Why Doesn't Mercedes AMG Make A G500 Convertible And Put The Wrangler In It's Place?

Why Doesn't Mercedes AMG Make A G500 Convertible And Put The Wrangler In It's Place?
Jon Olsson's G500 4x4 Squared is not a convertible SUV, like the Range Rover Evoque model. No, the conversion is permanent, so it has more in common with the SLR Stirling Moss or a Caterham sports car.

The former extreme skier is now better known for his love of cars and awesome YouTube vlogs. Each time he buys a new car, the world starts to pay attention - RS6, R8, Huracan, Rolls-Royce Wraith... you name it.

However, nothing he's ever made even comes close to this thing. Last year, he took an angle grinder to his G500 4x4 Squared, which was already one of the most extreme off-roaders in the world. Work is now finished, and it looks like the most awesome adventure car ever.









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Car4life1Car4life1 - 6/30/2018 1:36:17 AM
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I think you mean TRAILER trash...I called the ghetto and they’d like you to keep their name out your mouth


MDarringerMDarringer - 7/1/2018 12:38:45 PM
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I can hear the pick up line in the bar now.

Man: "Hey baby, if you win the lottery, I got a double-wide for you."

Trailer trash is so elemental.


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/29/2018 3:40:07 PM
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Because the cost of the G500 will buy several Wranglers, so they in no way compete.


TomMTomM - 6/30/2018 6:54:46 AM
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I agree - The Mercedes is simply in a different class - Even a Roveris above the Jeep on the Totem Pole. What could compete with the Wrangler would be a new Bronco based on the Frame built Mid-size truck Ford is going to introduce - but I doubt they would produce a "convertible" any time soon


dtmwtchdtmwtch - 6/29/2018 3:41:35 PM
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not sure this article and comparison could be any stupider.


TruthyTruthy - 6/29/2018 4:29:55 PM
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Why doesn't someone make a competing auto website and put this one in its place.


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/29/2018 5:22:35 PM
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i.e. one when the intolerant, hateful, Alt-Left bigots can turn any car discussion into an anti-Trump diatribe?


runninglogan1runninglogan1 - 6/29/2018 8:49:37 PM
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@darringer

Lol. Bit of a chip on you shoulder?


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/29/2018 8:57:43 PM
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Hardly. Just speaking the unvarnished truth. The Alt-Lefters here and their essay-length diatribes are ridiculous.


TheSteveTheSteve - 6/29/2018 9:08:32 PM
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@runninglogan1: re "Bit of a chip on [your] shoulder?"

Like Hitler had a tad socially challenged ;-)


ricks0mericks0me - 6/29/2018 9:26:17 PM
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coch: thumbs up
MD: Laugh My Ass Off !!!


TruthyTruthy - 6/30/2018 8:37:01 AM
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There is no such thing as the alt.left. It is a knee jerk reaction by those fascist who follow Breitbart - who created the alt.right - and the draft dodger Drumpf.

Read a real book MD, perhaps history. It will help you.


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/30/2018 10:11:11 AM
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There LOGICALLY is such a thing as Alt-Left and the evidence of its existence is rampant. If there is such a thing as Alt-Right there is therefore such a thing as its opposite and that would be the hate-spewing, violence-inciting, bigoted, intolerant bholes of the Alt-Left that are the same bastards as their Alt-Right hate-spewing, violence-inciting, bigoted, intolerant counterparts. The difference is that the Alt-Left hates anyone of faith and thinks a welfare state is essential.

Hate, intolerance, and bigotry is a significant problem in the USA, and as we have seen here on this site, the Lefties are incredibly adept at spewing volcanic hatred, intolerance, and bigotry.

To disagree with any of the above statements makes a person either uninformed or a hypocrite or both.

As for reading a book, I'm pretty certain I'm better educated than most of the people here. Truthy, the mere fact that you can't respond without losing your sh!t screams that you are not confident in what you say.


TheSteveTheSteve - 6/30/2018 4:09:11 PM
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@Truthy: Here are some facts that you and other readers would be well-served to remember:

(1) People who self-identify as being “Alt Right” include:
- American Nazis
- The KKK
- Other supremacist groups
- Anti-LGBTQ
- Misogynists
- Islamophobes
- Anti-Semites
- And other hate-groups and bigots
These are the people who routinely function from a position of “gleeful cruelty”, as plainly seen on some AutoSpies posts. Such people support tearing children from their parents and distributing them to foster home with no intention of family reunification, as a deterrent for entering the country. They support putting toddlers (3-year olds!) on trial, without their parents (actually happening at the southern border). They resonate with a president who calls American Nazis “Fine People” (literal, actual facts).

(2) There is no “Alt Left.” Nobody self-identifies as being “alt Left.” It’s a term coined by Nazi Alt.Right-ers to mean “not one of us.” So when you hear someone use the term “Alt.Left”, you know it’s just Nazi name-calling, deriding someone who isn’t a fellow Nazi.

(3) Nazi slogans are means to galvanize other Nazis. Decent people aren’t swayed by them. So when a Nazi Alt.Right-er attacks you (or anyone else), it’s a battle cry to rally other Nazis to join in. Decent people can see this. Decent people don’t think less of you, or require you to defend your position. When someone is a Nazi Alt.Right-er, they stand out like a sore thumb.

(4) Alt.Right-ers are hateful, divisive, and derisive people who desperately want to have others stop calling them out for their angry, hateful, bigoted ways. They want us to stop saying they’re wrong (as in immoral, not just incorrect), and “see” things their way. They accuse those who *oppose* Nazis as being “hateful” and “intolerant” and “hate speech.” Again, it’s just Nazi slogans that any decent person can see through. In their twisted mind: If you oppose one who resonates with Nazi ideology, then you’re a hateful Nazi. Yeah, “Alt.Right logic.” You’ll see it peppered in AutoSpies posts.

(5) Here are the AutoSpies profiles who are most vocal about their “Alt.Right” (Nazi, White supremacist, racist, totalitarian, etc.) ideology, including their expression of hate and gleeful cruelty (in alphabetic order): Agent009, Aspy11, coch, fiftysix, jazzyjazz, joneshamilton, MDarringer, qwertyfla1, ricks0me, skytop, xjug1987a


Is AutoSpies the automotive equivalent to Breitbart? Well, we know some of its members sure are! Watch for AutoSpies members who get banned (if any), and draw your own conclusions. Knowing that there’s some Alt.Right in AutoSpies’ own management (that why Alt.Right hate persists here), it’s possible that vocal opposition to their hate and gleeful cruelty might be intolerable. Stay tuned.


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/30/2018 5:11:07 PM
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@Truthy...My point proven perfectly.


TruthyTruthy - 7/1/2018 11:35:57 AM
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MD, I belie TheSteve was referring to you in point 1 above. You seem to check all the boxes.
As for being angry, far from it. You are the one who responds with angry vitriol whenever you are challenged, yet never anything of note to back up your spurious claims.
What is truly sad, is this administration has given voice to and endorsed the alt.right.


MDarringerMDarringer - 7/1/2018 12:12:43 PM
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TheSteve was demonstrating bullying and bigotry by trying to label me. TheSteve also demonstrated that he is psychotic. He (1) clearly has too much time on his hands if he's purporting to do meta-analysis and (2) clearly incapable of looking at data points dispassionately.

But nevertheless, @Truthy, TheSteve proved my point.


TruthyTruthy - 7/1/2018 1:05:34 PM
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Point? You have proved nothing.


MDarringerMDarringer - 7/1/2018 1:24:00 PM
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Actually I have.


TruthyTruthy - 7/1/2018 1:08:34 PM
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Face it MD, Trump is constitutionally illiterate and is trying to run the world's oldest democracy and leader of western democracies in the poor manner he ran daddies real estate business.
We may survive him, but the US will take many years to recover.


MDarringerMDarringer - 7/1/2018 1:28:48 PM
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What's the point of discussing this with you?

1. You do not have the capability of being dispassionate, informed, and honest in the discussion. Your kind just pounces and shouts.

2. I don't have discussions with hypocrites. Where was your rage and spewing of words when Obama did many of the same things? You decry the worst sins of your opponents while refusing to acknowledge any of the egregious sins of your own side.

3. Because you live in a world of pathos rather than logos, you aren't capable of coherent discourse.

4. You already have your canned phrases ready to go because you will be responding without listening.


TruthyTruthy - 7/1/2018 9:02:27 PM
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MD, you sound like a Fox news [sic] host. I am not shouting not pouncing. I have provided you with facts and examples. You claim to not want to discuss this dispassionately and factually because you are not capable of doing so.
Like Fox, you will use a diversion such as, "he did a lot of the same things." Like, what specifically?? Ride in Air Force One? Sit in the Oval office?
Obama acted presidential and left the place in better shape than he found it (i.e. - 6 year long bull market vs a collapsing economy.)
You googled some words such as pathos and logos, but you still have not presented any defensible positions with facts. You are boring.


MDarringerMDarringer - 7/1/2018 9:40:53 PM
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1. You've NOT provided facts. You've provided hyperbole and spin.
2. The mere fact that you responded with an attack is an example of pouncing.
3. I didn't need to Google anything. I'm better educated than you are.

Ever notice how you present conclusions as questions? Give that stance, you don't wish to discuss anything.

If I'm boring because I refuse to get into a discussion with an histrionic Alt-Leftie, so be it.

I shall give you some sage advice however: [Proverbs 30:32] "If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth."





TruthyTruthy - 7/1/2018 9:48:22 PM
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I have provided facts time and again,, such as the portion of the constitution defining treason and links to historical facts. You mention above that Obama did many of the same things as Trump, yet could name a specific example. You are getting defensive reflexively because you do not know the subject matter. So you resort to repeating Fox "feelings" rather than facts because nothing you put forth in your childish rants can be backed up with details.
An example, you claim to be better educated. Where? What institution provided you with a degree in what area of study? BA? BS? Masters? Associate?



MDarringerMDarringer - 7/2/2018 4:03:02 PM
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Not your level of volcanic psychosis.

You say "could not name a specific example" but that is a lie. "Could not" and "did not" are not synonyms.

I have 4 post secondary degrees.


senftsenft - 7/2/2018 1:54:20 PM
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I'[m sure a $80k+++ Wrnagler is a niche waiting for Mercedes to fill.


TruthyTruthy - 7/2/2018 2:20:56 PM
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MD surrendered.


MDarringerMDarringer - 7/2/2018 4:00:11 PM
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Call it surrender if you need that for your precious snowflake self-esteem. It's really a ctrl-alt-FU to unintelligent people who are incapable of logical/factual discourse. Namaste b!tch. :)


TruthyTruthy - 7/2/2018 4:05:15 PM
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When have you ever presented any facts?!? You are easily triggered when any one questions you to provide one shred of evidence to back your grade school claims - wait some grade schooler's could out debate you.
Where is your degree from you used car salesman? Associates degree? Name one thing Drumpf has accomplished, aside from pushing away our allies and kissing Putin's ass. You cannot do it, so STFU.
He is a stunning failure and will be impeached soon. Cohen has flipped and Little Rocket Man is still building nuclear weapons.


MDarringerMDarringer - 7/2/2018 4:22:56 PM
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I find it tremendously amusing how much emotion you have invested in me.

I clearly mean the world to you. If I didn't you'd simply ignore me.

#WINNING

Not giving you the cookie you want only makes you react with even more rage and that makes you look foolish.

#WINNING

I am under no obligation to satisfy you in any way.

You have no authority of any kind to presume that I must satisfy you.

But because you think that just because you demand something that you must be satisfied, just shows you to be arrogant.

As for "facts" the "facts" that you call "facts" are really just your opinions.

Notice how you ask me a question and then provide the answer you want to hear? That proves that you don't wish to hear what I say. Thus, saying anything to you is pointless.

You really need to get your psychotic rage under control.

TheSteve is that you???


TruthyTruthy - 7/2/2018 4:24:07 PM
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I am done with you GED boy. I wish you well in your chosen career of selling used cars. I appreciate your comments in this section on cars, but you have no knowledge of our democracy, history, economics, trade. Recently a poll was taken of of 170 historians and political scientists rating all the presidents. A consensus was then derived and the number of republicans, democrats and independents were evened out. Obama finished no worse than 12th and no higher than 8th. Drumpf was dean last last.=, next to last when looking at only republican responses.
This is your hero - says a lot about you.


MDarringerMDarringer - 7/2/2018 4:31:21 PM
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Do you PROMISE? Not one more comment from you ever again?

1. I wonder how long you'll keep your promise.
2. You've given up. I'm #WINNING.


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