Mercedes-Benz G-Class G350 review - Practical Motoring
Practical Motoring Says: The G-Class manages to be rare, practical, safe, tough and fun. It's expensive, but if you can afford the ask it should be high on your shortlist for a very capable 4WD vehicle which can deliver a enjoyable driving and ownership experience matched by no other vehicle on the market. They’re powerful, safe, capable, useable and while they all look a little different and each has its own specifications, most of them are broadly similar, like eating out at any one of a number of high-street restaurants. The G-Class is different, and properly different as opposed to just marketing-different. Whether you love or hate the styling doesn’t matter because you absolutely won’t mistake it for anything else on the planet, so let’s get one thing out of the way, this car is unique and for many car lovers, that’s all they need to know. Originally designed in 1979 by Steyr-Daimler-Puch – of Haflinger and Pinzgauer fame – the G-Class is also known as the G-Wagen (G-Wagon), or Geländewagen, which literally translates to cross-country wagon. Carmakers like to harp on about heritage even when the doorhandles are carried over to a new model, but the G-Wagen doesn’t need to make a song and dance about its history – its obvious. The version you can buy and the one on test is the G350 Bluetec and… well, while I was going to say not utilitarian but that’d be wrong. Source: practicalmotoring.com.au
