2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE and GLE Coupe First Impression

Kitzbühel, Austria -- The hills were alive, indeed -- but not with the sound of music; well, not in the traditional sense. No, they were alive with the sound of the AMG S V8 biturbo exhaust note ripping through the serene mountainsides, bouncing off rock faces and sky-high trees, ricocheting off sleepy valley towns. As I skirted the Austrian and German borders behind the wheel of Mercedes’ latest take on the ML -- now renamed to GLE -- in both Coupe and SUV guise, the hills were very much alive, and so was I…