17 Facts About Mercedes-Benz G-Class

Mercedes-Benz G-Class, sometimes colloquially called the G-Wagen is a four-wheel drive automobile manufactured by Magna Steyr in Austria and sold by Mercedes-Benz.

In 2018, Mercedes-Benz G-Class launched a technically new second generation, still with only minor design changes.

Development of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class started in 1972 with a cooperative agreement between Daimler-Benz and Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Graz, Austria.

G-Wagen gained its global fame in 1980 when Mercedes-Benz G-Class built a Popemobile based on 230 G cabriolet during the first visit of Pope John Paul II in Germany.

When Mercedes-Benz didn't consider selling the G-Class in the United States, a small registered importer based in New Mexico, Europa International, Inc, began the expensive process of certifying and modifying the G-Class for the US market and started selling them in 1993.

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Consumer reception of the G 63 AMG 6×6 was stronger than anticipated, and Mercedes-Benz G-Class sold slightly more than 100 units, with the last customer delivery taking place in May 2015.

The Mercedes-Benz G-Class has appeared in numerous films, television series, and music videos ever since.

Mercedes-Benz announced that 2005 would be the final year of the G-Class to be sold in the United States, citing the new GL-Class as its successor.

At the Paris Motor Show in September 2006, Mercedes-Benz reiterated that the G-Class would continue to be manufactured through 2015 due to the strong worldwide demand by both civilian and military buyers.

In 2002, Mercedes-Benz officially launched the G-Class in the United States for the first time since its inception in 1979 with the G 500 and G 55 AMG.

Mercedes-Benz G-Class announced the new G55 AMG Kompressor model with a more powerful, supercharged 5.

Mercedes-Benz G-Class showcased a heavily revised 2007 model at the Paris Motor Show in September 2006 with emphasis on an updated interior, engine range, and new safety equipment.

Externally, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class received the same horizontal bars of LED daytime running lamps underneath the headlamps and the new external side rear-view mirrors as the GL-Class and ML-Class models.

Second generation Mercedes-Benz G-Class was launched on 14 January 2018 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

In contrast to its predecessor, the new Mercedes-Benz G-Class has grown 121 millimetres in width and 53 millimetres in length.

Mercedes-Benz G-Class announced in September 2021 that they will cease selling V8 engine cars in the United States for the 2022 model year, including the G 63 and G 550 models.

On 5 September 2021, Mercedes-Benz previewed Concept EQG, the G-Class concept car with pure electric drive, at IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich.