2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC 300 small luxury SUV has been redesigned, and packs flashy features, but is a let-down with ride and controls.
, but that's fine. You still get a huge 11.9-inch infotainment screen and a 12.3-inch instrument panel. It's attractive and responsive, though a little sluggish to fully come to life at start up. But back to the lack of Hyperscreen: without it you get a lovely waterfall dash and a choice of trim, which in our tester was black-stained open-pore wood veneer with aluminum pinstripes.
What sours the GLC's interior, just like other Mercedes models, is the insistence on using touch-sensitive buttons everywhere. Car buyers may be wowed by these in a showroom, but they’ll quickly sour on them once they actually use them. They're on the steering wheel, under the touchscreen and on the door-mounted seat controls: giant single plastic buttons that rely on touch sensors to know where your finger is and your desired selection.
Continuing inside, the front seating accommodations are again a frustrating mix of good and bad. The seats themselves are supportive, particularly with the bolsters, and have good adjustability for the thigh extensions and lumbar. But the driving position has a number of problems. Most notable is the cramped knee room, particularly from the center stack and transmission tunnel. There's just no room to lean your right leg over to the right.
The back seats are actually better. There's lots of room in all directions, and the seats are a bit stiff, but nothing unusual. The lack of seatback recline is unfortunate, as SUVs half the price have that, but sadly not unusual for the luxury segment. And for cargo space, that's fine, too at 21.9 cubic feet behind the rear seat. That's an improvement of 2.
The pattern doesn't change when it's time to actually drive the GLC. There’s only one engine option for now (
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