Mercedes-Benz GLE 580

Mercedes says over 3,000 components of the GLE are either all-new or heavily revised for 2027.

Along with general excellence, the best cars represent ultimate luxury in their class and/or are exceptionally well-rounded, providing luxury along with above-average usability and drivability.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is tightening its crash-test requirements for its coveted Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards, resulting in fewer winners for 2025.

The rear-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz GLE350 drops the model line’s base price $800 from 2024, to $63,000 even.

These cars offer panoramic moonroofs or sunroofs either as standard or optional equipment for 2024.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 116,000 GLE and GLS models over an overheating 48-volt ground connection.

The 71 vehicles that qualified for the awards for 2024 is an increase of 23 over 2023, when stricter requirements began to take effect.

The big news for 2024 is the new plug-in hybrid GLE450e that combines a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with an electric motor and a 23.3-kilowatt-hour battery.

IIHS announced that three model-year 2023 and 2024 mid-size luxury SUVs offer good crash protection for front and backseat occupants in the agency’s updated moderate overlap front crash test, but several others scored acceptable, marginal and poor.

Two Mercedes-Benz SUVs have earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s highest honor, with the model-year 2023 and ‘24 GLC and 2024 GLE each being named Top Safety Pick+.