Articles about Mercedes Benz G Class

It supposedly sounds like a G63 as well

The brilliantly boxy Suzuki Jimny clearly wants to be a Mercedes G-Class when it grows up. It's had some help getting there too, remember the Liberty Walk kit that we brought you news of back in August last year?The

Meet the Black Ops and the Shadow.

Brabus. Remember them? The well-known anglers of horsepower from Germany with more than an unhealthy penchant for Mercedes? The tuning outfit obviously doesn't think the new G63 quite pushes the boundaries of military chic far enough. Or that the 4.

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Here's a fact for you: No car is faster than its headlights. The science is simple. It doesn't matter how fast your car is-if you've got a pair of tealights guiding you, you're not going to be

Practical excess is possible

Do me a favor. Family car? How is a near-£100k (P6.5 million) Mercedes a family car?If you have a family, and nearly £100k (P6.5million) to spend on a car to transport aforementioned family around town/on holiday/up

Some people are just allergic to stock

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this week's modified G-Class. For those among us who were never taught the meaning of the word 'subtlety.'The Lumma CLR G770 kit is wide. Very wide-40mm wider than a normal G-Class thanks

Two-and-a-half ton brute does 0-100kph in 4.1sec

If you were to put labels on years, you'd have to say that 2019 is the year of environmentally conscious performance. Pininfarina's sterling history as a design house and carrozzeria has now harnessed the power of electrons to launch its

Looking good after four decades

In 1969, Joachim Zahn of Daimler-Benz and Karl Rabus of Austrian carmaker Steyr-Daimler-Puch got together with the intention of collaborating on an all-conquering off-road vehicle that would also be able to handle on tarmac. That was 50

Spot the difference

The early frontrunner for 'most modded car of 2019' isn't what we were expecting. It's not the gargantuan Rolls-Royce Cullinan or even the latest Mercedes G-Class (yet).No, it's a car so small, it could nestle in

The little Japanese Jimny meets its idol

When the apocalypse comes and rains fire on these unholy lands, only five things are scientifically capable of survival. The first four are common knowledge: cockroaches, tinned Spam, MotoGP riders, and that dried cereal residue when you leave your bowl out overnight.

A more sensible purchase than the higher-end G-Class?

Sensible? G-Wagen? Say it ain't so.The introvert's G-which, in effect, is the entry-level G-Class (not Wagen anymore), even though it's expected to cost around £94,000 (P6.34 million) when it goes on sale

The 700 4x4 Squared One of Ten Final Edition has 300hp more than a stock G500

Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when it means waving off a car as venerable as the old Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen. Luckily, Brabus has thought of a way to make it a bit less tearful. Unless those tears are brought on

An icon made even better

A Mercedes-Benz G500 already has 447hp?Yes.So what the blazes does a G63 produce?Thanks to the same 4.0-liter bi-turbo V8, albeit with the wick doused in napalm, you get 577hp and 849Nm. The engine is effectively

By Brabus standards, it actually looks subtle

Well that didn't take long. Brabus has already got its hands on-and applied its typical modifications to-a new G-Wagen. Sorry, G-Class.Beneath the skirts, spoilers and so-on this is a regular G500-not a G63-with

Do you think so, too?

You know how we said that the all-new Suzuki Jimny looked strangely similar to the Mercedes-Benz G-Class? Well, we guess we weren't the only ones to think so. In fact, we think Liberty Walk might have just doubled

No crossovers for her

The Land Rover Defender and Mercedes-Benz G-Class are two of the most legendary off-roaders to ever leave their respective carmakers' factory floors. They're big, heavy and brutish-looking, too-attributes that actress Dawn Zulueta appreciates when it comes

Same looks, newfound composure

What is it?The door handle button, the headlight washer nozzles, the sun visors and the spare wheel cover. That's a comprehensive list of the parts that have been carried over from the old G-Class. Apparently there's a bracket

One of the most legendary vehicles ever produced

Earlier this year, Mercedes-Benz threw the covers off its new G-Class. Not that you'd have noticed as it looks pretty much exactly the same as the old one. Just a little softer. Like it'd been left in the

Don't mess with a surefire formula

Off-roading nuts, rejoice! Mercedes-Benz has just released an all-new G-Class, almost four decades after the first one came out in the late '70s. And it looks largely the same with its boxy exterior proportions and brutish design cues--

'It's deliberately the same'

1) The outgoing one is pretty old.The outgoing G-Class is 38 years old. Add another seven to that if you include the development time, and consider the fact car years are like dog ones, and it's certifiably ancient. That'

Some classic elements remain

1) It's a LOT roomier. About bloody time. The G-Wagen was designed in the late '70s when apparently, people didn't have elbows. For such a large car there's a comically hemmed-in feel to sitting up inside one,