NEWS news for lovers of Mercedes-Benz G-Class, let alone who have not had time to have it. They say the G-Class will remain in production until 2020. Combat the SUV will not be produced by Mercedes-Benz again, but by Magna Steyr.
Mercedes-Benz has announced to halt production of G-Class model in the near future. In fact, they deliberately launched two special edition as a marker of the end of the production Gelandwagen (G-Wagen).
Currently, according to the economic and environmental problems, most car manufacturers think to get rid of big cars and extravagant that in the next few years no longer have a market.
This is the reason why the Hummer production finally ended and the G-Wagen is one model that has always spoken to discontinued.
But the leaked document from the Austrian contractor Magna Steyr revealed plans to produce G-Class 2020. Even the news, AMG is currently preparing a new model including one equipped with a V12 engine.
At first the G-Wagen is a purely military vehicles. He was born at the request of the Shah of Iran (Persia) Reza Pahlavi in 1970 who was then the biggest shareholder in Daimler.
He ordered 20,000 units of this powerful vehicle to modernize the army but did not get done because of the Iranian Revolution that made Pahlavi was forced to leave his country and the cars were never delivered. Vehicle nicknamed 'Gelandewagen' is now owned in 34 different countries for military purposes.
On an 80-year vehicle is being produced as a civilian vehicle. This car has its own charm. Some wonder makes it very brilliant. In addition he is reliable in the mud and rough terrain, it also has brilliant skills in hilly terrain, its charm as radiant as she was in Beverly Hills with the support of the celebrities.
One fan of Brad Pitt that the weight is called the G-Class as his 'everything' thanks to the skills and looks that can be taken in any activity. While Richard Hammon of Top Gear magazine called it "the coolest car in the world '.
Thanks to a cool figure was only natural that eventually the vehicle is considered a toy for the toy, aka 'the have' and the hobbyist. A Toy for the Big Boys, a toy for big boys. And when it's a 'toy', no matter what the G-Wagen spent fuel.