Mercedes is Testing the New ML

Mercedes-Benz has already begun to develop a new M-Class SUV. Photographers even managed to shoot this car during a test drive.

As previously reported, the new ML will receive a fairly blatant appearance in the style of the large GL. But under the hood of the car the company wants to establish not only the usual V6 and V8, but the new 2.2-liter 4-cylinder diesel engine, which thanks to modern technology gives quite decent 204 hp. At the top of the same scale would be ML 55 AMG – the car will have 571 hp (now the most powerful version of ML is the ML 63 AMG, which has a 6.2-liter engine, which develops 510 hp).

The exact date of the presentation of the new Mercedes-Benz ML has not yet been reported. Most likely, the car will be show next autumn at the motor show in Paris, whereas serial production SUV will begin only in 2011.