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Montag, 2.Januar 2012Mercedes-Benz’s SUV models are celebrating another milestone. Since the launch of Mercedes-Benz’s first sports utility vehicle – the G-Class – over 30 years ago, more than two million G-Class, M-Class, R-Class, GL-Class and GLK-Class models have been delivered to customers.
Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Mercedes-Benz Cars: “Our entire SUV family [...]
Mercedes-Benz Guard – Development, testing and production: Safety is always the top priority
Sonntag, 3.Juli 2011Mercedes-Benz engineers always start thinking about safety at a very early stage. And the developers of the armoured special-protection models that go by the name of Mercedes-Benz Guard are no different. Their work begins with the specifications book as long as two years before the first pilot-production model of the conventional, non-armoured series even takes [...]
All-round security – Mercedes-Benz Guard: Stars with a hard shell
Donnerstag, 30.Juni 2011With seven Guard models, Mercedes-Benz offers the widest ex factory range of special protection vehicles in the world. This range has models from the S, E and G-Class, and continues the unrivalled tradition of the world’s oldest automobile manufacturer in the production of armoured vehicles.
In 1928 Daimler-Benz was the first manufacturer to offer specially [...]
Special-protection target groups and markets: Mercedes-Benz Guard models are used around the world to counter acts of violence
Montag, 27.Juni 2011Violent crime has become a fact of life. And car occupants are all too often the targets. This is borne out by statistics which show an increase in gang-based crime, armed robberies and carjacking. For many years now, heads of state, leading diplomats and top managers have only ventured out onto the road in armoured [...]
Mercedes-Benz Guard – Eight decades of Mercedes-Benz special protection: A unique tradition of building special-protection vehicles
Samstag, 25.Juni 2011Mercedes-Benz has never seen any contradiction between innovation and tradition. On the contrary, as the inventor of the automobile, the world’s oldest automaker has always felt a special obligation to drive forward the development of automotive technology at the highest level and to keep on setting new standards for the industry.
This demanding objective which [...]
Mercedes-Benz Guard safety philosophy: Licenced to protect
Donnerstag, 23.Juni 2011With its Guard models, Mercedes-Benz offers the world’s widest ex-factory range of special protection vehicles. The range comprising E-Guard, S-Guard and G-Guard features tailor-made protection to European standards.
A high level of protection is provided by armour made from state-of-the-art materials such as glass/plastic composites and high-strength special steel in combination with plastic elements. All [...]
Special G-Class models “BA3 Final Edition” and “Edition Select”: Monumental off-roader with shining stainless steel and chrome
Freitag, 6.Mai 2011Mercedes-Benz is ushering in the spring with two new, luxuriously equipped special models in the G-Class. Among other enhancements, an extensive stainless steel package and mounted AMG features ensure a visually striking appearance for the “BA3 Final Edition” based on the short-wheelbase Station Wagon and the “Edition Select” with a long wheelbase.
In the interior [...]
Another success for the G-Class in the readers’ vote by “Auto Bild Allrad”: Outstandingly reliable – also in readers’ votes
Freitag, 25.März 2011Around 120,000 readers cast their votes, and the verdict is clear: In the category “Off-road vehicles and SUVs over € 60,000″, more than 37 percent of the readers of Europe’s largest-circulation 4×4 magazine “Auto Bild Allrad” decided in favour of the G-Class.
Second place was also taken by Mercedes-Benz with the GL-Class, with more than [...]
Success for Mercedes-Benz in the “Off Road” reader survey: Double victory for the G-Class
Freitag, 11.Februar 2011The reader survey conducted by specialist publication “Off Road” to find the “2011 Off-Road Vehicle of the Year” has resulted in a double victory for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
The off-road legend not only secured first place in the “Luxury off-road vehicle” category, but also emerged in first place in the “Classic” category. In the “Special [...]
Offroad-Challenge 2010: Germany’s best off-road driver romps to victory in a Mercedes-Benz G-Class
Dienstag, 30.November 2010As part of the Offroad Challenge 2010 organised by German magazine ‘auto motor und sport’ in cooperation with Mercedes-Benz and tyre manufacturer Continental, Peter Beyerlein from Plochingen in Baden-Württemberg clinched top spot.
The Swabian won the tough final in the USA, claiming the title of Germany’s best off-road driver. His prize is the chance to [...]
Snow Flurry
Donnerstag, 14.Oktober 2010The G-Class is the classic Mercedes-benz off-roader. In the following clip you will see that even snow and ice cannot stop this car!
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Mercedes-Benz G-Class enters fourth decade: G-Class – The Industry’s most rugged and iconic SUV
Montag, 2.August 2010Acclaimed as the industry’s most rugged and iconic sport utility vehicle, the venerable G-Class is enjoying its fourth decade of production. The G-Class is a no-compromise off-roader with a cliff-climbing, stump-pulling personality. Handcrafted at a special manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria, the G-Class can climb grades up to 36 degrees (80% slopes), and [...]
VAETH G55 AMG — a Superlative V58k with 680 hp
Dienstag, 6.April 2010More power and fun of ride has VAETH for the rare G55 AMG model. A G-class model with 680 hp and 840 Nm! Is it possible? VAETH AUTOMOBILTECHNIK has made G55, a model of an absolute force. The G-class model charms with its edged lines and its sports and athletic appearance. Also in this case, [...]
An off-road designer piece: G-Couture by Mansory
Freitag, 5.März 2010Kourosh Mansory puts a designer piece on wheels. Together with celebrity fashion designer Philipp Plein, the automobile refiner MANSORY turns the Mercedes-Benz G-class into a luxury vehicle class of its own in a limited edition of only seven cars.
Only very few people will be able to enjoy this unique automobile. The edition is strictly [...]
A true classic – G 350 BlueTEC with state-of-the-art emission-control technology
Montag, 1.März 2010The latest version of the classic Mercedes-Benz G-Class off-roader, now in its 31st year, features state-of-the-art BlueTEC technology. BlueTEC is a Mercedes-Benz-developed technology designed to reduce diesel vehicle emissions, especially nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions.
The BlueTEC version of the G-Class uses AdBlue®, an aqueous urea solution which is injected into the exhaust-gas stream. This process [...]
G-Class, M-Class and Unimog win awards in the “Off Road” readers’ vote
Mittwoch, 3.Februar 2010Mercedes-Benz was among the most successful brands in the readers’ vote for the “Off-roader of the Year 2010″ held by the motoring magazine “Off Road”.
Within the portfolio the legendary G-Class was even able to notch up a double success: it won first place in the “Luxury off-roader” category, while the special EDITION.PUR model, which [...]
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