Compare the2025 BMW iXVS 2025 Mercedes GLE Coupe

Both the iX and GLE Coupe have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The iX has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The GLE Coupe’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.

The BMW iX has standard driver and front passenger side knee airbags mounted low on the dashboard. These airbags helps prevent the driver and front passenger from sliding under their seatbelts or the main frontal airbags; this keeps them better positioned during a collision for maximum protection. Knee airbags also help keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious frontal collision. The GLE Coupe doesn’t offer a front passenger side knee airbag.

The iX’s standard lane departure warning system alerts a temporarily inattentive driver when the vehicle begins to leave its lane. A lane departure warning system costs extra on the GLE Coupe.

Both the iX and the GLE Coupe have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, four-wheel antilock brakes, all wheel drive, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.

The BMW iX weighs 555 to 703 pounds more than the Mercedes GLE Coupe. The NHTSA advises that heavier vehicles are much safer in collisions than their significantly lighter counterparts.

The iX’s corrosion warranty is 7 years longer than the GLE Coupe’s (12 vs. 5 years).

BMW pays for scheduled maintenance on the iX for 3 years and 36,000 miles. BMW will pay for tire rotations, cabin filter replacement, brake fluid replacement, inspections, and any other required maintenance. Mercedes doesn’t pay scheduled maintenance for the GLE Coupe.

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2024 survey of the owners of three-year-old vehicles provides the long-term dependability statistics that show that BMW vehicles are more reliable than Mercedes With 28 fewer problems per 100 vehicles in the first three years of ownership, J.D. Power ranks BMW higher than Mercedes.

The iX xDrive50’s standard electric motors produces 141 more horsepower (516 vs. 375) and 195 lbs.-ft. more torque (564 vs. 369) than the GLE Coupe’s 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder hybrid. The iX M60’s standard electric motors produces 235 more horsepower (610 vs. 375) and 442 lbs.-ft. more torque (811 vs. 369) than the GLE Coupe’s 3.0 turbo 6-cylinder hybrid.

On the EPA test cycle the iX gets better mileage than the GLE Coupe:

The iX can travel with zero emissions for 284 to 309 miles (dependent on model). The GLE Coupe can’t move without running its internal combustion engine.

In its Green Vehicle Guide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rates the BMW iX higher (10 out of 10) than the Mercedes GLE Coupe (6). This means the iX produces up to 12.9 pounds less smog-producing pollutants than the GLE Coupe every 15,000 miles.

The iX’s launch control uses engine electronics to hold engine RPM’s at 60 in order to provide the most stable and rapid acceleration possible, using all of the available traction. The GLE Coupe doesn’t offer launch control.

For a smoother ride and more stable handling, the iX’s wheelbase is 2.5 inches longer than on the GLE Coupe (118.1 inches vs. 115.6 inches).

The front grille of the iX uses electronically controlled shutters to close off airflow and reduce drag when less engine cooling is needed. This helps improve highway fuel economy. The GLE Coupe doesn’t offer active grille shutters.

The iX has 1 inch more front headroom, 2.2 inches more front shoulder room and 1.7 inches more rear headroom than the GLE Coupe.

The iX has a much larger cargo volume with its rear seat up than the GLE Coupe with its rear seat up (35.5 vs. 31.6 cubic feet). The iX has a much larger cargo volume with its rear seat folded than the GLE Coupe with its rear seat folded (77.9 vs. 64.1 cubic feet).

To improve rear visibility by keeping the rear window clear, the iX has a standard rear wiper. The GLE Coupe doesn’t offer a rear wiper.

Laser headlights, optional on the iX, produce their light by firing blue lasers through phosphorus, a process that uses one-half the power of the GLE Coupe’s LED headlights. Laser headlights can have double the range of LEDs with a much smaller surface area.

The iX has a standard heated steering wheel to take the chill out of steering on extremely cold winter days before the vehicle heater warms up. A heated steering wheel costs extra on the GLE Coupe.

The iX’s optional Parking Assistant Plus can parallel park or back into a parking spot by itself, starting, stopping and changing direction automatically. Parking Assistant Professional will park and retrieve your car remotely: press a button and watch it park itself. This is ideal for tight locations. The GLE Coupe’s automatic parking system does not offer parking by remote control.