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Last Auto Account – Carlsson CD32 – Semi-Responsible SUV Bling? Wait, a blinged-out agent SUV? And alien in blatant Miami Beach, no less. GGI European Tuning, the absolute North American importer of the Carlsson brand, appear its latest alms yesterday, based on the Mercedes ML 320 BlueTEC agent SUV. Apparently even the bruisers, rap stars, and millionaires who vacation in ..Last Auto account – Enlarge Photo

Wait, a blinged-out agent SUV? And alien in blatant Miami Beach, no less. GGI European Tuning, the absolute North American importer of the Carlsson brand, appear its latest alms yesterday, based on the Mercedes ML 320 BlueTEC agent SUV. Apparently even the bruisers, rap stars, and millionaires who vacation in Miami are ailing of fueling up their 6.2-liter Cadillac Escalades, Hummer H2s, and Range Rover gas hogs. Or maybe just ashamed by their amalgam active accompany and business partners.

For aloof rights, Carlsson has upped the ability of the 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 to a admirable 269 hp. But added important is the cool in torque to a pavement bouncing 451 lb-ft at just 1,800 rpm (that’s 37 lb-ft added than the able-bodied Escalade and 31 lb-ft added than the Supercharged Range Rover gas hog). All that torque will get you from Miami International to your admired hot atom in no time at all. And wafting alternating from the bifold stainless animate rear silencers with accompanying egg-shaped tailpipes will be ultra-clean, 50-state adjustable bankrupt address of Mercedes’ chapped filters and NOX-killing urea bang system. They affirmation this bankrupt bureaucracy gives “an impressive, aureate sound,” but we’d accept to apprehend it to accept it as today’s diesels usually end up aural like aerial air hasty from a turbocharger with a ache of agent ballyhoo at startup.

The blow of the amalgamation is abounding with all of the bling, sparkle, and added technology that today’s gussied-up SUV disciplinarian expects, from 22-inch rims (lightweight ones, at that), an aerodynamic physique package, an absolute alcantara and covering interior, and a suspension-lowering arrangement that improves administration and aerodynamics based on acceleration and car amount (much like a Range Rover). The accomplished aluminum pedals will not do abundant for weight-savings, but they’ll acceptable attending nice nestled down in the footwell.

If you’re absorbed in a Carlsson-tuned Benz, arch on over to www.ggituning.com or alarm 305-717-3133.–Colin Mathews

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