2024 Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 - 14 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

What's your favorite thing about the 2024 GLE 53?
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Engine
What makes it an AMG
Not hand built, not full AMG, but still cool
It’s the 3.0T I6 we’re familiar with
48v system
429 hp
413 lbft
0-60 in ~4.8 sec
~20 mpg combined
Competitors
BMW X5 M60i
Porsche Cayenne
Audi SQ8
Slot in lineup
Base is 350 which we did
450 gets straight 6
But this is the AMGified straight 6
580 is V8
63 is AMG V8, but only in coupe body style
Which is stupid cuz i like the look
Look
Looks great, handsome without trying too hard
Alpine gray looks great with the wheels
Here are the 24 updates
Headlights
Lower fascia (barely)
Tailliights
…that’s it
Dont fix what aint broken
The feet
Wheels & tires*
Air suspension std for the 53 here
Trunk
Air suspension fits here too
Can raise and lower to load stuff
Trunk is huge
Cant fold rear seats from the trunk
Sound
So much of the AMG experience is the sound
Straight 6 sounds pretty good
Valved quad exhaust
Control on steering wheel
Seats
Heated and cooled std
No massage seat option here for the 53
Old school seat controls…kinda
Can get 3 rows in the GLE…dont
Rear seats
Great size, better than X5
No std 3rd zone climate
At least gets chargers unlike GLC
Great pano roof
Infotainment
Legacy gen MBUX
Still LOADS of custmoizability
Wireless acp and aa
AMG page
360 cameras are amazing
Annoying thing…cant skip track easily
Digital cluster
No HUD std
Climate
Still physical thanks to legacy system
Wont be physical when it gets full new gen
Distronic
Great autopilot suite
But weird adaptive cruise isnt std at 88k msrp
Steering wheel
AMG steering wheel is new
Lilke the only new thing for the facelift on the interior
Very mild facelift for 2024
But again it wasnt broken
Price
Starts 88k
As tested 103k

[@MatthewSmith-vp7de]

You can get massage.. Standard on Pinnacle version. No buttons because it’s activated by the infotainment.. Happens to be the best Massage I’ve ever seen in a car honestly.

[@iolenny]

This button you are asking for at 4:40min of the movie is an ad-blue cup you get when order a diesel - and they make this part universal for all engine models.

[@collinbartley231]

I have nothing but problem with 2021 amg53 transmission jerking

[@user-ep8wm1rl9p]

So cheep❤❤❤

[@jingwucai7334]

How much 😅😅😅

[@ronforeman2556]

$103,000? That's a lot of lettuce for, admittedly, a luxurious car. I think I'd rather stick with my poor man's $34,000 2022 Kona N and keep the change. (It's too bad Hyundai killed the ICE Kona N after only two model years. Looks like next iteration we'll see will be electric. No wonder Albert Biermann decided to retire when Hyundai's upper management made THAT decision.)