That's one ugly SUV for $75,000!
 

Saw a Mercedes G500 on the Belt Parkway in LI over the weekend. Fugly!
http://www.mbusa.com/media/images/ma.../G500_main.jpg

I also saw one of these.....

http://www.ferrari.com/ferrari/image...photo_side.jpg

Ferrari 360 Modena, Sweet! But in Long Island, it doesn't matter how fast your car is. Everyone sits in traffic.:mad:

I think both of those vehicles have lots of class. The benz in a beautiful gas guzzler. Worth $75k? Prolly not.

The G500 goes anywhere. You'll find that several of the armies in Europe swear by the damn thing. Why you'd get it with leather, dubs, etc... however, is beyound me... But supposedly good xc... The 360 on the other hand goes nowhere that isn't smooth as a baby's bottom, but it does go there fast!!! And its real purty...

I like the Benz. If I had $75k to toss in the air, I'd probably go for it.

the G series SUV design is an old one... I remember my father testing it in 86-87. They imported them for 1-2 years, and since the SUV market had not hit yet, they pulled them from the US shores.

I saw the Long Island Ferrari Modena on Thursday it was parked out front of Sardi's in Midtown.

For go-anywhere off roaders. I'd love to try the Lambo LM002 :

<img src="http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/LM002/HLA12048b.jpg"></img>

It uses the old countach 48 valve V12 engine (7 liter marine engine was an option). I think it was used by the Saudi army.

Never seen any for sale, so no ideas on pricing.

I don't really think the G class is very appealing. I'd prefer another SUV, in the upper class maybe the porsche cayanne, or X5. More affordable an Acura MDX or Infiniti FX45.

The G-Wagon is the shit! How can you not love that thing??? :eek:

Funny story is there was one importer (in NM, I believe) for the entire US a few years back. People were paying 175 to 200 thousand for this vehicle, and then Mercedes just goes whole hog and sells them for 75k. I'd feel sorry for the people who bought them, but if you plopped 200k on a vehicle like this, I wouldn't stop myself from laughing.

The G-class is a car that dates back way into the 70s. It is a true icon. For us Europeans it is the same as your Hummer. But older.

It is very similar in image as driving a Landrover Defender, except it's much better and more expensive. It is even more expensive than the excellent new Range Rover.

Nowadays it is mainly a statussymbol. Most people who have one have it as their 3rd or 4th car. For off roading days.

If I were rich I would offroad in something like the Mercedes. Some day I will, I just know it.

It doesn't get better than the G55 AMG.

http://www.cars.ru/pics/2003_mers_amg_g55.jpg

Looks like the Homermobile....

The Mercedes looks like a box on wheels -- is that good?

Not for me... :(

that is the ugliest piece of shit i've ever seen.

think about the environment for once! why drive something that looks like it was carved out of wood by a 4 year old with down syndrome with a chisel in his teeth AND get 0.1 mpg while doing it?

I saw a bunch of stupid bastard yuppies driving one and I wanted to follow them and smash their windows. i really should have done that.

if I ever see one of those off-road outside some sort of test, i'll give you all $100.

That's why the yuppies buy them, unlike a Range Rover or an X5 or the Cayenne this is NOT a SUV. This is a real off road vehicle. This is an ARMY vehicle turned luxury. In certain cases it beats the hummer and it's massively popular in the Balkan and Russian states due to easy armorment (military vehicle) reliability and extreme capability in off roading (Except for Moscow in Russia the roads are awful).

Yeah. Around here, cappucino sucking treehuggers drive those, so they can drive like morons and be safe no matter what, while putting everyone else's lives at risk by driving a 4500 block of steel. Look at the Lincoln Navigator or the new Honda CRV. Leather seats in an SUV? Come on. Luxury, or Rugged. Pick one.

the G55 AMG is a friggin brick on steroids

I actually like it. Very Classic Looking and easy to pound out the dents after a hard week wheeling. These new SUV with all the compound curves are a bitch.

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Re Offroading: "The first scratch is much worse than the last time the rear axle mostly broke off."

Well good info, but what in the name of tapdancing jesus h. christ would anyone want this car for? To resist the label of an SUV?

I knew someone that had a G-Wagen years back. It was one of the many cars he'd managed to wreck. I couldn't believe it when he said he'd wrecked a friggin G-Wagen.

He wrote off most of his cars .... Porsche 928, Porsche 911s (a few), various Saabs.

He never did any damage to his Bentley though.

I think the G class is great. It looks so much better than anything else near its class, and has the capabilities to match.

As i've said. To actually go offroading and it's sold mainly in Eastern Europe because the roads overthere suck. It's also massively popular with people who own estates etc. in Scandinavia and Scotland. It 'll get them anywhere on their land.

A little too angular, but very classy. If I needed to tote around a lot of people it might be a classy ride.

I meant, what's the appeal to yuppies!? Ugly, inefficient, and impractical!

Ugly as sin......but would really want to go off roading with a 75K suv. Owell what ever turns you on!

Man, there are just too many people that think money makes ugly and/or crappy cars incredible.

if i had 75k, it wouldnt go towards that, i'd buy a jeep, and then like 5 other cars, and a LOT of tits/ass. :D

OK, those pictures suck ass, because it looks like crap there. However, I've seen it (the AMG version) in person, and it's fucking cool as hell. DEFINITELY a tank. I'd buy one to use it, off the road.

dude, the G wagon rules! But i would get an older one from the 70s instead of the new ones. There is a reason you used to see either those or landrovers all over africa--they can go everywhere!

It may not look the prettiest but the G-500 is one handling motherfuker on the road, and the G-55.......OH MY GOD!!

Personally I love them but that may be beacuse I especially love the nice fat commission I get when I sell one:D

But in all honesty they handle like a dream. I had to deliver one to the desert during some heavy winds and while everyone was being tossed around on the freeway in the winds this truck cut right through it at 75 mph.

If you ever get a chance though drive the G-55 it will change your mind........I PROMISE!

i don't know how you can call the g-wagen ugly, it combines form with function. if you really want ugly, you should check out the p diddy navigator, at an affordable 85K, that is one car i would never spend my money on.

I too would plunk down 75g's on a G class if I had it. The inside is even nicer.
See quite a few of them in the Encino area of L.A.
They're not wussy looking like a Lexus RX330 :eek:

Ok, how about this then:
Lingenfelter 427 Twin-Turbo Escalade EXT. 700hp at 5200rpm! 0 to 60 in 4 seconds flat! $124,000 (including the stock EXT)!

http://www.caranddriver.com/assets/i...7200391843.jpg

escalade is v-nice :]]]]

about this mercedes g-series... when you get inside everything else (eg. how it looks from outside) doesnt matter anymore at all... Shame it's not as beautifull on the outside as it is inside :(((

How on earth can you compare that thing with a good quality product like the G class?

The Caddy might be faster, but there is NO doubt that the Merc is the better car of the 2.

I think this is a nice car. Back then I used to think it was ugly. I guess the look just grown on me.

now... THIS is a stupid car. Why on earth would anyone spend money on a FAST SUV. Thats just plain dumb to me.

The G-Wagen is a prime example of function over form and that there's beauty to be found in functionality.

Its a civilian version of a vehicle found in various militaries...

Hell you could buy a Jeep and turn it into the most incredible offroad vehicle know to man that would leave the G begging for mercy and still have a hell of a lot of money left over for T and A

I heard that one of the guys who wrote a review of that suv almost ran into and 18 wheeler because the windows are at an angle that cause them to reflect off each other. He wrote that he saw it real close on his right side and started to veer left when he realized it was just the reflection.