Muscle cars, SUVS or school buses?

The GLS and the X7 are so big that you can ferry half a classroom in each. These have mighty engines, anda joint value of 3 crore

- VIKRAM CHAUDHARY

GOOGLE 'MUSCLE CAR' and it'll show you images of Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Charger, among others basically, all American two-door sport coupes. It's unlikely to show you an SUV, and never a German brand.

But race Mercedes-Benz GLS or BMWX7 against any of those 'muscle cars, and you'll know who's the boss their 3.0-litre turbocharged engines hurl these 3-tonne SUVs to a ton in just about 6 seconds. But between the GLS and the X7,who's the boss? I drove both.

The design

The body of the GLS is smooth like an Airbus, and its size that of a minibus (more than 5.2 metres).

The X7 looks like an SUV should -chiselled and muscular.

Both have a huge grille that kind of looks out of place!

The cabin

Here, the Mercedes-Benz makes the BMW look spartan.