Mercedes-Benz G-Class

[Turbo]

Now I know the next car to poll for the Cool Wall...

 

[Turbo]

New G-Class teased in video:



http://www.carscoops.com/2017/12/new-mercedes-benz-g-class-previewed-in.html

EDIT: New interior pictures of the 2019 G-Class were also revealed today.

 

[Robin]

I wish Merc would stop doing the 'putting analogue dials in a hole where clearly a digital dash goes' thing because it looks kinda odd.

 

[Griffith500]

I think the reason they fail is because they try to make them look like real gauges, and it just looks flat and tacky. TFTs have great usefulness, and manufacturers will eventually use them more to their advantage. It's the same on bikes at the moment, lots of "digital" gauges that can't be easily read and only a very few successful reinterpretations of the analogue gauge in pure graphical form. I will cling to my (digital, stepper-motor controlled) analogue tach as long as I can!

 

[Robin]

I think the reason they fail is because they try to make them look like real gauges, and it just looks flat and tacky. TFTs have great usefulness, and manufacturers will eventually use them more to their advantage. It's the same on bikes at the moment, lots of "digital" gauges that can't be easily read and only a very few successful reinterpretations of the analogue gauge in pure graphical form. I will cling to my (digital, stepper-motor controlled) analogue tach as long as I can!

I meant lower end models having actual analogue dials inside the square for the digital dash on higher ones.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

I wish Merc would stop doing the 'putting analogue dials in a hole where clearly a digital dash goes' thing because it looks kinda odd.

But otherwise how will you be reminded that you didn't spend the extra money for the digital dash?

 

[Griffith500]

Oh! I think they look better, and more integral, personally. I don't really know what I thought the pictures were showing me, I thought it might have been an older model for comparison, and I was thinking it looked nicer...

But yeah, looks nowhere near as tachy (ahem) as the TFT in my opinion.

 

[Turbo]

Truth is, the X-Class is about as useful as a Lincoln Blackwood.

 

[FT-1]

These are leaked images of the new G-Class... Apparently

 

[Turbo]

Just like the new Wrangler, this looks more like a facelift than an entirely new generation.

 

[RocZX]

Just like the new Wrangler, this looks more like a facelift than an entirely new generation.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

 

[Bram Turismo]

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Did it ever work, though?

 

[AudiMan2011]

It looks exactly the same as the old G-Class.

 

[Turbo]

Did it ever work, though?

I think so; it was always a handsome design.

 

[Turbo]

G-Class Night Appearance Package unveiled:

https://www.carscoops.com/2018/01/mercedes-benz-gives-new-g-class-low-key-night-package/

 

[Omnis]

I agree with Adam Carolla

 

[Turbo]

G63 AMG to be revealed at Geneva:

https://www.carscoops.com/2018/01/2019-mercedes-amg-g63-expected-debut-geneva-show/

 

[TheCracker]

If any car is more suited in every way to having a modest 6cyl diesel engine over a twin-turbo petrol V8, it's the G-class.

 

[Turbo]

Mercedes-Maybach G650 Landaulet to be priced at a whopping $1,791,930.

Yes, that's right. Nearly 1.8 million bucks for an SUV. Even that's a little much for the wealthy Arab oil moguls.

https://www.carscoops.com/2018/03/mercedes-maybach-g650-landaulet-comes-cool-1-8-million/

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

It should be noted that isn't an MSRP, rather what a dealer is trying to sell one for.

I'd rather have a 90' Yacht for that much money.

 

[UltimateYosh]

And here I thought the G-Wagen Couldn't get any more stupid.

This car never fails to amaze me.

 

[Carbon_6]

Nearly 1.8 million bucks for an SUV. Even that's a little much for the wealthy Arab oil moguls.

That could probably be considered pocket money to some of them. In which case, bargain.

 

[05XR8]

Well, this is not surprising, with the amount of G-wagons(and AMGs in general) in my area.

Mercedes-AMG G 63 sold out - carsales.com.au

Order book snapped shut after waiting times for AMG-fettled G-Class blew out beyond 12 months

www.motoring.com.au

 

[TonyJZX]

Yeah lots of people here with heaps of money.

I do not particularly care for everyone... EVERYONE using a twin turbo 4.0 v8.

There's a special place in my pants for the old M156 6.2 v8 - as preferred by such distinguished Australians as Salim Mehajer... currently serving two years at her majesty's behest at lovely Silverwater Jail.

 

[MIE1992]

What's funny is that I heard even the USMC uses a version of the G-Class. Meanwhile, my dad hates how they look.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Electric Mercedes G-Class Could Come To IAA Munich As EQG Concept

A new report states Mercedes will preview an electric G-Class this September at IAA Munich with the EQG concept ahead of the production model's launch in 2023.

www.motor1.com

Electric EQG to be previewed in Munich this year with the production model arriving in 2024.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

At the same time, Mercedes plans to have more than half of their fleet be either hybrid or full EVs by 2025. By 2039, they plan to go completely carbon-neutral

 

[GranTurNismo]

It seems Mercedes-Benz is making an EQ version of its entire lineup. The upcoming EQG flagship SUV has been spied: