10 Biggest News Stories of the Week: Mercedes-Benz GLE Price Is Higher Than Highest Toyota Highlander
Lazily derided for years by their forebears as oversensitive, petulant little parent parasites who reject the trappings of the boomer lifestyle — owning cars in particular — millennials are now making some money, starting families and buying stuff they swore on their Carhartt beanies they never would. Checking all these boxes in the automotive market is the three-row SUV, and as a result, sales of these versatile family haulers are popping off — and depending on those would-be buyers’ position on the millennial earning spectrum, two of Cars.com’s most popular news articles of the past week can help them shop for that new SUV (just like the one they shamed their parents for driving them around in).
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At the upper end of that spectrum is the refreshed-for-2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE mid-size luxury SUV (with an optional third row … for the kids!) if you’re a millennial who defied that unfair basement-dwelling stereotype. For ’24, the GLE gets a facelift and an updated multimedia system, plus the availability of a new plug-in hybrid powertrain with impressive power specs and 48 miles of all-electric range. The GLE starts at a little under $64,000 (all prices include destination charge) for the GLE350, rising through the ranks of six trim levels to just over $130,000 for the range-topping GLE63 S Coupe, with the GLE450e PHEV variant nestled in at less than $71,000.
For full details on the 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE — including powertrain options and their respective specs, as well as pricing specifics — follow the link below to the No. 1 news story on this week’s countdown of most read articles.
On at least the more affordable end of things (hey, maybe you’ve just recently emerged from downstairs, finally ready to assimilate with the capitalist, consumerist culture of the surface world) is the 2024 Toyota Highlander. Despite the price of entry being $2,500 more for 2024, the highest-priced Highlander is still less than the most modest Mercedes GLE. Starting at $40,515 for the now-base-trim LE and rising through the five trim levels to $54,520 for a hybrid-powered Highlander with all-wheel drive in top-of-the-line Platinum guise, the three-row mid-size Toyota SUV even at its spendiest starts at nearly 10 grand less than the aforementioned GLE.
For a full trim-by-trim breakdown of what each model offers and how much they cost by powertrain, follow the link below to the No. 4 news story of the past week to help you choose.
Beyond that, we have headlines on the Chevrolet Trailblazer, Polestar 4, GMC Sierra 2500, Ram 1500 and much more — so don’t stop reading till the digits double. Here are the top 10 news stories Cars.com readers couldn’t get enough of in the past week:
1. Facelifted 2024 Mercedes-Benz GLE SUV Priced From $63,800, Coupe From $90,950
2. Which Electric Cars Are Still Eligible for the $7,500 Federal Tax Credit?
3. Here Are the 11 Cheapest Electric Vehicles You Can Buy
4. Which Trim Level of the 2024 Toyota Highlander Should You Buy?
5. 2024 Chevrolet Trailblazer Review: In the Shadow of Its Sibling
6. 2025 Polestar 4 Up Close: New ‘SUV Coupe’ Looks (Only) Ahead
7. Is the 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 Denali Ultimate a Good Pickup Truck? 5 Pros, 3 Cons
8. Last Call for… What Now? Dodge Announces 2024 Durango SRT 392 AlcHemi
9. 2024 Ram 1500: No Big Changes Ahead of Expected Redesign
10. Electric Cars With the Longest Range
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