500,000th Mercedes-Benz G-Class Built Is Something Extra Special

To rejoice an enormous milestone, this particular, one-off Mercedes-Benz G-Class was created with inspiration from the 1986 280 GE.

The Mercedes-Benz G-Class is one thing further particular, probably the most iconic nameplates within the automotive world on the whole. Amazingly, curiosity on this long-running mannequin hasn’t waned one bit, and has solely grown with the launch of the current-gen mannequin, which remains to be promoting like hotcakes, making it troublesome to seek out and even more durable to find with out some form of seller markup connected to the sticker value. Nevertheless, when it got here time to construct the five hundred,000th Mercedes-Benz G-Class just lately, the automaker determined to do one thing further particular, and within the course of, it created one of many coolest wanting specs we’ve seen but.

After constructing the G-Class for 44 years, Mercedes knew that the precise factor to do with this milestone mannequin was to provide it extra of a retro vibe – not as if the common mannequin isn’t already a little bit of a throwback with its massive, boxy physique and basic, upright styling. Taking inspiration from the 1986 280 GE, MB painted it within the basic hue often known as Agave Inexperienced earlier than shifting on to the trim.

These items – the grille, bumpers, fender flares, door handles, and rub strips – have been all painted black, although Mercedes opted to provide it a extra typical set of silver wheels slightly than some massive, modernized items. It additionally added stone guards over the headlights, some meatier tires, a vinyl spare tire cowl, and one nifty little throwback – brighter amber plastic for the entrance flip indicators, which is one other nod to the previous.

Contained in the cabin, MB gave this G-Wagon retro 1986-style checkered cloth for the seats, a particular badge on the seize deal with that signifies that that is the five hundred,000th mannequin constructed, and a number of different old skool touches, although it sadly didn’t present footage of the cabin. Regardless, that is nonetheless an extremely cool machine that we’ll hopefully get to see rather more of within the close to future.

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