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The 500,000th Mercedes-Benz G-Class has rolled disconnected the Magna Steyr accumulation enactment successful Graz, Austria – and the three-pointed prima is celebrating with a one-of-a-kind tribute.
It’s been 44 years since Mercedes-Benz launched the G-Class to the wide public.
The first-generation G-Wagen started beingness a subject off-roader, earlier hitting civilian hands successful 1979. The W463-generation car presently connected merchantability debuted successful 2018, though you’d person to squint to archer it isolated from its predecessor.
Mercedes-Benz attributes overmuch of the car’s occurrence to its accordant plan language.
In 1979 the conveyance had 4 powertrain options, with powerfulness outputs ranging betwixt 53kW and 110kW. The astir almighty exemplary presently connected merchantability is the G63 AMG, with 430kW of powerfulness from its twin-turbocharged V8.
The carmaker offered the conveyance with either a abbreviated wheelbase cabriolet body, oregon abbreviated and agelong wheelbase wagons astatine launch. Only the agelong wheelbase wagon lives today, though Mercedes-Benz has brought the drop-top backmost for a fewer abbreviated stints.
At launch, 5 colour options were disposable for the off-roader including the Agave Green hue Mercedes-Benz has reintroduced to its one-off day variation vehicle.
Mercedes-Benz has made changes to its existent G-Class plan for the day model, taking historical plan cues from the 1986 Mercedes-Benz 280 GE.
Along with the archetypal Agave Green exterior colour and checkered spot design, Mercedes-Benz has printed “No. 500,000” connected the passenger’s drawback grip to stamp the occasion.
The unsocial doorway sill trim features to amusement the scope of personalisation options connected connection successful the G-Wagen.
In 2024, Mercedes-Benz volition scope different milestone celebrating 45 years of G-Class production. The icon volition germinate importantly into the future, though.
Mercedes-Benz plans to uncover the electrical EQG successful 2024, though details have been kept nether wraps. The marque has said it volition diagnostic 4 electrical motors and its batteries volition beryllium integrated successful the ladder framework to guarantee a debased centre of gravity.
Mercedes-Benz volition besides uncover an updated G-Class adjacent year, which it says aims to propulsion the boundaries of the off-road sector.
It is expected Mercedes-Benz volition see a caller infotainment strategy which features successful different models of its existent line-up.
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