Mercedes Benz GLK

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Mercedes-Benz GLK – the brand's first compact SUV: boxy X204 body, CDI and BlueTEC diesels through six-cylinder petrol, 105 to 225 kW, built 2008 to 2015 in Bremen

Pictured: Mercedes Benz GLK 220 CDI 4MATIC

The GLK was Mercedes-Benz's first compact SUV, built on the C-Class (W204) platform and produced from 2008 to 2015 at the Bremen plant, continuing in China until 2018. Unlike the brand's later SUVs, it carried a deliberately boxy body styled after the G-Class. The type designation's three-digit number gives the approximate power class, CDI and BlueTEC mark the diesel engines, and 4MATIC the standard all-wheel drive; the range topped out with the six-cylinder petrol GLK 350. In 2015 the GLC replaced the GLK in Europe, though the GLK remained in the range as a separate model for the Chinese market.

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The register lists here 12 versions with outputs from 105 to 225 kW, displacements from 2,143 to 3,498 cm³ across four to six cylinders, unladen weights from 1,730 to 2,025 kg, gross weights from 2,412.5 to 2,500 kg, a length of 4,528 to 4,664 mm and a width of 1,800 to 1,860 mm.

The GLK competed against the first-generation BMW X3, the Audi Q5 and the Land Rover Freelander, and deliberately set itself apart from its rounder rivals with its boxy, off-road-inspired styling. It stayed in the range longer in North America and China than in Europe, where the GLC replaced it after a single generation.

On a used example, check the injectors and particulate filter on the early CDI diesels, the shift behaviour of the 7G-Tronic automatic, the AIRMATIC air suspension on cars so equipped, rust on the wheel arches, and the timing chain of the M272 and M276 six-cylinder petrol engines; parts run through the Mercedes-Benz network.

Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: Mercedes-Benz GLK, Mercedes-Benz (manufacturer)

Models compared

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	GLK2011	GLK 200 CDI2011-2013	GLK 220 BLUETEC 4MATIC2013	GLK 220 CDI2009-2015	GLK 220 CDI 4MATIC2009-2012	GLK 250 BLUETEC 4MATIC2012-2013	GLK 250 CDI 4MATIC2010-2012	GLK 280 4MATIC2009	GLK 320 CDI 4 MATIC2009	GLK 320 CDI 4MATIC2008-2009	GLK 350 4MATIC2012	GLK 350 CDI 4MATIC2009-2013
Power	–	105 kW	–	–	125 kW	150 kW	150 kW	–	–	165 kW	225 kW	165 kW
Cylinders	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6
Displacement	2,987 cm³	2,143 cm³	2,143 cm³	2,143 cm³	2,143 cm³	2,143 cm³	2,143 cm³	2,996 cm³	2,987 cm³	2,987 cm³	3,498 cm³	2,987 cm³
Top speed	–	–	–	–	205 km/h	–	–	210 km/h	–	220 km/h	–	220 km/h
Wheelbase	2,760 mm	2,760 mm	2,760 mm	2,760 mm	2,780 mm	–	2,760 mm	2,760 mm	2,750 mm	2,760 mm	–	2,760 mm
Length	–	4,610 mm	–	4,556 mm	4,530 mm	4,664 mm	4,556 mm	4,530 mm	–	4,530 mm	4,556 mm	4,528 mm
Width	1,830 mm	1,840 mm	1,840 mm	1,840 mm	1,860 mm	1,840 mm	1,840 mm	1,840 mm	1,800 mm	1,840 mm	1,840 mm	1,840 mm
Unladen weight	1,889 kg	1,835 kg	1,947 kg	1,860 kg	1,976 kg	1,925 kg	1,845 kg	1,730 kg	2,025 kg	1,955 kg	1,845 kg	1,880 kg
Gross vehicle weight	2,500 kg	2,412.5 kg	2,500 kg	2,425 kg	2,500 kg	2,500 kg	2,440 kg	2,480 kg	2,500 kg	2,500 kg	2,415 kg	2,500 kg

Mercedes Benz GLK

Mercedes-Benz GLK – the brand's first compact SUV: boxy X204 body, CDI and BlueTEC diesels through six-cylinder petrol, 105 to 225 kW, built 2008 to 2015 in Bremen

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GLK

GLK 200 CDI

GLK 220 BLUETEC 4MATIC

GLK 220 CDI

GLK 220 CDI 4MATIC

GLK 250 BLUETEC 4MATIC

GLK 250 CDI 4MATIC

GLK 280 4MATIC

GLK 320 CDI 4 MATIC

GLK 320 CDI 4MATIC

GLK 350 4MATIC

GLK 350 CDI 4MATIC