IEThe Irish Times
Mercedes GLC: The first photos sparked revulsion online. But it’s a seriously impressive SUV
GLC and slightly smaller GLB launch together in Ireland, but the pricier car is the star performer
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- 24 Aug 2026, 10:25 UTC
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- 25 Aug 2026, 04:56 UTC
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- 1 version
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Publisher layer
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 24 Aug 2026, 10:18 UTC
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- Byline
- Neil Briscoe
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GLC and slightly smaller GLB launch together in Ireland, but the pricier car is the star performer
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Mercedes GLC: The first photos sparked revulsion online. But it’s a seriously impressive SUV
GLC and slightly smaller GLB launch together in Ireland, but the pricier car is the star performer
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- Capture ID
- #1958
- Observed
- 24 Aug 2026, 10:25 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
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- 873,100 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt