Mercedes Sends G500 V8 Off In Style, Says AMG G63 Is Here To Stay

Mercedes conceived the G-Class SUV within the early Seventies as a navy car and rugged workhorse, so how did it turn out to be the leftfield luxurious icon it’s at present? One huge step in that transformation got here in 1993 when Mercedes contracted AMG to present the G-Wagen V8 energy for the primary time, creating the five hundred GE.

Now, 30 years later, Mercedes is marking the G500’s milestone with a particular run of 1,500 SUVs, every that includes particular paint and Manufaktur inside trim. Sadly, because the mannequin’s “Last Version” title suggests, it’s a bittersweet birthday, as a result of these 1,500 SUVs additionally mark the tip of the highway for the twin-turbo V8 within the G500, and presumably America’s equal, the G550.

Fortuitously, it appears just like the G63 could be sticking with V8 energy for a number of years but, so the particular model of that G-wagen launched concurrently goes by the title “Grand Version.”

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Let’s take care of the G500 first. It’s obtainable in metallic obsidian black, Manufaktur opalith white magno or Manufaktur olive magno, every of the choices being restricted to 500 models, and all three rolling on double-five-spoke 20-in wheels. There are Last Version badges on the rubbing strips, door sills, passenger seize deal with and spare wheel cowl and lights within the base of every door mirror mission the message “Stronger Than Time” onto the bottom when the G is stationary. Flip the important thing over and it reveals a silver coin appearing as a particular version plaque.

Mercedes G500 Last Version

Consumers additionally profit from a Burmester hifi, Lively Multicontour Seats in two-tone Manufaktur leather-based and there’s extra cow overlaying the headliner, baggage compartment and seat change panel. Clearly that is for individuals whose thought of off-roading is parking as much as watch a recreation of polo. Beneath the hood, the 4.0-liter V8 is unchanged, however its 416 hp (421 PS) makes it means punchier than the unique 500 GE, which made do with simply 237 hp (241 PS).

The G500 Last Version is on the market to order now and prices €196,350 ($215k) in Germany, which is ton of money. The Mercedes Germany retail web site says a inventory G500 solely stickers at €130,204 ($143k), and even a G63 is simply €187,247 ($205k). However not the brand new G63 Grand Version. That prices €228,896 ($251k), a value it additionally tries to justify with a bundle of additional tools and rarity – only one,000 are being provided on the market.

There are not any paint choices with this one, each instance coming wearing Manufaktur night time black magno with gold graphics. The 22-in center-lock cast AMG wheels additionally get the gold therapy, as do the entrance and rear bumper inserts, entrance skid plate, spare wheel ring and varied inside particulars, together with the seat stitching. Nappa leather-based covers the seats and roof seize handles, whereas the passenger deal with within the sprint has a carbon inlay and a “Grand Version” emblem. And to maintain this butch off-roader protected from nasty mud a breathable indoor automobile cowl rounds off the package deal.

“With the expressive and restricted Grand Version, we’re celebrating the success story of the G63, which is way from over,” says Michael Schiebe, CEO of Mercedes-AMG GmbH. We will perceive Mercedes dropping the G500, which we think about may return with six-cylinder hybrid energy. But it surely’s nice to know that Mercedes and AMG are dedicated to preserving the absurdity of the G63.

Do you assume these form of costly particular editions characterize good worth, or would you keep on with a normal mannequin?

Mercedes-AMG G63 Grand Version