FUTURE MODELS
Merc’s iconic G-Class bruiser gets a lot more of everything
Angrier, faster, bigger and uglier. Welcome to the fastest new G-Class yet
The new Mercedes-Benz G-Class seemed to have everything it needed for a new generation of off-roading when it was launched at January’s Detroit motor show. But the engineers at AMG looked at the G500 and saw it needed more. More power, more torque, more grip, more speed and more cost. And more side pipes. Big, chrome-tipped side pipes exiting right underneath the rear doors. Subtle the G63 AMG ain’t. Less visually successful is the awkward massaging of the flat-looking GT coupe’s grille philosophy into the vertical-looking G-Class’s nose. The vertical slats of the GT’s grille, reflecting Benz’s Panamericana successes, serve to make the G63 AMG look even more vertical, while bending the grille out at the bottom just looks strange. A new AMG has followed quickly behind the donor model from Mercedes-Benz. Except it’s not that simple this time, with AMG involved in the G-Class’s development from its earliest sketches. The G63 AMG looked to have been given the full treatment, with AMG bo...
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