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Germany’s Auto-BILD thinks it knows how it will look when Daimler shrinks the G-Wagen. In 2015, Daimler will bring out a GLG based on the new A-Class, says the magazine. Auto-BILD hasn’t seen more than the own renderings, but that doesn’t keep the rag from bitching:
“The off-road characteristics are everything but distinctive: The base model is front wheel drive, and the 4Matic version can do little more than wet meadows and snow-covered farm tracks.”
While the GLG tries to be as boxy as the big G brother, the GLA will be a bit more rounded. Expected in 2014.
The GLK is expected in 2015.
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Looks like a photoshopped Skoda Yeti. I’d take a Yeti. This rendering? Not so much.
Thanks a lot for reminding me of the Yeti. It’s the vehicle I’ve wanted most for the longest time, but not available stateside.
While its distant cousin, the VW Tiguan, may look better, exterior wise, the Yeti is more likely to be more reliable, given that its made in the Czech Republic, not to mention that it costs significantly less (and the Czechs make damn good stuff, being highly skilled machinists, metal workers, laborers, and taking pride in everything they do – they’re like harder working, underpaid Germans, who stick to the KISS principle for the sake of reliability whenever possible).
Somewhere in the UK a Evoque laughs at this rendering.
The top rendering bears more than a passing resemblance to the recent Land Rover Defender “modern re-imagining” concept…in fact, they just flipped the image of the Defender and photoshopped in some Benz details:
Original photo:
http://img2.netcarshow.com/Land_Rover-DC100_Concept_2011_800x600_wallpaper_01.jpg
They didn’t even bothered changing the background. Car blogs around the world are echoing this no-news as we speak.
Just yesterday a brazilian blog, Carplace.com.br, headlined the Opel Omega comeback.
Good eye philadlj ! Yet another ripped off rendering to generate traffic. The grey plastics in the grill look almost like the materials from a weathered Saturn SL’s bumper…
Oh man. Reading the title and seeing the picture, I was worried they were killing off the G-wagen in favour of this… Let’s just not talk about it.
Mm. G-Wagen. I wonder if they come with those ladders the LR Defender can have as an option.
The G-class has several options in the ladder department, one is fitted to the G Pur, other options are available with the G professional.
…yes, but will it accept a machine gun turret?
Note: the Canadian Forces used the G-Wagen as a troop transport in Afghanistan (it replaced the thin-skinned, unarmoured piece of IED bait we called the Iltis)
The list of armies that use the G-wagen is quite long, actually.
The Canadian G is hardly thick skinned either and is quite awful – not basic hummer awful but still – in the IED protection department. All flat bottomed vehicles are bad at dealing with IEDs, you need a v-shaped hull and quite a bit of ground clearance if you want to survive a blast, something the Southafrican army discovered in the bush wars.
That’s it, really. The G-Wagen is closed (for better or for worse) but the armour plating is still pretty limited.
The 2nd one looks like BMW tail lights with some rear door from a KIA or SEAT. The last GLK/A looks like there was someone out there in Mercedes that thinks the Original Jeep Compass look should get another chance.
The G-wagon is a beast. This thing tarnishes the G-wagon name as it goes to soccer matches and upscale shopping areas. I used to work NATO. We’d swap rides with other countries and go out and play on Sundays.
So they hired the Kia Soul designer?
Could two cars be any further apart than the G and A?
RIP G
I believe I have purchased my last Mercedes-Benz product. They are simply cheapening the car too much. I’ve owned 7 including 2 W124s (with the possible exception of the W126, the best they ever built).
Just for fun about 10 years ago I bought a 1967 230S (W111) fintail sedan. I could see that even in this 35-year-old (at the time) machine the “luxury” was in the engineering and execution of the vehicle – not in the bells and whistles. I was able to make an interesting comparison, though protracted and possibly not completely objective because of the passage of time, with my father’s 1967 Cadillac sedan.
Remember GM was at the top of its game in the 1960s and Mercedes-Benz was still trying to “figure out” the U. S. auto buyer. Nevertheless, my dad would have been much impressed with the handling of the swing axle Mercedes if not its “climate control.”
Two other Benz that have been in my garage were a 2003 ML350 (W163) which was traded for a 2010 GLK 350 (x204); both driven by my wife. She really liked the ML but likes the GLK even more. The ML was definitely a truck. Still I can see where more cost cutting has occured especially in the quality of the interior materials.
Here’s the killing thing though: My 2007 C280 (W203) makes a little chirping sound when one locks the doors with the remote ‘key’ which also sets the alarm. The new C-class (W204), which I drove as a loaner whent the GLK was in for scheduled maintenance, toots the horn to let you know the alarm is set just like a Honda Accord or Toyota Camry. Good grief! That is going a bit too far in cheapness for a $40,000 compact car.