Speaking of hard-core off-road vehicle , which brands and models can you think of? Toyota Prado, Toyota Land Cruiser, JEEP Wrangler, Land Rover Defender , Tank 300, Tank 500, etc., but most people who like off-road vehicle will have a dream car, that is the Mercedes-Benz G. The four-sided body has fascinated countless people. Today, we will take you to learn about the past and present life of the Mercedes-Benz G.
non-load-bearing body, the square body plus three locks, which is what most people think of this car, and this is also the feature of Mercedes-Benz G. The earliest Mercedes-Benz G was an military vehicle for the army. In 1928, the Mercedes-Benz produced a G1 to meet the requirements of the German military, but the German military did not adopt it at that time. This was a time when Mercedes-Benz tried hard-core off-road vehicles or military vehicles, and it did not lay the groundwork for the Mercedes-Benz G's future.
Mercedes-Benz G officially entered the stage of history in the 1970s. At that time, Iranian King Pahlavi was expanding his armaments, so he found Mercedes-Benz to build a military vehicle for it. What’s interesting is that at that time, the King Pahlavi of Iran was also one of the shareholders of Daimler Group. So in 1972, Mercedes-Benz started research, and in 1974 the first test car completed the road test and was officially unveiled in 1979. Mercedes-Benz named the car - G-Wagen, but at this time, a coup occurred in Iran and the Pahlavi government was overthrown, so the G-Wagen naturally did not enter the Iranian army. At that time, Iran ordered 20,000 vehicles. In order to reduce losses, Mercedes-Benz sold this car to foreign troops, and some of them were pushed into the civilian market, which also made Mercedes-Benz G appear in the public's sight. Although this car did not enter the Iranian army, the market response was still very good. Later, the G-Wagen with the chassis code W461 (codename W460 developed in 1972). However, the W461 is not a replacement model of the W460, but a military vehicle modified from the W460. However, both versions of W460 and W461 are produced in Graz, Austrian , and are assembled by Magna . Steyr . The W460 has two wheelbases and seven body styles, including the rarely seen two-door convertible version and two-door pickup version.
In 1989, the new generation of Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen was officially unveiled, with the chassis code W463. The appearance and vehicle configuration of the vehicle were greatly updated. The appearance of the four square four-legged vehicle was retained, but the design became more refined. The interior of the new model uses a large amount of mahogany and leather, and the driving method has also changed from the original time-sharing four-wheel drive to the full-time four-wheel drive, and the iconic three locks were also introduced. At this time, the G-Wagen had reached the standard of luxury cars.
was only 2.9L diesel version when W463 was first launched, and after 1993, a number of power models such as 5.0L V8 were also launched one after another. In 1994, Mercedes-Benz officially renamed G-Wagen to G-Class, and this name has been used to this day. By 1997, Mercedes-Benz launched the new G and added the 3.2L V6 version. In 1999, the G55 AMG, which is most well-known to Volkswagen, was officially launched, and such a hard-core off-road vehicle also launched a performance version.
The Mercedes-Benz G has only upgraded its interior, and the classic square box body, non-load-bearing body and the three differential locks have not changed. By 2012, the strongest Mercedes-Benz G on the surface was officially unveiled - the Mercedes-Benz G65 AMG. This car is equipped with a 6.0L V12 engine and accelerates by only 5.3 seconds. In 2015, Mercedes-Benz G once again ushered in a minor facelift, and the new G500 engine was replaced by the original 5.5L V8 naturally aspirated engine to the 4.0T V8 engine.
Time has come 2018, and Mercedes-Benz G has ushered in a major facelift. The shape is still the square box and it still has three locks. However, the interior uses Mercedes-Benz's latest design language, and the interior has a more technological sense. You can clearly feel that the Mercedes-Benz G retains off-roadness while increasing the comfort of the entire vehicle.
Mercedes-Benz G has been officially launched in 1979 for a total of 42 spring and autumn. From the first generation of models to the present, the interior has undergone qualitative changes, but what has not changed is its square and four straight bodies. Its image as a tough guy has not changed, which is also an important reason why people like it.
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