Vision G-Code, Mercedes introduces its first Sports Utility Coupe

Here comes the Sports Utility Coupe home of the Star. For now it is a prototype, but already announced that the future lies ahead of technology, the environment and a cabin that looks like a spaceship

G-Code Mercedes Sports Utility Coupe

Mercedes launches its new idea: a Sports Utility Coupe, SUC, which is a mix between a crossover and a compact coupe that can tackle even the open road without losing the style of a two-seater. The presentation was made at the opening of the new Product Engineering Centre in Beijing also has a complete design center that aims to create design models and concepts of mobility in line with the culture and the trend in Asia.

The new "Advanced Design Studio in the Daimler Product Engineering Centre in Beijing logically pursues a strategy of Daimler already established. Globally there are, in fact, five of this type which act as 'seismographs' to probe specific developments in the market. The knowledge gained in these centers are then incorporated into the conception and design of future models, "explain the home of the Star. "The concept G-Code - continue to Stuttgart - is a prime example of this strategy: it interprets the current design language focuses on purity sensual in terms of cutting-edge designers of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen and Beijing. The combination of emotions and intelligence is manifested in modern luxury in a compact form. The G-Code is the perfect expression of the interpretation of the current design in China. "

The new concept is a


2 + 2 a little over 4 meters, 1.90 meters wide and only five feet high with a door that opens into the wind. "The crystals seamless remember the glazing of the cab of a board, giving the G-code compliance in horizontal configuration and a strong forward momentum even when stationary. A solution thanks to which the roof seems literally levitate with the bars retractable and surfaces in voltage above the body, leaving the lightness of the essence automotive free to express ", added.
"The G-Code is both beautiful and intelligent, and interprets our design language typical of a Mercedes Coupe," said Gorden Wagener, Head of Design at Daimler AG. And who could blame them, the style is quite original, although still in draft, but the lateral line of a coupe, the rear window and fluid dynamic proportions and extremely sporting catch the eye. In addition, "small size, wide scope of assistance systems and cameras as well as the propulsion system plug-in hybrid electric variable with autonomous operation long life, make this an ideal SUC to address trafficking of Asian cities. At the same time four-wheel drive technology with electronic 'drive shaft digital' configuration provides a particularly sporty and efficient in energy consumption both on and off-road ", stressed by Mercedes.

But the fun starts when boarded, as illustrated by the Mercedes engineers: "After the driver sat down with all possible comforts and turned on the car via smartphones, the dashboard and the pedals are getting longer automatically the positions of rest going to be located so as to ensure maximum ergonomics as well as the best tactile experience. The steering wheel is then housed in the dashboard, it unfolds like the wings of a butterfly, and together with the head-up display integrated assumes the perfect location. At the conclusion of this sort of ceremony, the vents and the multi-information display extending from the bridge. The widescreen display occupies almost the entire width of the dashboard providing a clear overview of the various functions of the car and multimedia, all with intuitive operation. "Some kind of spaceship. Furthermore, "when the G-Code with your smartphone is turned off, the moving parts of the passenger compartment back to its original position to allow the driver to get out of the car in a comfortable and ergonomic."
Innovation also in the mechanics, the G-Code is in fact able to function "as front-wheel drive powered exclusively by the combustion engine, as a rear wheel drive car fully electric mode or four-wheel drive with maximum versatility. A system configuration dall'inedita check out this innovative all-wheel drive - explain Mercedes - combining the two power sources depending on driving conditions of the moment. The command of the kinematic chain acts as a 'tree of digital transmission' between the front axle and the rear ". The Hybrid select, finally, offers three driving modes: eDrive, with fully electric operation; echo, which favors efficient hybrid and maximum driving comfort; sport, for a driving experience like driving a sports car. The future is served.