Mercedes-Benz G 500 4x4² Review including road test, off road, sound and onboard video footage! Join GTspirit at the exclusive preview of the G500 4x4² in Andalusia, Spain!
i am just bicycle owner but let me not to agree with you it would be more "prefect" if this off-road suspension was variable in wide range from this G500 4x4² version to normal SUV height.
guys guys guys guys ...... way too much video of inside the car ........ we dont wanna be watching the steering wheel all the way through the video ......... forget that view all together .. get rid of it ... we wanna see how the car behaves in the terrain ... we wanna see the flexing of the suspension .. we wanna see the terrain your driving through ...... we want action ......
Nice to watch how (often) they use the lockers. Most of the time the lock the center and the rear differential and they also use the front-locker a lot. If there is some water, Erwin Wonisch (I think he is the instructor - sounds like him *g*) hits the button :-).
This is a Mercedes/AMG car. AMG doesn't manufacture any diesel engines and have nearly no experience in it. Mercedes themself have some diesel engines but those are small engines with 1.4-2.5 litre engines for small efficiant cars. For this kind of car you need a powerful engine that is not developed just for this car but one that has been in development for years and steadily improved and upgaded. the car has a mode for offroade with a very low gear ratio wich makes it fine to use a petrol engine. And it has to do the "german engenieering" part justice. and that you can only do with something that has been refined and reworked with much experience over many years. and the 4 litre bi turbo engine right now is AMG's most advanced engine and they are still improving it.
Yeah, or grabbed the diesel engine from the Unimog U5000 series, those are pretty tough. Sure, it only has 218 hp, but with 810 nm of torque , those are some strong horses.
It's nice to see an auto manufacturer finally taking full advantage of a truck's capabilities. Sadly, however, given that it's a G Wagon, I'm sure it's grossly overpriced. The regular G Wagon is already crazy expensive. I'm sure they bumped this one up from crazy to insane.
It would be perfect if It has - manual Trans. - basic model with most interior electronics removed, let's say 80s interior. - more powerful engine 500-600 hp (superchered not turbo charged) - spare tire not being hanged over the back door - diesel engine option (oooohhh) - snorkel - alamonime body (lower height)
carbon fiber fender flairs seem silly, they should be some kind of flexible polyurethane or something. i would have those broken by day 2 of ownership.
G 500 is not a real offroader. It is a G 500 with Luxry Gear Box.... (They just added a portal converter...) Here is a better solution: You can swap Mercedes G Professional axles to Portal Axle and here comes the perfect offroader with a much roobust engine and transmission with a cheaper price.... (Don't forget to change the suspension system to OME)
Nice off road for sure but he interior looks totally out date for 2016. Not even close to the close to the rest of the 2016 for Mercedes line-up. Really disappointing !!!
With the price tag of this thing, not worth it. Anyway, this isn't real off road, even most of today's fake 4WD would pass this with ease. try somewhere you need a real hardcore 4WD.
If i had more dollars than sense , I'd buy 1.. but i don't so a $50,000 jk wrangler with $$35,000 of mods is 4 me. And it would be a far better off roader than a g station wagon
far better? lol? You clearly have no idea of the engineering that goes into the differentials alone. Plus, everyone I know who has a jeep has broken shit doing light wheeling/off road. Quite the off road vehicle hey? Take your dana 44's and shove em up your ass
This review does not show me anything that I could not do with my 1987 280GE on 35" tyres ... Oh yes, sorry, driving 210 km/h ... useless ... By the way, engaging 2 lockers, and sometimes all 3 of them, is a nonsense on the gentle muddy track.
You can lift it all you want your differentials will be hanging few inches from the ground so in a sense your clearance won't be much more with bigger tires. Just like all the trucks I see lifted to the sky while all their differentials sit 10-15 inches from the ground. Look at the clearance of this wagon not really lifted but the underbody clearance is very high compare to its lift do to everything underneath being tucked up. But if we took your way of viewing things 500$ car that is still in drivable condition can do anything s class can right?
+john cramer this car is an example of how All 4x4 that want to be considered offroad cars, from any brand, should be, not like new land rover discos, toyota landcruisers, nissan patrols, jeep cherokees, normal G class and so on...
The guy that came up with the idea of making a car like this should be made president of Mercedes! He''s the kind of engineer we want designing our cars! I bet he plays all kinds of practical jokes on the accountants at Mercedes.
First vehicle in almost 30 years at MB that was over built, over designed, and over engineered! The way MB used to do up until early 90s....You're right!!
nice job on hitting trails and some rough stuff......and keepin cabin view like wtf we don't want to see you all in there we whant to see the flex and clearance etc while going up steep hills in mud etc re do vid seriously.....
This G-Class will be absolutely amazing for police, army and other defense forces to cross any steep and hard terrain. The bad news comes from the high fuel consumption. Also in safari will be nice. But the engine is so noisy that will disturb some beasts.
Nice "toy" for the rich. to high, to heavy, to wide.ha ha! Take a old short wheelbase V8 G Wagon fit with some amored G wagon springs a 2 inch body lift with some 280/85 16 Silverstone tires does a two time better job offroad.
the track looks too easy for such car, my defender can do that easy. too expensive for what it is, may b better to buy a g300 and fit a tibus suspention
Finally, a perfect Mercedes G is here !
All Gs are perfect. The G63, G65, 6x6, and now the 4x4.
i am just bicycle owner but let me not to agree with you it would be more "prefect" if this off-road suspension was variable in wide range from this G500 4x4² version to normal SUV height.
It doesn't have the perfect engine...
12InchD KIK : 24Big-D Like V8 bi-turbo is not enough ;P ?
A v16 wont fit in this car
1st on my list when I hit the lotto!
GTspirit Originals Thank you for this video! Please make MORE!!!!!
guys guys guys guys ...... way too much video of inside the car ........ we dont wanna be watching the steering wheel all the way through the video ......... forget that view all together .. get rid of it ... we wanna see how the car behaves in the terrain ... we wanna see the flexing of the suspension .. we wanna see the terrain your driving through ...... we want action ......
Speak for yourself
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF
If any person out there buy this for me god will bless you i can use it to reach people that lives far in the mountains and bring them the good news
Can we get a shot of the underparts?..... the parts that real offroad truck buyers care about.
From 10:39 to 11:17 the camera was panning around so much that I almost got seasick!
Apart from that, nice video. :)
Nice to watch how (often) they use the lockers. Most of the time the lock the center and the rear differential and they also use the front-locker a lot. If there is some water, Erwin Wonisch (I think he is the instructor - sounds like him *g*) hits the button :-).
How many car you buy in 20 years, i wish i could buy this and keep it it's like a tank
The G just got better!!
That climbs over everything so easily.
With this new Mercedes I won't miss the h1 too much, the price is the only reason I'm not getting one
you should do a comparison video with the normal gwagon
Like This Mercedes G 4x4....
Want One....
How Much $$$$$$$$
Dana
I wonder why they didn't go withe a diesel engine
This is a Mercedes/AMG car. AMG doesn't manufacture any diesel engines and have nearly no experience in it. Mercedes themself have some diesel engines but those are small engines with 1.4-2.5 litre engines for small efficiant cars. For this kind of car you need a powerful engine that is not developed just for this car but one that has been in development for years and steadily improved and upgaded. the car has a mode for offroade with a very low gear ratio wich makes it fine to use a petrol engine. And it has to do the "german engenieering" part justice. and that you can only do with something that has been refined and reworked with much experience over many years. and the 4 litre bi turbo engine right now is AMG's most advanced engine and they are still improving it.
+MigotRen I see. It would be nice if they developed one for these SUV
+MigotRen but the older g models had diesel engines. they could of improved on it
Yeah, or grabbed the diesel engine from the Unimog U5000 series, those are pretty tough.
Sure, it only has 218 hp, but with 810 nm of torque , those are some strong horses.
THE JEEP KING OF THE WORLD!!!THE BEST OFF...
finally i found the car that i could dream about, give me one for test ;))
Beast G-wagon
It's nice to see an auto manufacturer finally taking full advantage of a truck's capabilities. Sadly, however, given that it's a G Wagon, I'm sure it's grossly overpriced. The regular G Wagon is already crazy expensive. I'm sure they bumped this one up from crazy to insane.
It would be perfect if It has
- manual Trans.
- basic model with most interior electronics removed, let's say 80s interior.
- more powerful engine 500-600 hp (superchered not turbo charged)
- spare tire not being hanged over the back door
- diesel engine option (oooohhh)
- snorkel
- alamonime body (lower height)
carbon fiber fender flairs seem silly, they should be some kind of flexible polyurethane or something. i would have those broken by day 2 of ownership.
That's why they made it like this. Money, money ;)
I think the carbon fiber is optional, and they have some regular plastic fenders too.
i want one
perfecta
I really hope they make this
I’ll be impressed if it can clear the Rubicon.
The actual 1% of gwagons that actually go off-road
inside looks like g63 but it is g 500 what is tbe complectation?
G 500 is not a real offroader. It is a G 500 with Luxry Gear Box.... (They just added a portal converter...)
Here is a better solution:
You can swap Mercedes G Professional axles to Portal Axle and here comes the perfect offroader with a much roobust engine and transmission with a cheaper price.... (Don't forget to change the suspension system to OME)
Имба хуле) редуктора стоят наверное как обычный гелик
woow👍
А где БЕЗДОРОЖЬЕ ТО? Обычная ежедневная дорога в город на работу..
Nice off road for sure but he interior looks totally out date for 2016. Not even close to the close to the rest of the 2016 for Mercedes line-up. Really disappointing !!!
Ни чего такого сверх естественного, кроме цены.
И почему он мне нравиться
Воротников на Гелике спереди)))
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With the price tag of this thing, not worth it.
Anyway, this isn't real off road, even most of today's fake 4WD would pass this with ease. try somewhere you need a real hardcore 4WD.
Это вообще не понимаю 20лямов убить на бездорожье. На - й такая машина нужна.
Wieso tut man so einem schönen Auto sowas an 😩
If i had more dollars than sense , I'd buy 1.. but i don't so a $50,000 jk wrangler with $$35,000 of mods is 4 me. And it would be a far better off roader than a g station wagon
There is a reason why US Recon Marines and many other armed forces around the world use the G station wagon instead of a Wrangler.
Far better than this? Lmao lay off the weed.
far better? lol? You clearly have no idea of the engineering that goes into the differentials alone. Plus, everyone I know who has a jeep has broken shit doing light wheeling/off road. Quite the off road vehicle hey? Take your dana 44's and shove em up your ass
It's G-wagEn genius, not anything-wagOn
The way u people are talking, its like u gave berth to car.
Hola MeEncantoElPaseoAmoLoa4x4MeDioEsperanzaDeSubirmeEnUnoGrasias
This review does not show me anything that I could not do with my 1987 280GE on 35" tyres ... Oh yes, sorry, driving 210 km/h ... useless ...
By the way, engaging 2 lockers, and sometimes all 3 of them, is a nonsense on the gentle muddy track.
You can lift it all you want your differentials will be hanging few inches from the ground so in a sense your clearance won't be much more with bigger tires. Just like all the trucks I see lifted to the sky while all their differentials sit 10-15 inches from the ground. Look at the clearance of this wagon not really lifted but the underbody clearance is very high compare to its lift do to everything underneath being tucked up. But if we took your way of viewing things 500$ car that is still in drivable condition can do anything s class can right?
+nawzy202 gotta love portal axels!!
Mrjaybird00 its an awesome system
does not look right, lost it's class
+john cramer Your watching wrong video
+john cramer
this car is an example of how All 4x4 that want to be considered offroad cars, from any brand, should be, not like new land rover discos, toyota landcruisers, nissan patrols, jeep cherokees, normal G class and so on...
What a beast!!
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The guy that came up with the idea of making a car like this should be made president of Mercedes! He''s the kind of engineer we want designing our cars! I bet he plays all kinds of practical jokes on the accountants at Mercedes.
First vehicle in almost 30 years at MB that was over built, over designed, and over engineered! The way MB used to do up until early 90s....You're right!!
nice job on hitting trails and some rough stuff......and keepin cabin view like wtf we don't want to see you all in there we whant to see the flex and clearance etc while going up steep hills in mud etc re do vid seriously.....
would love to see a diesel engine on the new line of G 4x4^2 B)
Now this is how you drive a MB 4x4 squared! No music, straight up trail riding, I love this!!
I like th elook of this suv. Some explanation of the equipment would have been nice. axles, gears, etc etc.
I love this ride!!! My dream 4x4!!!
ЦАРЬ ВСЕХ ДЖИПОВ!!!
Get a Unimog - cheaper, carries more, better off road.
Yes, and it's also such a nice vehicle to have in your drive way, to drive in town or city with etc..:P
I don't know what they're saying, but I know I want that white one.
Doubtless the worlds ultimate 4x4! There is nothing above portal-axles!
It should be called G400...
G630
The back of this car looks really horrible :/
U could of at least, taken it on tracks that are worthy of that car.
This G-Class will be absolutely amazing for police, army and other defense forces to cross any steep and hard terrain.
The bad news comes from the high fuel consumption.
Also in safari will be nice. But the engine is so noisy that will disturb some beasts.
Дороги как на Российской скоростной трассе
Boring. I'll pass it on the Lada.
Amazing. Not just looks for the tacky and the insecure, this is a true pocket Unimog!
Die typen sind auch cool drauf
Child play trail for g500. Imaging having steering knob on this monster.. hahah
отстой даже,по такому тесту может проехать любой кубик даже ставя зубатую шину!
Looks like the Mercedes Benz G63 wagon 6x6
I tought tha same
inside is g63cbut out side is written g500..what is tge complectation ia this....
How much is it?
the suspension on this SUV is the difference with G63
АI 6565 ВК
Ozu que cosa de maquina mas perfecta!!!!
this truck is soo superb really love it really suitable for rough road
bravo bravo....
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Just cant stop smiling
Where is off-road here????
Granada. Spain
Loved it!
Nice "toy" for the rich. to high, to heavy, to wide.ha ha! Take a old short wheelbase V8 G Wagon fit with some amored G wagon springs a 2 inch body lift with some 280/85 16 Silverstone tires does a two time better job offroad.
the track looks too easy for such car, my defender can do that easy. too expensive for what it is, may b better to buy a g300 and fit a tibus suspention
nah...i'd prefer ford velociraptor