Mercedes-Benz G-Class celebrates its 30th anniversary

The Hollywood celeb favorite, rugged off-road vehicle G-Class by Mercedes-Benz has been in production for already three decades and will be celebrating its 30th year this coming February. Originally launched in 1979, it came with four powerplants and five body styles which remained unaltered until 1991 when it was replaced by an updated version which is still currently on sale.

Numerous other G-class variants were introduced in the intervening years as the 4X4 shifted away from it utilitarian origins. The present G55 AMG comes with a 5.4 liter V8 with 493bhp and 516lb-ft of torque and a capacity of an acceleration rate of 62mph from zero in 5.5 seconds.
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Anthony - 1/19/2009 4:08:50 PM

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'Mercedes-Benz' and 'great engineering' are just synonyms really. Mercedes platforms across their entire range of products stay in production for years beyond other manufacturers due to superior efforts in engineering from the start.

shabaru - 1/19/2009 9:04:36 PM

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HOLLLLYYYYYY 30th Anniversary???... NOT BAD.... infact... THATS GREAT.... the old SL... did 10 years... and i thought that was amazing already

BigShow50 - 1/20/2009 12:47:28 AM

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Hey little 10 year old Chuckyg37...I agree how MB is quite on par with Toyota/Lexus in quality and performance...btw nice logo...surprise to see you like to sport another Nissan "Re-Badge" jap crap luxury wanna be!...see-ya!...LMAO!!!

uall - 1/20/2009 3:46:18 AM

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On par with Toyota/Lexus in Quality and PERFORMANCE?!
Sorry but Mercedes is still the king of the road and Lexus has a way to go

r_driver04 - 1/22/2009 11:02:54 AM

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Mercedes builds awesome automobiles but Lexus has been able to virtually duplicate the performance and still offer a quality product that isn't in the shop every other week.

BigShow50 - 1/20/2009 12:49:39 AM

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Btw...I love my MB rides too guys! Especially my new CL Coupe...siiickkk!!! Congrats to MB for 30 years with the G-Class!!!

downtoearth - 1/20/2009 7:43:26 AM

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In terms of refinement and technical sophistication, this car is a 30-year-old WRECK. Don't see any reason to celebrate this.

Denali - 1/20/2009 2:46:10 PM

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its only right to celebrate 1 of the best SUV ever built...FACT

Star - 1/20/2009 6:51:25 PM

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It's a Mercedes. Is what a Lexus always wanted to be.

Anthony - 1/20/2009 6:55:11 PM

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Unnecessary, like all of your commentary.

r_driver04 - 1/22/2009 11:04:32 AM

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First of all, who in the right mind drives a G Wagon rolling on temporary rims??? If you're gonna post a pic of the truck, make it a classy one!! G Wagons rock!