Official G-Class picture and article: http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/...neuer_mercedes_offroader_es_g_voran.93379.htm So far it looks VERY VERY dissapointing. :crying6cc It has no class, presence, elegance...NOTHING that a benz should have. I see it appealing only to the American market.
hmm so this is it.. no pics from the front.. it looks allright from this angle but i cant give my final judgement yet.. i have to see more
I think it will sell very well anywhere - it's not only Americans who like SUVs - this thing will be an international success - and mark my words, a few months after it is on the market many of it's current detractors will be in love with it.
lol. Your probably right I am rnds. I'll probably be one of those who falls in love with it. :bonk: But right now, things are not looking good, and I am not impressed. Ahh well it's only one picture so far. The interior needs to be a step up from the M and R. More in line with the S.
I wish they'd refined the rugged Galdewagen concept instead of creating a desperate houswives favorite ride.The current G class is very spot on in almost every area apart from the awful windshield that gives off too much glare in the sun inside.
Translation of Auto Motor und Sport article: New Mercedes Offroader: It G the GL class completes the 4x4-Programm von Mercedes consisting of g-model, ML and r-class in front starting from autumn 2006. With 5.08 m verse-arrange the GL a type of giant to become at least outward. For 26 years the built g-model is simply not dead to wars. It is still further-produced anyhow on indefinite time also if in the autumn next yearly comes in the US work Tuscaloosa the new GL class off the line. It be based on technique components of the sister models ML and r-class likewise produced in Alabama. The all-wheel-driven, GL equipped with the Offroad package of the ML and pneumatic cushioning is standard with 5.08 meters body length, 1.81 meters height, 1.92 meters width and 3,000 millimeters wheel base a giant Trumm. Inside on altogether three seat rows place for up to seven persons is ordered - the Gestuehl of the two rear rows can be turned down, so that a reservoir even sumptuous for Van conditions develops. As motorizing are available in each case to two V6 and two V8-Triebwerke as Benziner and turbo-Diesels with performance levels from 224 to 314 HP. Large GL Story in car engine and sport number 22 vintages it more over the Mercedes GL in the newest expenditure of car engine and sport, those starting from Wednesday (12,10.) in the trade is. Further central topics of interest in this booklet: • reader choice "the best cars 2006": Win three dream cars in the value of approximately 190,000 euro - Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Mercedes r-class, VOLKSWAGEN Eos Cabrio. • exclusive: Star Tokyos engine Show - AUDI TT Shooting Brake, Mercedes F 600, VOLKSWAGEN Polo GTI as well as the most important novelties of the Japanese marks. • new cars in the test: Fords GT and Renault Clio. • Van comparison test: OPEL Zafira against Mazda 5 and Toyota Corolla Verso. • doubled: VOLKSWAGEN Jetta 2,0 FSI against BMW 320i. • old timers: Report of the Saxonias Classic. • workshop test: How well do Volkswagen enterprises work?
You guys seem to consistently miss the point of the G class, when you keep talking about it looking too common or looking to much like a ML, that it's too suburban or whatever etc. - The G class was never meant to be a style-statement - the new G class will absolutely out-perform it's predecessor in every area - it will be technically superior to any other SUV on the market - which can no longer be said of the current G class - it was the best but now it's only valid use is as an American status-symbol (based mostly on it's relative rarity in the US) 10 years ago the G class was only bought by a few European aristocrats to drive to their country estates in - now it jostles for space with all the other SUV's in the crowded suburban shopping mall car-parks of California. So when you complain that it is too common, just remember that in 1980 most other 4X4 vehicles looked much like the Geländewagen - it's now time for it to be replaced with something cutting edge and relevant to 2005.
Fair enough statement I am rnds, but in it lays the very problem with this new G-class, or so it seems, from all the spy pictures. The new G does NOT look cutting edge in any respect. At best its merely an average contemporary 4x4. It looks as though style leadership will rest firmly and safely with the Range Rover vehicles. While it may be bang up to date under the skin, even an innovator perhaps, its outer appearance suggests mediocrity.
But the original G class wasn't designed to stand out either - that is the very nature of the G class - it's a serious off-road vehicle at heart not a fashion statement - it has only recently become the Paris Hiltonmobile of the moment.The G class is practical and utilitarian - at least that's what it used to be - it's recent image as a Beverly Hills shopping cart is so superficial and completely undermines the very intention of such a vehicle - this was a semi-military vehicle once - now it gets it's eyebrows regularly waxed and carries a man-bag.
Lol gets it eyebrows waxed. :t-rot: They could kill two birds with one stone. Satisfy those who want a true 4x4 by making it the best offroader available. Satisfy the posers by making it a style statement, to some degree at least.
I wonder if this thing will debut with the new V8s from the S450 and S500 or the old standby V8s in the current R/ML500? From that pic (if it is official) it looks like just any other SUV you can name, mostly the Volvo XC90 and Lexus GX470. A shame. Hopefully the interior and capabilities will be up to snuff. M
i dont like it or maybe only from this angle , anyhow im not judging untill i see it all ... i dont think this is an oficial picture , thats just a PS , still too early
I just read that this isnt the replacement for Geländewagen (G-class). The picture we see is a new car called GL. GL is based on ML and R-class. I thought it was the replacement for the Geländewagen:
Damn tour bus they built. Looks like a Lexus 470. C'mon MB, if your gonna discontinue the model G, let it go completely dont embarass it with this thing!
I think the difference between the G and this new GL is that the new GL is supposed to be a competitor to big SUV’s (like the Ford Explorer, Lexus LX, Honda Pilot, and Lincoln Navigator). The G wasn’t as affordable as say the Explorer and maybe that’s why MB is building it.
Explorer and pilot are not big suv's... Honda doesnt have a nig SUV, and Ford has the Expedition, but still i dont know what they are going for. It doesnt look right... just an extension of the ML.
