- Mercedes-Benz has launched photographs of a convertible model of its legendary G-Class off-roader in testing
We encourage People to buy sensible vehicles that received’t pressure the household price range. However we love bizarre vehicles. A few of our favorites are low-volume oddities that appear constructed for pure pleasure.
Like a hyper-luxurious off-road SUV with a convertible high. Meet the Mercedes-Benz G-Class Cabriolet.
Mercedes first hinted that this was coming again in September. A shadowy teaser photograph confirmed the ultra-luxury G-Wagon with a Jeep Wrangler-like detachable soft-top.
Now, the corporate says, it “is sending prototypes into the world for rigorous testing” after “an immensely constructive response to the primary teaser.”
There’s a little bit of gamesmanship in that announcement. We’re sure Mercedes would have despatched the mannequin into testing no matter how the web reacted to a photograph of it.
However the firm says winter testing will start quickly, which helps us put collectively a timeline. That might imply the mannequin is a few 12 months out from public sale, as engineers sometimes have a number of fine-tuning to do on a convertible as soon as it’s within the proving levels.
Mercedes has constructed an open-top G-Wagon earlier than, however that was a few years in the past.
The ragtop G is only one of a number of additions to the G-Class household. Final 12 months, Mercedes launched an electrical model able to spinning in place. It additionally plans a smaller, compact “child G-wagon” quickly.
