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Mercedes-Benz

is working on a refresh for its bestselling

GLC

compact

crossover

, and now comes a report from

Automotive News

that the luxury automaker will begin importing the vehicle from

India

after previously importing it from Bremen, Germany.

A spokesman

told AN

that the company will export the GLC from its plant in Pune in western India, with deliveries starting to arrive in the U.S. next month. Introduced for 2016 as the replacement for the GLK, the GLC is

Mercedes

‘ top-selling

luxury

compact

crossover

, and its U.S. sales are on a tear, up 57.7 percent through August to 44,517 and on pace to eclipse its full-year 2017 sales of 48,643 before the month is up.

India is seen as an interesting, if unconventional, choice amid the larger trade war that has seen the U.S. impose

new tariffs on Chinese-made goods

, including auto parts, and the Trump administration’s

threat to levy 25 tariffs on European-made cars

.

Ford

has also been importing its

EcoSport crossover

from its plant in Chennai, India, the first car built in that country to be sold stateside.

Based on

spy shots we brought you over the summer

, the new GLC looks set for a redesigned front fascia. It’s getting new headlights to match the design of the

CLS-Class

and

AMG GT

models, with a new grille. Assuming the engines are carried over from the current generation, plan on a turbocharged four-cylinder for the

GLC300

and GLC350e

hybrid

, plus the twin-turbo V6 for the

AMG

GLC43 and the twin-turbo V8 for the AMG GLC63.

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