The 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS is creeping towards its
global premiere at next week’s New York Auto and Carscoops reader Geoff Olson
recently snapped pictures of a prototype wearing virtually no camouflage in
Birmingham, Alabama. These pictures show the new front fascia of the 2020
GLS. Those expecting to see a radically-different front fascia may be a little
bit disappointed.
The first thing you’ll notice about the front of the
new GLS is that its front grille has gone largely unchanged. Sure, its shape
has been tweaked but there is still virtually the same silver, dual horizontal
slats running across it. Elsewhere, we can see that the front bumper of the new
GLS is similar to the car manufacturer’s current range of cars and is certainly
more refined and less aggressive than its predecessor.
While the front of the new GLS shares some traits
with the current model, the rear looks totally different and consists of new
taillights and may even support an LED light bar stretching between the
taillights. Mercedes-Benz designers have also worked to make the rear bumper
more sophisticated and elegant.
Underpinning the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLS will be the
Modular High Architecture (MHA) also used by the latest GLE. A number of
six-and eight-cylinder engines will be offered for the new GLE as well as a
number of hybrid or plug-in hybrids. Topping out the range will be the GLS 63
but unlike the current model, it probably won’t use a 5.5-liter
twin-turbocharged V8 and instead feature a 4.0-liter twin-turbo unit with 603
hp.
