Mercedes-Benz Class G
Mercedes-Benz has updated its Class G with slight changes in the design and equipment; has also replaced the engine of 298 hp V8 by one of 388 hp (500 G “). Maintain the G 320 CDI, which has a diesel engine of 224 hp. These two versions are identified by an automatic change of gears 7 (7G TRONIC ‘).
There are also changes in the version G 55 AMG (507 hp), treated separately in this article. This version carries a five-gear automatic gearbox, instead of seven.
From Class G there are three different body types, three doors (4,212 mm), convertible (4,257 mm) and five doors (4,662 mm). The G 55 AMG bodywork is available only with five doors.
Prices vary depending on body and engine. The new G 320 CDI is available from € 75,400 in the short version, € 80,750 in option long and € 82,000 convertible with the bodywork. The G 500 costs € 93,550 in its shortened version, € 99,350 with the longest body and € 100,100 if convertible. The G 55 AMG costs € 130,000. All prices Class G.
Aesthetics, the new Class G is distinguished by a grid consisting of three horizontal sheets, the same style as the other models from Mercedes-Benz. The G 500 carries tires of 18. “Among the equipment to become standard across the range emphasizes the connection ‘Bluetooth’ for the phone.
Optionally, the Class G can have an input for connecting external players to home stereo of the vehicle.
The G and G 55 AMG 500 had their equipment between the series’ COMAND APS ‘, a multimedia system for driver and passengers including browser and charger for six DVD discs. This device may be associated as an alternative to a TV tuner and rear camera which facilitates parking maneuvers.
Mercedes-Benz Class G
The ‘COMAND APS’ integrated system ‘LINGUATRONIC’, which allows certain devices to handle voice. For example, you can make a phone call to say only the number with which it wants to contact, control the audio system, the agenda of the phone or enter a full address in the browser. Video, (32 seconds) this function in a Class C.
In Class G, the browser is a feature designed specifically to travel outside the asphalt: If the vehicle is on a road or a track that are not recorded on the hard drive, the driver can activate a function with which this is saved journey. This feature may prove useful for instance for not getting lost in the countryside, as it facilitates return by the same path.
Among the optional elements of the new Class G also highlights the system of Harman Kardon Logic7 surround sound with 12 speakers and 450 watts of power.
Here is a list with more items of equipment that can have the Class G, either serial or optional.
The Class G is marketed with almost no changes in design since 1979. It is a 4×4 design classic, which has a chassis of stringers and cross-axle suspensions and rigid, with great journey. You can block all three differentials mechanically using a cable remote control. The address is recirculating ball, as happens in other SUVs “pure”, as the Jeep Wrangler.
Mercedes-Benz Class G
All variants are reductive; Mercedes-Benz has just given the fact that reduction has 320 CDI version, which is 2.16 to 1, which is normal for a genuine SUV.
The drive system of Class G is continuing to all four wheels. The drive system is integrated with the stability, which favors progress on slippery surfaces. The Class G also offers ABS, electronic brake distribution (EBD) and emergency servofreno (BAS). These systems are standard on all versions.
According to Mercedes-Benz G-Class can overcome the unevenness of up to 80% depending on the surface, and can tilt sideways to a maximum of 54%. For the Class G three doors, the angle is 36 º and the departure of 27 degrees. In the five-door version the angle is 34 º and 29 º. Mercedes-Benz does not give the figure of ventral angle.
The clear head to the floor of his body-at any of the three alternatives-is 205 mm, which is not a very big figure for a genuine SUV. The clear head to the floor of the bodywork of Class G can not vary. Other SUV, as the Volkswagen Touareg and Land Rover Range Rover, have a system of springs that allow for change tires the headroom of the body depending on the conditions of movement.
The boot capacity also varies depending on whether the body is short, long or convertible. Thus, the Class G Long has a trunk volume of 480 liters which can reach 2,250 liters rest if the rear. The G Short stays in 250 litres and the G convertible into 238 litres.
The G 320 CDI weighs 2,260 kg in its convertible variant, with 2,275 kg and 2,445 kg body short in the long version. Meanwhile, the G 500 weighs 2,250, 2,265 and 2,400 kg in convertible versions, long or short respectively. The G 55 AMG reaches 2,550 kg.
Mercedes-Benz has sold 200,000 units of Class G in its 29 year history. It is produced in the factory Mercedes-Benz has in Graz (Austria).
