Overview
- The new GLB adopts a cleaner, high-tech interior with an optional MBUX Superscreen, circular vents, a floating center console, reinstated rocker switches and improved second-row cushions with sliding functionality for greater versatility.
- MB.OS with fourth-generation MBUX brings a generative-AI virtual assistant, Google Maps navigation and over-the-air updates, while MB.DRIVE adds eight cameras, five radars and 12 ultrasonic sensors for driver assistance.
- Mercedes details wind-tunnel validation from −40°C to 60°C with simulated blizzards and desert heat, claiming the SUV can defrost its windscreen in 15 minutes at −15°C using the defrost setting alone.
- A Vision EQXX-derived heat pump draws warmth from the drive system, battery and ambient air to cut auxiliary heating energy use by about one third.
- Official images preview a boxy silhouette with sleeker headlights, flagpole-style mirrors, flush pop-out door handles and slimmer tail-lights likely linked by a full-width light bar, while powertrains remain undisclosed but are expected to mirror CLA-based MMA EV configurations; Australia is slated for a second-half 2026 launch.