't make cars like that anymore!" A purveyor of the obscure, forgotten, über-luxurious and just plain silly
No replacement for diesel displacement - for common sense real world performance
So anyone who doesn't agree with you is ignorant? Whatever.
I would merely say you are oblivious to how popular "touring" versions are in Europe. During my last trip to Germany, it seemed that 1/3 of the 3-series I saw were touring variants. Sure, America revolted against the big barge wagons of the 60's & 70's, but we are now in a different era.
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i would not buy it, but i like the way it looks. 
