2011 Mercedes-Benz M-Class consumer reviews

bought a 2011 ml 350 4matic good- space driving position handling and road grip offroad performance bad- fuel economy

I drove my 2011 ML 350 4matic vehicle in a snowstorm in Syracuse , NY. The snow was falling at a rate of about 2 inch an hour and about 6 inches snow on the road and I could drive this vwhicle at 55-60 MPH with excellent visibility, road grip, stabiltiy and braking. Good things-very stable and excellent handling in bad weather. Exterior styling. Bad things- A horrible GPS-impossible to find an address and even if you can can find an address in the GPS it gives you the worst possible route and direction. Very confusing buttons for the command system and controls for the lighting and cruise control placed next to each other. I keep on pressing cruise contorl lever when trying to put head lights on a high beam and vice versa. I keep on accidently pressing gear change paddles when making sharp turns. Not enough rear seat leg room and a bump in the floor between front and back row seats. After a stop especially at a stopsign it takes 2-3 seconds before the vehicle actually moves after pressing on the accelerator.

I needed an suv to transport my family, specifically suv because we often go on road trips and carry a lot of baggage. i was thinking of the 2011 Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Bmw x5m, or the ML63. okay as you can tell, i love performance. i test drove all of them and here is the difference: porsche is good but its $20000 more, x5m is good too but in order to get full performance you need to set the M button. so i chose the ML63 because basically the interior is easy as can be, there is no complication for performance setting. all you have to do is basically put your foot down. and yes the interior is outdated, but it works and it is simple.

The MBZ ML is a safe vehicle but the details are "Old". The car has three setting for the power seat but you have to hold the designation unlike the Honda that you select and the seat adjusts to the pre setting. I thin MBZ could afford to update this feature. Overly complicated setting for bluetooth and other electronics (my Chevrolet is easy to set the bluetooth). The fact that MBZ has packages to get the extras that you want with items not really needed makes you choose between the few important extras it is a pricy vehicle so just include what people need and charge for it. The way it is now the dealer has to order the vehicles and is hesitent to order all of the packages in an attempt to keep the price competative.