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Aside from adding yet another word to it's name -- it's now known as either the 2009 Mercedes-Benz GLK Vision 320 CTDi Bluetec Freeside Concept, or the 2009 Mercedes-Benz GLK Vision 320 CTDi Blutec Townside Concept, the latter loses off-road pretensions -- the most notable thing to occur at this second official unveiling was the creepy flirting taking place between Dr. Z and Kim Catrall. Seriously, after watching Kim speak of her "admiration" of Dr. Z's "tight package" we had to put up with his promise to "show her around afterwards." Trust us, it sounds creepier in Gerglish. We had to leave when Dr. Z promised to "heat it up in here." If Ray wasn't such a slave driver, we'd be well on our way back to the hotel to take a scalding hot shower. galleryPost('glkexterior', 12, 'Mercedes GLK Vision Freeside Exterior Photos'); galleryPost('glkinterior', 6, 'Mercedes GLK Vision Freeside Interior Photos'...
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We've already showed you Mercedes' new mouthful, the 2009 GLK Vison Freestyle 320 CTDi Bluetech Concept . But tonight, Mercedes officially unveiled it at big band extravaganza at MOCAD . galleryPost('glkexterior', 15, 'Mercedes GLK Vision Freeside Exterior Photos'); galleryPost('glkinterior', 9, 'Mercedes GLK Vision Freeside Interior Photos'); galleryPost('glkvisionconcept', 9, 'Mercedes GLK Vision Concept'); Due to the extravagance of the event, we couldn't help but feel that we were experiencing something akin to the last days of the Roman Empire. While a 1920's influenced German brass band played Britney Spears covers , Kim Catrall made a cameo appearance, we drank moderately-priced champagne and Dr. Z delivered a partially incomprehensible accounting of Mercedes' accounts. We don't really understand where the GLK fits into all of this and weren't totally impressed. It looks like a busy, fussy X3 with really...
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