Mercedes-Benz GLE 300 d 4MATIC — R1 843 965

At a glance

Power

198 kW

Consumption

6.8 L/100km

Boot

630 L

Seats

5

Towing (braked)

2 700 kg

IN-market source

Cover

5 years / 100 000 km

Maintenance plan

Cost to own (illustrative, 5 years)

Estimated instalment

R32 230 / month

Estimated fuel

R2 663 / month

5-year total (deposit + instalments + fuel)

R2 277 969

Illustrative only, based on standard assumptions not specific to this vehicle: 10% deposit, 11.75% interest, 72-month term, 20 000 km/year, fuel at R23.50/L. Service and insurance costs are not modelled here. Use the Finance Calculator for figures based on your own inputs.

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Full specifications

Performance & Dimensions
Engine capacity	2 L
Cylinders	4
Power	198 kW note Mercedes-Benz SA's July 2026 price list records 198 kW. South African specification sheets add a 15 kW boost from the 48-volt system for a 213 kW combined figure.
Torque	550 Nm
Transmission	9-speed automatic (9G-TRONIC) note Confirmed from South African launch coverage of this derivative.
Gears	9 note The nine-speed gearbox above; the ratio count is not a separate fact.
Drivetrain	AWD
Consumption cycle	Combined cycle (test standard not stated by manufacturer) note Checked in both directions: Mercedes-Benz SA's July 2026 price list carries no consumption column at all, and the two South African specification sheets that publish 6,8 l/100 km name no test cycle. The absence of a stated cycle is a confirmed finding, not an unchecked field; the figure itself stays unverified.
Fuel consumption	6.8 L/100km note 6.8 litres per 100 km, reported in South African launch coverage as the most economical engine in the local GLE range.
Fuel tank	85 L note 85 litres, per Mercedes-Benz's specification for the GLE 300 d 4MATIC and two independent references.
Fuel grade	Diesel (50ppm)
Range	1 250 km note Calculated from the 85-litre tank and the recorded 6.8 l/100 km.
0-100 km/h	6.9 s note 6.9 seconds, from South African launch coverage and a local road test.
CO2 emissions	173 g/km
Seats	5
Doors	5
Length	4 924 mm · PH-market source note From a Mercedes brochure for the same 300 d 4MATIC in another market. Body length does not change with the engine.
Width	2 010 mm note 2 010 mm excluding mirrors — the source states both figures and the mirrors add roughly another 100 mm. This is the body width.
Height	1 797 mm note Two independent references agree for this generation.
Wheelbase	2 995 mm · PH-market source note Same brochure as the length, and the same reasoning.
Ground clearance	200 mm note Mercedes does not publish a ground clearance for the South African GLE. One foreign specification reference gives 200 mm and another gives a slightly different figure, so this is shown without corroboration.
Boot (behind 2nd row)	630 L note 630 litres with the rear seats up, agreed by two independent references for this derivative.
Boot (behind last row)	630 L note The GLE 300 d is a five-seater, so this is the same measurement as the boot behind the rear seats.
Boot (seats folded)	2 055 L note 2 055 litres with the rear seats folded, agreed by the same two references.
Kerb weight	2 260 kg note The 2 260 kg previously recorded matches none of four other figures for this car, which range from about 2 165 kg to 2 458 kg depending on how and what was weighed. No South African figure is published.
Gross vehicle mass	3 100 kg note No South African gross vehicle mass is published. One foreign specification reference gives 3 100 kg for this derivative; no second source confirms it.
Payload	Not specified
Towing (braked)	2 700 kg · IN-market source note Mercedes-Benz's braked towing rating for the GLE 300 d 4MATIC is 2 700 kg (750 kg unbraked), per its specification in India. The 3 500 kg often quoted applies to the more powerful GLE models.
Towing (unbraked)	750 kg note 750 kg unbraked, given by two independent references for this derivative.

Safety
Safety rating	No crash-test rating for this version note Global NCAP has never assessed a Mercedes-Benz GLE. The programmes that have tested this model are Euro NCAP and ANCAP. The only Euro NCAP test of any GLE was carried out in 2019 on a GLE 350 d AMG Line, a different and more powerful version, and that rating has since lapsed. Nothing current covers this car. ANCAP adopted the same 2019 test of the GLE 350 d AMG Line. It describes a different version and has expired.
Airbags	7 note Seven, itemised by a crash-test authority for this generation of GLE.
Airbag positions	Driver, Front Passenger, Driver Knee, Front Side, Curtain note Driver and front passenger airbags, a driver knee airbag, front side airbags and full-length curtains, itemised by a crash-test authority for this generation.

Ownership & Running Costs
Warranty	2 years note Two years with unlimited distance, stated in South African launch coverage of this derivative.
Warranty distance	Unlimited No distance cap — this warranty is limited by time only. Compare warranties across all SUVs →
Maintenance plan	5 years / 100 000 km
How it is supplied	Included with the vehicle
Service interval (distance)	Set by the car’s service indicator
Service interval (time)	Set by the car’s service indicator

Spare wheel & SA ownership
Spare wheel	Not stated Compare spare wheels across all SUVs →
Service network	~37 authorised service points, as at 18 September 2026 Provincial spread not measured. Recounted 18 September 2026 on Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s PASSENGER-CAR dealer locator (dealer-locator-passenger-car, searchProfile 0001_DLp-Passenger-Car), which is the network that serves this vehicle: 39 retailers unfiltered, 37 with the locator’s own “Service” filter applied. The locator renders only the ten nearest results at a time, so individual outlets could not all be inspected and non-South-African outlets could not be excluded one by one; 37 is therefore an upper bound rather than an exact figure. Supersedes the 2 September 2026 count (43 unfiltered, 41 with Service, less one Botswana outlet, giving 40), which was taken on a different locator and copied to this record from mercedes-benz-v-class, a van record on the separate Mercedes-Benz Vans network. Compare service networks across all brands → note Thirty-seven authorised passenger-car service points, from Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s own passenger-car locator.

Electrification
Range (WLTP)	N/A
Electric-only range	N/A
Battery (usable)	N/A
Battery (gross)	N/A
Max DC charging	N/A
Max AC charging	N/A
DC charge 10-80%	N/A
Battery warranty	N/A
Battery warranty distance	N/A

What we can't tell you yet

Everything below was searched for. Lines marked (unverified) show a figure that only one source gives, or that sources disagree on; the rest have not been published anywhere we could find for this version.

Ground clearance (unverified) — Mercedes does not publish a ground clearance for the South African GLE. One foreign specification reference gives 200 mm and another gives a slightly different figure, so this is shown without corroboration.
Kerb weight (unverified) — The 2 260 kg previously recorded matches none of four other figures for this car, which range from about 2 165 kg to 2 458 kg depending on how and what was weighed. No South African figure is published.
Gross vehicle mass (unverified) — No South African gross vehicle mass is published. One foreign specification reference gives 3 100 kg for this derivative; no second source confirms it.
Payload — Payload cannot be worked out here with confidence. The gross vehicle mass and kerb weight available come from one foreign source and its kerb figure contradicts the one previously recorded on this page, so any subtraction would inherit that disagreement.
Spare wheel — Nothing published in South Africa states whether the GLE 300 d carries a spare wheel, a space saver or a tyre repair kit.

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