Mercedes confirmed on the Munich Motor Present in autumn 2023 by way of the voice of CEO Ola Kallenius that it’s going to launch a Mercedes G-Class Child in just a few years referred to as the “Little G” and on the CES present in Las Vegas, Markus Schafer, Mercedes technical chief, advised the British journal Autocar that it’s going to have electrical propulsion solely.
The German newspaper Handelsblatt reported in February 2023 that Ola Kallenius, Mercedes CEO, is contemplating a Mercedes G-Class Child, in a bid to increase the profitable G-Class vary, which from autumn 2024 will embrace a full electrical model with 4 electrical motors.
Ola Kallenius formally confirmed in September 2023 on the Munich Auto-Present that Mercedes will launch a Mercedes G-Class Child, or “Little G”, in just a few years. Autocar journal estimates the brand new Mercedes G-Class Child will arrive in 2026.
Kallenius believes {that a} child G-Class is essential to increase the G-Class vary and switch the G-Class from a mannequin right into a sub-brand, in the identical manner as AMG and Maybach did.
We’ve been writing since February 2023 that the Child G-Class might use the brand new MMA platform meant for the upcoming CLA, CLA Capturing Brake, EQA/GLA, and EQB/GLB compact vary. The MMA platform is designed primarily for electrical drive however can accommodate typical and hybrid drives.
Markus Schafer, Mercedes technical chief, advised British journal Autocar on the CES present in Las Vegas that the longer term Mercedes G-Class Child shall be electrical drive solely. And Gorden Wagener, head of design at Mercedes, advised the identical British journal, Autocar, that “It can have its personal character, however will probably be a G.”
However surprisingly, Schafer confirmed for the primary time that the Mercedes G-Class child is not going to use the MMA platform however one other platform that can take modules from the bigger rear-wheel drive-based fashions as a result of it’s essential to supply extra pronounced off-road capabilities worthy of the G-Class identify.
The Mercedes EQG doesn’t use the EVA II platform from the EQE SUV/EQS SUV as a result of Mercedes wished to maintain the separate ladder-frame chassis. Subsequently, the Mercedes EQG is predicated on the G-Class platform with typical engines and has 4 motors, one at every wheel, simulating the three lockable differentials.
