2024 MERCEDES-BENZ GLE COUPE

The auction record lists the vehicle as having a salvage title and identifies the primary damage as FRONT END. Stage 1 reports that the visible crushed hood, broken grille, and damaged front bumper support the stated front-end damage claim; however, the salvage-title status cannot be confirmed from exterior photographs. The front end has severe collision damage. The hood is sharply creased and heavily deformed across the front half, particularly in the center and left side, with areas of chipped or missing paint. The grille has multiple broken, displaced, or missing bars and components, leaving open gaps that expose parts behind it. The Mercedes emblem assembly is detached and hanging away from the grille. The front bumper cover is severely cracked, scraped, and partially missing, with separated sections and open gaps in the center and left corner. Both the passenger-side front and rear doors have extensive dents, deep horizontal creases, inward deformation, and widespread scraped paint. The corresponding driver-side doors also show large dents, sharp creases, and extensive paint damage. The rocker trim on both sides is displaced or broken, with missing sections, exposed underlying material, and irregular edges. A large black plastic exterior component is detached and lying on the ground below the passenger-side rear area. In addition, a black trim component is protruding and separated from the lower right corner of the rear bumper. The extent of the visible damage indicates that substantial body, trim, and front-end component repairs or replacement will be required. Further physical inspection is necessary to assess concealed structural, mechanical, electrical, and safety-system damage.