Mercedes-Benz let slip back in September that it was working on a new G-Class Cabriolet, and now we know why. It would have been pretty tricky to keep it a secret once the prototypes, as you see above, were out on the road, wouldn’t it? That camouflage is fooling nobody.
Merc says that there was a “hugely positive response to the first teaser details” of its drop-top G, and testing will now begin in Austria. The engineers will then take a trip to Sweden for some proper winter testing, where they will presumably discover what removing the roof has done for the current G-Wagen’s ability to skid on a frozen lake. Important work.
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Interestingly, though, Merc did recently refer to the open-topped G as a “special edition.” We’ll have to wait to find out whether that means it’ll be a limited-run job like the old Maybach G650 Landaulet.
Merc only built 99 of those, but all were bought up really rather quickly…
NOTE: This story first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
