Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class, the Glossary
The (model code X204) is a Compact luxury crossover SUV produced from 2008 to 2015, debuting at the 2008 Beijing Auto Show.[1]
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43 relations: All-wheel drive, Australia, Auto China, Automatic transmission, Beijing, Beijing Benz, Bremen, Dream Car Garage, Drive shaft, Egyptian German Automotive Company, Four-wheel drive, Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout, Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, Germany, Ho Chi Minh City, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Left- and right-hand traffic, Manual transmission, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W204), Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W212), Mercedes-Benz G-Class, Mercedes-Benz GLC, Mercedes-Benz GLS, Mercedes-Benz Group, Mercedes-Benz M270/M274 engine, Mercedes-Benz M272 engine, Mercedes-Benz M276 engine, Mercedes-Benz OM642 engine, Mercedes-Benz OM651 engine, Off-road vehicle, Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Rear-wheel drive, Sex and the City (film), Smart Formore, SsangYong Musso, Straight-four engine, SUV, United Kingdom, V6 engine, Weblogs, Inc., 4Matic, 6th of October (city).
- Cars discontinued in 2015
All-wheel drive
An all-wheel drive vehicle (AWD vehicle) is one with a powertrain capable of providing power to all its wheels, whether full-time or on-demand.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Auto China
Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, Beijing Motor Show or Auto China is an auto show held biennially in Beijing, China since 1990.
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Automatic transmission
An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.
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Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
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Beijing Benz
Beijing Benz (officially Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd) is an automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Beijing, China, and a joint venture between BAIC Motor and Mercedes-Benz Group.
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Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: Breem or Bräm), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen), is the capital of the German state of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (Freie Hansestadt Bremen), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
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Dream Car Garage
Dream Car Garage was a weekly television show produced by Westward Wind Productions for 11 seasons between 2002 and 2012.
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Drive shaft
A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft (Australian English), propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft (after Girolamo Cardano) is a component for transmitting mechanical power, torque, and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drivetrain that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them.
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Egyptian German Automotive Company
The Egyptian German Automotive Company (EGA) is an Egyptian car assembler who is located in the 6th of October City in Cairo.
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Four-wheel drive
A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously.
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Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout
In automotive design, an F4, or front-engine, four-wheel drive (4WD) layout places the internal combustion engine at the front of the vehicle and drives all four roadwheels.
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Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
A front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout (FR) is an automotive design with an engine in front and rear-wheel-drive, connected via a drive shaft.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
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Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC; Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh), commonly referred to by its former name Saigon (Sài Gòn), is the most populous city in Vietnam, with a population of around 10 million in 2023.
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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Highway Loss Data Institute (IIHS-HLDI) is an American nonprofit organization.
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Left- and right-hand traffic
Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side of the road, respectively.
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Manual transmission
A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear changes require the driver to manually select the gears by operating a gear stick and clutch (which is usually a foot pedal for cars or a hand lever for motorcycles).
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Mercedes-Benz C-Class
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a series of compact executive cars produced by Mercedes-Benz Group AG. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and Mercedes-Benz C-Class are 2010s cars, Mercedes-Benz vehicles and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W204)
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W204) is the third generation of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W204) are 2010s cars, cars discontinued in 2015 and Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W212)
The W212 and S212 Mercedes-Benz E-Class series is the fourth generation of the E-Class range of executive cars which was produced by Mercedes-Benz between 2009 and 2016 as the successor to the W211 E-Class. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W212) are 2010s cars and Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz G-Class
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class, colloquially known as the G-Wagen (as an abbreviation of Geländewagen), is a four-wheel drive luxury SUV manufactured by Magna Steyr (formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch) in Austria and sold by Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and Mercedes-Benz G-Class are 2010s cars and Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz GLC
The Mercedes-Benz GLC is a compact luxury crossover SUV introduced in 2015 for the 2016 model year that replaced the GLK-Class. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and Mercedes-Benz GLC are compact sport utility vehicles, Euro NCAP small off-road, luxury crossover sport utility vehicles, Mercedes-Benz vehicles and rear-wheel-drive vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz GLS
The Mercedes-Benz GLS, formerly Mercedes-Benz GL-Class, is a full-size luxury crossover SUV produced by Mercedes-Benz since 2006. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and Mercedes-Benz GLS are Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
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Mercedes-Benz Group
The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Mercedes-Benz M270/M274 engine
The M270 and M274 are turbocharged inline-four engines produced by Mercedes-Benz since 2011.
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Mercedes-Benz M272 engine
The Mercedes-Benz M272 engine is an automobile piston V6 engine family used in the 2000s (decade).
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Mercedes-Benz M276 engine
The Mercedes-Benz M276 engine is a direct injected, gasoline automotive piston V6 engine.
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Mercedes-Benz OM642 engine
The Mercedes-Benz OM642 engine is a, 24-valve, aluminium/aluminium block and heads diesel 72° V6 engine manufactured by the Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG as a replacement for the Mercedes straight-5 and straight-6 cylinder engines.
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Mercedes-Benz OM651 engine
The OM651 is a family of inline-four cylinder automobile diesel engines introduced by Mercedes-Benz in 2008.
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Off-road vehicle
An off-road vehicle (ORV), sometimes referred to as an off-highway vehicle (OHV), overland vehicle, or adventure vehicle, is considered to be any type of vehicle that is capable of driving on paved or gravel surfaces, such as trails and forest roads that have rough and low traction surfaces.
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Pikes Peak International Hill Climb
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC), also known as The Race to the Clouds, is an annual automobile hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, USA.
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Rear-wheel drive
Rear-wheel drive (RWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the rear wheels only. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and rear-wheel drive are rear-wheel-drive vehicles.
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Sex and the City (film)
Sex and the City (advertised as Sex and the City: The Movie) is a 2008 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Michael Patrick King in his feature film directorial debut.
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Smart Formore
The Smart Formore was a small all-wheel drive SUV, riding on the same platform as the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.
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SsangYong Musso
The SsangYong Musso (Korean: 쌍용 무쏘) is a mid-sized SUV or pickup truck manufactured by the South Korean automaker SsangYong from 1993. Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and SsangYong Musso are 2010s cars.
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Straight-four engine
A straight-four engine (also referred to as an inline-four engine) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft.
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SUV
A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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V6 engine
A V6 engine is a six-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
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Weblogs, Inc.
Weblogs, Inc. was a blog network that published content on a variety of subjects, including tech news, video games, automobiles, and pop culture.
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4Matic
4Matic (stylized as 4MATIC) is the marketing name of an all-wheel drive system developed by Mercedes-Benz.
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6th of October (city)
6th of October (label; ستة اكتوبر) is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt.
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See also
Cars discontinued in 2015
- Škoda Roomster
- BMW 7 Series (F01)
- BMW X1 (E84)
- Bugatti Veyron
- Chana CM7
- Changan CM8
- Chery A1
- Chery A3
- Chery E3
- Chevrolet Celta
- Chevrolet Volt (first generation)
- Gonow Saboo
- Great Wall Coolbear
- Haima 2
- Honda Accord (Japan and Europe eighth generation)
- Honda Crosstour
- Hyundai Veracruz
- ICML Rhino
- Mazda MX-5 (NC)
- McLaren P1
- Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W204)
- Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class
- Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
- Mitsubishi Pajero iO
- Nissan Xterra
- Opel Antara
- Porsche 918 Spyder
- Proton Inspira
- Proton Satria
- Renault Laguna
- Renault Latitude
- SEAT Altea
- Toyota Prius (XW30)
- Volkswagen Bora
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_GLK-Class
Also known as GLK Class, GLK-Class, Mercedes GLK, Mercedes-Benz GLK, Mercedes-Benz MLK-Class, Mercedes-Benz MLKX-Class, Mercedes-Benz X204, X204.