Mercedes-Benz GL-Class Off-roader: all-wheel drive

The GL doesn't know what bad road conditions are

You will get to virtually anywhere you want to in the GL. After all, it hasn’t just been fitted with an all-wheel drive system - it has been fitted with 4MATIC.The Mercedes-Benz permanent all-wheel drive system offers the best possible traction and increased driving stability – in poor driving conditions too.

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4MATIC all-wheel drive

The 4MATIC permanent all-wheel drive offers the best possible traction and increased driving stability - in poor driving conditions too. The system provides dynamic handling and can help enhance your safety – particularly in challenging driving situations. 4MATIC improves the driving dynamics, traction and handling further still.

Even when the going gets tough, 4MATIC all-wheel drive helps you keep moving more safely. If there is a risk of wheels spinning on surfaces with different degrees of grip, in a fraction of a second selective brake interventions redirect the engine's torque to the wheels that are not spinning.
The benefits to you at a glance:

  • Highest safety possible: as 4MATIC is always active, it responds almost instantaneously in poor weather conditions such as rain, black ice or snow.
  • Working together: The all-wheel drive is provided by a two-stage transfer case with reduction gearing, and when combined with the high-performance engines and automatic transmission it provides very good driving dynamics.
  • Additional systems: The ESP® electronic stability system and 4ETS Electronic Traction System with integral ABS and ASR functions contribute even more to the efficiency of the all-wheel drive and allow for outstanding traction and handling as a result.
  • A high level of traction: The ETS Electronic Traction System brakes spinning wheels either individually or in axle pairs.

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