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Let’s get real here, I trully love the Defender but this 4 cylinder is not in the same league as the G-wagon.
Especially with this setup…
It’s basically like comparing a base model F-Type to an Aston Martin Superleggera lol
As I recall, and I am no MB person, Tina Turner made the G-Wagon the "celebrity" car to have here in the US. She also had a bunch of Jags and even a Lamborghini LM 002. I don't think there was any real use case to bring the G-Wagon to the US at that time, so all bow to the Queen for making it happen!
Here's what always kills me about the Gelandewagen.
At least in Metro-Atlanta it's like they don't even sell any models below the AMG G63. And you know what that looks like:
So every vestige of off-roading prowess (and they have a bunch of that in stock form) has been overridden by the tiny sidewalls and the exhaust system just clamoring to be crushed between a rock and a rocker panel.
So you take a vehicle that is very compromised on-road compared to MB's other premium SUVs, and then destroy its ability to do the only thing it can do better than them, and then just to poke a thumb in the customer's eye, charge seventy-large more than your better road-going SUVs.
My old VW Westphalia Syncro Vanagon had 3 locking diffs as well, it was a 1986. It was, well cool lights to little beneficial effect. It was, well, underivable unless the surface was really loose. Made steering challenging as well. It was a cool van and somebody came and paid an absurd amount for it, strangely we became good buddies, in spite of the van. Which my wife insisted on AAA Platinum Premium, it would occasionally have issues. Especially if she was in it.
My old VW Westphalia Syncro Vanagon had 3 locking diffs as well, it was a 1986. It was, well cool lights to little beneficial effect. It was, well, underivable unless the surface was really loose. Made steering challenging as well. It was a cool van and somebody came and paid an absurd amount for it, strangely we became good buddies, in spite of the van. Which my wife insisted on AAA Platinum Premium, it would occasionally have issues. Especially if she was in it.
The Westphalia's are pretty desirable these days. Cool vans.
Had the non-Synchro version of that EXACT same VW. I loved the thing. Even though it had the ergo-dynamics of my old Series IIa. Meaning it could adjust any way that your body was willing to do a Yoga Pose, but that was about it! Loved it and camped in it a lot as I hauled dogs to distant covers. Fortunately (unfortunately), it limited our outings to "nice forest" roads. Well groomed gravel at worst.
My old VW Westphalia Syncro Vanagon had 3 locking diffs as well, it was a 1986. It was, well cool lights to little beneficial effect. It was, well, underivable unless the surface was really loose. Made steering challenging as well. It was a cool van and somebody came and paid an absurd amount for it, strangely we became good buddies, in spite of the van. Which my wife insisted on AAA Platinum Premium, it would occasionally have issues. Especially if she was in it.
