2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 450 4MATIC

The auction lists the primary damage as “Front End.” Stage 1 reports that the visible evidence supports this claim, with extensive damage at the front-left hood, fender, bumper, grille, headlamp area, and inner front components. The front-left section is severely damaged. The hood has sharp creasing and extensive deformation, with areas of missing or peeled black paint. The front-left fender is crushed and torn around the wheel arch, exposing inner components and missing sections of the outer panel. The front bumper cover is torn, fractured, displaced, and partly absent, while several bumper and trim pieces are detached or hanging away from the vehicle. The front-left headlamp assembly is missing from its mounting area, leaving wiring and other mounting components exposed. The left grille sections and silver trim are cracked, broken, displaced, and partially missing. Behind the removed front bodywork, visible metal and plastic mounting components are bent, twisted, and displaced. The radiator/condenser area and wiring are exposed. A damaged headlamp assembly and detached bumper/grille pieces are also shown separately beside the vehicle. The driver steering-wheel airbag and the left roof curtain airbag are visibly deployed. Further inspection will be required to determine the condition of the restraint system, wiring, cooling components, structural areas, suspension, steering, and other mechanical or electrical systems not established by these findings. VIN decoding identifies this vehicle as a 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class SUV, trim GLS450-4M, with a 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder gasoline engine and a nine-speed automatic transmission. The vehicle was manufactured by Mercedes-Benz of North America in the United States.