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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Steve Fowler

Mercedes-Benz GLB review: the new seven-seat electric SUV that puts family comfort first

The new Mercedes-Benz GLB provides space for seven in a premium cabin from £46,000 - (Steve Fowler)

Mercedes-Benz has never been short of SUVs, but the GLB has always had one particularly easy job to explain: it’s the upright, family-focused one – bigger and boxier than a GLA, more compact than the larger luxury SUVs and designed to squeeze in a third row of seats without turning into something that feels like a minibus.

Where the previous electric seven-seater was called EQB, the battery-powered version now simply joins the rest of the GLB range, which makes the line-up a little easier to understand.

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