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Whether heading for a day at the Temescal Canyon Falls or Commuting to UCLA Medical Center, the right SUV will keep you safe and relaxed. We know your options are plenty, so the team at W.I. Simonson has put two of the most prominent luxury crossovers head to head in an attempt to simplify your decision. Read on to see if the 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLE or the BMW X6 comes out on top.

 

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When it comes to shopping for a luxury SUV for the family, there's a lot of factors to take into consideration, not the least of which is safety. The 2018 Mercedes-Benz GLC has been engineered with safety in mind, ultimately landing it the position as a Top Safety Pick+ from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety.

The 2018 GLA 250 embodies a host of features that may seem incompatible with one another. It's perfectly balanced in the intersections of style and utility, of excitement and practicality.

That opening shot is enough to make us want to pack our bags and rent a Mercedes-Benz overseas. That mountain pass looks like endless fun. We’ll only try to write this name once- it’s the Transf?g?r??an, a Romanian pass over the Carpathian Mountains.

It was during a recent review of our esteemed German automaker's compact crossover, the 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300, that Autotrader commentator Jabari Jones darn-near lost his mind.

In short order, he found himself very impressed by almost every aspect of the SUV.

Wondering what he enjoyed most? Check the clip below to find out:

Loaded with luxuries, the GLC 300 leaves very little (if anything) to be desired.

Standard features include 18-inch alloy wheels, automatic headlamps, adaptive suspension damping, keyless entry and ignition, a power liftgate, power-folding mirrors, roof ...