American (Jeep Guy) Reacts to Classic G-Wagen Durabilty & Off-Roading
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They are popular with hunters and forest rangers in Germany.
Dentists love them as well.
Whatever you do, do not go down the rabbit hole called the "Puch Pinzgauer", it might just be the lost middle child between the Unimog and the G/Wolf. ;-) You've been warned.
you mean the child that wound up lost, found and lost again during the family hike in the beautiful Alpen region?
You won´t believe it what crazy versions we have here in austria. the military is driving still models wich have 40 years of alpine duty and more. unfortunately today they are vera expensive since the production ended. especially the 6 x 6 models,
@@bladablitz ach das glaub ich glatt und unbesehen
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What are you trying to do, drive the man insane?!? The moment he sees the Pinzgauer, he will go completelly nuts!!! Specially the 6x6...
drove 1 of those for years in the dutch army, amazing vehicle.
They come in two different chassis lengths. G stands for "Gelände" in German,( Terrain) and that's what they are and were used for, and the 300 are with the best ever built engine from Mercedes, they make over a million km without any repair and are inline 5. They wagons are all built in Austria by Steyr Daimler Puch and Peugeot bolt them in license for a while for military use only and compliance in NATO troops. and Africa use. The gas versions are not popular here, and the AMG Versions and 8 cyl versions are seen as" For braggers and not understanding people only".
Seen with those, you disqualfy yourself immediately.
I used to drive MB Geländewagen's in the norwegian military, they were diesels, but ran on a mix fuel called f-34 if I'm remembering correctly, it had kerosene in it and would run our webasto heater in the car when it got too cold
i belive F34 also known as JP 8 is Nato - Jet Fuel based on JetA1 ,(Kerosin) but multifuel engines and Dieselengines would run with it as well
Some is in Polish we get them as the support for Leopards Tank
They have rear, central and front locking differentials from the factory as standard, that says a lot! Plus all the way up to 2018 they had full metal lader chassis and solid axles.
So give this car some good tyres, and just buckle up
I own a 250GD Wolf ex german army vehicle.. You can write me a note if you want to know some details (I am not selling). Seems my last comment was deleted.
Are you selling
Was is letzte Preis?
A few basics: the original version of the G is called the W460. According to official sources, it was built from 1979 to 1992. From 1992 onwards, the modernised and more luxurious version, the W463, was available. As a military and government vehicle, the G was built as the W461 version and was essentially the real successor to the W460. At the beginning, there were no plans to sell the W461 to private individuals. Due to the demand to sell the less luxurious version to private individuals, the W461 PUR and Professional models were introduced.
I am writing officially because my Wolf is a W461 built in 1989.
I particularly like the narrow W460 and early W461, as the bumper strip on the side is the widest part of the vehicle. Later, with wheel arch extensions, the bumper strip is practically pointless. The pre-chamber diesel engines are relatively quiet, the direct injection engines are much rougher. Unfortunately, the pre-chamber engines are a bit weak even as turbodiesels.
200€ für Export?
In Germany the G-Class was mostly used by forest rangers or military back in the days. You rarely saw it on public roads until Mercedes introduced the AMG version.
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That's not a recovery, it's a tug-of-war.
Mercedes only started to sell the G Wagon officially in the United States around the year 2000.
You should check out whistlingdiesel, he does some crazy stuff with vehicles
12 years ago, I came across a military one from the Dutch National Reserve forces at some barracks. I think it was a 240D from 1977 and it had 2.000 miles on it. As they are stored dry and well maintained, the car was in perfect condition. Pro tip, all government non-weaponised properties that is are movable, among which these things, sometimes get auctioned by the government by the service called "Domeinen". Pro tip 2: The military versions can even run (not very well) on kerosene which is a NATO requirement.
in Germany, the auctioning service is VEBEG. Most of the time, the vehicles they offer are really run down have and are not street-safe anymore.
Loved the Wolf during my time in the German Army (Bundeswehr). I suppose it is called Wolf, because when you look at the 2 Door Version, the shape looks a bit like a Wolf's head, with the long snout. Just needs some Ears on top. 😄
Now I have to imagine one of them with fluffy ears on top. That would be the bUwUndeswehr then, I guess.
I was in the Dutch army when they were gradually replacing the Land Rover Defender for the Mercedes Benz G and i got to drive both 😊. They were both totally utilitary, but still so different. The G was so much more comfy in every possible way; suspension, sound, seats, sitting space (elbows, butt, legs, feet), shifting gears (two fingers easy)...Wow, what a difference! I like both, but for daily driving the G is king.
Puch is Austrian I guess. I never saw a Puch car in real life, but some mopeds back in the 90's during my youth.
I grew up at the French Border and the German dudes had a Zündapp, Hercules or Puch, the French dudes mostly had a Peugeot 103.
Love it! My first Moped was a Puch Jet.
Owned one my self and so many of my friends did as well when I grew up in semi rural Sweden, none was stock though, most could race a car and win 😅 Now it's just scooters and some cross variants all over the place, miss the old school mopeds!
Puch Maxis we're also popular mopeds back in the day.
The problem with the US you don’t have overseas 4x4s even inexpensive brands because your rubbish industry is protected by Import Tariffs! We laugh at jeep trash.
The American vehicle manufacturer didn't like the competition that would wipe the floor and dominate the 4x4 scene so they lobbied their government to make imports as difficult as possible.
Bullshit... nobody in the offroad world laughs about Jeeps and I am a huge fan of the W461.
Nanana, theres plenty of serious offroad capable Jeeps. Some are built with MB parts/drivetrains. You´re just hating for no reason.
Toyota LC 70 are probably better than the G, suggesting they are actually common where you need rugged, easy to repair, reliable and capable vehicles yet nobody laughs at a real G.
Military vehicles in Europe are street legal, even the tanks. Numberplates, lights, indicators, mirrors and all.
I was working in Kenia, Africa and had to get water from a nearby lake, they gave me a g wagon, 2 door with a 1000 Liter water trailer behind it, so i drove the 20 miles very bad dirtroads to the lake and pumped it by feet pump full of water and brought it back to the camp, the car was already 30 plus years old but worked like a horse, was just pure joy to use this machine.
Didn't that the G-Wagon have a power take-off you could have used to pump? All G's I remember from my military service had one.
Same in russia. Flashmobile. But then friends i have in Iceland say, if you wanna go outside the cities, rent a G-wagon.
PUCH is Austrian
I drove these in the swedish military, they are actually really good off road, much better than what you might think. We had the 4-wheel TGB14 and the 6-wheel variant TGB15. Maybe you would be interested in videos of those too :)
next whistling diesel g-wagon test? :D
So when i was an evaluater during military exercises in "the box", a US European training area in Hohenfels Germany, we had this Mercedes vehicle in the dutch army. One night my american collegea, a Captian, came on the radio that he was stuck with his Humvee. So i drove my "little" mercedes in that terrein and stopped right next to him to pick him up, and drove us out. He was impressed 🙂
"a pimped up crazy luxury suv" ... in other words, a fridge on wheels :D
Even the modern G63 is a very capable offroad vehicle. You should check out some of the videos from the Mercedes proving ground.
Also the G500 EQ Technologies, the electric G-Class is an extreme offroad machine and can drive through even deeper water then the petrol powered ones.
17:09 - this wasn't a recovery... they were going opposite directions. They just had fun comparing their rides. the dutch one climbing up that hill... I've heard once "The G-wagon is the mini-Unimog everyone can have"
240GD is a 2.4l i4 and 300GD is a 3l i5
It was named "off-road vehicle" (direct translation) for a reason. 🤭✌ Its quite a big difference between the military g-versions and the civilian ones. You saw Loads of these in Norway in the 80-90's thanks to some very beneficial tax-exempts (and the Dot-Com bubble), and of course all our military branches had Geländewagon (and Volvo, and some US-trucks). You should be able to get some used one still, but they will be pricy in "drivable" standard. LOTS of rust as on al MB's.
Gelandewagen is present in almost all European armies. I served with 280GE and 300GD
It is Puch G class in my country
There's a franch version too, Peugeot P4
You’d be shocked how many 30 - 40 yr old 4x4 Toyota, Datsun Nissan, Mitsubishi, LandRovers are still daily drivers in Australia. And in big demand, people get their hands on one and never many up for sale.
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my first impression: YUCK those rims!
obviously you can do it but I thinks the G should've steel boots with quality rubber soles
Just like the H1 first came the military version and than came some rich guys and wanted a luxurie version of it
Well 17:03 that was not recovery but pull line contest
Mercedes is the CAR, the rest are just vehicles. I installed the W123 W124 cars that year. I haven't seen anything better than them since then...I recommend the videos about the Kraz Kamaz Ural trucks. In hard mud, snow... Russian trucks...
Well soviet now a day some of them would be Ukrainian or Belarusian but yes I like to see him look at kraz, Ural or even just a kirovetz k700.
When I was in the german Bundeswehr I had a "Wolf" (250GD). But as far as I can remember all the ones we had were soft top convertibles with some sturdy rollbars under the canopy, which would probably be even cooler to have in the US...😁
In any case you would need the Jerry can holder on the back and the super high radio antenna.
With the US gun laws you probably even could get some H&K G3 rifles and put the gun rack to good use or mount a MG3 on top or something...😅
HK... or Heckler&Koch... 👹
It isn't a popular car in the Netherlands, even as a status symbol.
From 2002 till now only 485 Mercedes-Benz G have been sold in the Netherlands, that's about 21 per year.
Nowadays you can also buy the electric variant of the car in Europe.
They build it from 1934.
Puch (Austrian brand) is a well known moped brand in Europe at least in the Netherlands till the 2000's.
Seit 1934????
@@dirklehrke6710 Entschuldigung, meine fakten seit wann die G-modell im betrieb ist is in der tat nicht richtig. Ich habe noch mahl kontrolliert und es ist 1979.
Danke für die hinweis :)
Guess what a Military G-Klasse in good Condition cost? 15.000-20.000€ and more....
And the Price's raise up...
I remember the Puch G from Steyr-Daimler-Puch back in 1989 when I was in the Army. I can also recommend the Pinzgauer or Haflinger to watch, very capable off road vehicles from the Austrian Army back in the days.
The non-lux G Wagons are the W461 model. The G500 and G63 AMG models you see in the USA are the W463.
The Dutch military had these in 2 door metal top SWB, 2 door soft top and metal top LWB. They even had ambulance versions of them.
They were replaced by VW Amarok which were far less capable.
All the early G-wagons were built by Steyer-Punch in Austria. Early ones had the Puch logos.
I remember in Bosnia (SFOR) in 1998-99 US army EOD had borrowed some Danish army GD240 because the Hummer´s where to wide for the narrow Mountain roads in the AOR, and the Hummer was also too heavy for this kind of terrain.
Hi, you might check out " Philipp aus dem Hanfbachtal " with more european military stuff or " Morlock Motors " with more US military stuff from the european based. They delivered i think 3 or 4 military g wagons/wolf(?) to USA to their american sales woman/dependance Julie.
"Back in the old days", G-Class Mercedes vehicles (G-Wagon) were also quite rare in private hands in Germany, except for veterinarians working mainly in rural areas or on farms, as well as foresters and hunters, they were more likely to have a G-Class.
Otherwise, you mostly saw them with the THW (Germany’s Federal Agency for Technical Relief, part of disaster response) or with "Y-Tours," the joking name for a travel organizer, as the German military repeatedly sent convoys through the country and their license plates start with a "Y."
Nowadays, the glossy G-Class vehicles have become more common, much like in the U.S. However, they’re still relatively rare, as most people tend to prefer SUVs from Audi, BMW, Porsche, ...
For 10 to 20k you have options to get one of these.
Would be from the 80's or start of the 90's of course which would be an adtantage because you could import it then.
It was very popular with farmers and hunters, people who actually have to drive off road, when it was more basic.
Basic price in 1979 for a
230G (4 cylinder, gas 90 hp or 102 hp) was 29,990.20 DM
240GD (4 cylinder, diesel 72 hp) was 31,470.50 DM
The average income in 1979 was 27.685 DM
Model G was concepted as a military car.. The original has a multi-fuel engine. you can drive with Diesel, Sunflower oil ore Terpentin and much other fuels.. At the beginning of the 1990s, the decision fell on Daimler-Benz AG, which had applied with the Mercedes-Benz 250 GD from the W 460 series. The order included the delivery of 12,500 vehicles. After a competition to find a name within the Bundeswehr, the new vehicle was given the internal name “Wolf”. The G-Class is used, among other things, as a carrier vehicle for the 120 mm mortar, as a carrier for the Milan weapon system or as a medical vehicle.
The G wagon, is the base 4wd for the Australian Army as well as 6 x 6 versions and different body modifications. Replaced the Land Rover Defenders that they had for a very long time. Had to choose between the two mentioned and American Jeep ( not Hummer ), but they choose the G wagon, I think to do with superior electronics ?
We also have Unimogs for a long time now. SES also uses Unimogs.
Also, @20:15: Puch was an Austrian car (among other things) manufacturer that since 1934 is known as Steyr-Daimler-Puch company which nowadays is mainly a defense contractor producing tanks, armored vehicles and such. So being a part of the Daimler family, it manufactured the Austrian G wagon version
It was a cooperation between Mercedes Benz and Steyr-Daimler-Puch and until 2000 they were sold here in Austria as "Puch G". They are built in Graz/Austria. Steyr-Daimler-Puch also made the Haflinger and Pinzgauer, some of the most capable offroaders, so the offroad stuff for the G came from them. In the Austrian military they were replacements/additions to the old Pinzgauer, and I drove both the Pinzgauer and the 230G, a 2.3Liter inline4 petrol engine, no powersteering, no electric stuff, all manual. Nothing inside you couldn't hose down to get rid of the dirt. It had just above 90HP but offroad that didn't matter, it was awesome. The Logo you saw at 23:09 is from Steyr-Daimler-Puch.
You should also check out the Volkswagen Iltis. Both the Mercedes G-Wagon and the VW Iltis were developed in the 1970s. VW was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time and to help the company, the contract was initially awarded to VW. They produced the Iltis (the German word for Polecat) for various armies in Europe, Africa, Asia and also for the Canadian military. The VW Iltis replaced the VW 181, which you will know in the States as "The Thing". In 1980, a VW Iltis won the Paris Dakar Rally.
I drove the Iltis myself in the German military in the 1980s. You always had to drive with four-wheel drive engaged and the maximum permitted speed was 50mph because the car was unstable after that. The four-wheel drive engaged was to somewhat prevent the tendency to roll over if you took corners too quickly. However, you always had to drive very carefully, especially on tight corners. Due to this shortage, the Mercedes G-Wagon, which the German military also calls the Mercedes Wolf, was gradually purchased.
The VW Iltis is actually an Audi. And the all-wheel drive technology of the Iltis was the starting signal for the development of the Audi Quattro models in the 1980s. As far as off-road capabilities were concerned, I at least had no complaints. The Iltis never let me down once.
@03:03 This was the army version in the Netherlands. Immediately recognisable for me as I was with the Dutch Military from the late 70's.👴
The sound ( @07:13 ) is, since it was army, totally natural, not the usual artificially souped up kinds from across the pond. All according to the KISS principle.👴😉
Originally the G-Wagon Series starting from 1979 on, mostly developed by Steyr-Puch at Austria because there sat the Allwheel Drive specialists of Europe in 1970s. These G-Wagon were produced under Nutzfahrzeug Sparte at Mercedes as utility light trucks, the seats were with MB-Tex or simple Cotton Fabric plus Rubberleather. Real Leather was super extra and had to be wished personally at the dealer, until 1994or 1996 it was this way, then Mercedes split the model range into utility vehicles and luxury jeep vehicles.
Today only the luxury models survived.
I used to drive the (soft top) G when I was in the German army 25 years ago. There, it's called the Wolf and is the Jeep/Humvee equivalent - and pretty much indestructible. I really liked it...
The "G" was developed by Mercedes Benz together with Steyr-Daimler-Puch (Austrian Car/Bike/Tractor conglomerate), and was sold as "Puch G" in certain countries. These have the logo you saw at the end, which is the "Puch" logo. The "G" stands for "Geländewagen" which literally translates to "terrain wagon", but in meaning it is just "off-road car".
Have a look at its predecessors, the Volkswagen Iltis (later produced in license by Bombardier of Canada), and the predecessor of the Iltis, the gas-guzzling, sputtering, screaming two-stroke DKW Munga. Then you have the German ancestry of Jeep analogs.
1 of the many ''Chelsea tractor'' types. And I agree with you, standard they are nicer than the dressed up versions that people with money and ''look at me being cool'' drive, in other words a show-off. they are mostly used to drop off and pick up the kids from school and go into town...hence the name Chelsea tractor
In the uk we say "pooch" like dog. They made motorcycles as well👍
Steyr-Puch produced its own version of the original Fiat 500 with special developed 650 cc H2 aircooled boxer producing 23,5 to 26 bhp while Fiat had 15 , 16,5 and 18 bhp . Somewhere between 1962 and 1967..
This is what Happens , when Austria builds a Land Rover . Yes , Austria . PCH was the Austrian builders badge .
The New " Mall Crawlers " have VERY little in common with these " Old Girls " . Early ones were almost ALL diesels .
There have been Heaps of different Engines in them . i-4's , I-5's , I-6's , a V-6 , V-8's and even a V-12 .
Portal Axles on Solid diffs were offered on MANY Models . The New ones are 4 wheel Independent . Truly a Soft roader SUV .
Hi Ian, if you want too watch a true great french comedy try 'Les Visiteurs"...here the rivals are not "don't give a...german" but english, there is level!
PUCH was Austrian Brand it was developed in Austria for Military, than the cooperate with Mercedes and sold this brand, my Father still have one of original PUCH with Mercedes Engine. The best Military Wagon in the World in the 70tis and 80ties
It won't be a good vehicle in Germany because I'm pretty sure it doesn't meet emission regulations. Also even used those things are pricey.
There are military vehicle collectors who are desperately trying to get their hands on the French "Wolf", as it is built by Peugeot and is called the "P4" or the Austrian variant by Steyr-Puch, funnily enough it is simply called the "G" there.
I'm not sure, but I think there is also a Canadian variant, built by Bombardier under license?! They also built the VW ILTIS for the Canadian army
Ah yes, the G-class or G-model with a diesel engine is the forester's favorite Mercedes. In form of a G 270 CDI or G320 CDI for example.
0:30 - Meanwhile, in Russia, if you see a black G-Wagon in the vicinity, you get the hell out of there as fast as possible! 😄
8:13 - Because it's the famous, almost indestructible, 3.0L inline-6 diesel engine. That's why. 🙂
9:40 - This one is the long wheelbase, 5-door version.
12:20 - And this one is the shorter wheelbase, 3-door version.
13:00 - Correct on both engines' displacement and number of cylinders.
17:10 - Lol, that wasn't a recovery, Ian, it was a tug-of-war! 😆
Funny you say jeep . Because for me this type of vehicle in Lithuania would be referred as jeep regardless of make or model . So when you call it truck 🤨😬 . It's very jarring ...😂
Cant believe you havent reacted to the Sherp, look it up, its an amazing offroad vehicle, it can pump and deflate its own tires with exhaust gas, every tire is a fuel tank so it has range to go around the globe on 1 full fill up because its also very fuel efficient. Look that beast up for sure 😁
The very most G-Wagen, even here in germany, are just show-off luxury toys. We call SUV like that "Stadtpanzer", wich means city-tanks. G-Wagen used to be really good offroaders, but most new ones are sold in those luxury versions, these days. And they became some sort of collector car, so even the older ones are often sold for the same price as new Wrangler Rubicon. I really like the older non-luxury G-Class, but if I can get a new Wrangler for the same money, I´d take that! Thats probably why the non-luxury ones are rare, even in germany. At least I don´t see them often, other than those Stadtpanzer versions in rich citys.
Parts are freakin expensive.
The original one is developed and produced by Puch (ch pronounced like j in Spanish) in Austria (The funny little Arnold and Adolf country in the Alps).
There was a combination of Unimog and G-Klasse: G-Klasse with the portal axles of the Unimog.
And there were 6x6's.
Puch developed the G in cooperation with Mercedes. In the early 70´s it was produced only in Austria an the Austrian and German military used it as the Puch G (G for "Gelaendewagen" that means simply Off-Road vehicle). If you are a offroad freak i strongly recommend watching (and may be reacting) to the Puch Pinzgauer. Every military personnel I met (and there were many nations - I was a UN soldier for 8 years) said that the Pinzgauer is the best off-road vehicle they have ever driven.
The new BEV Version of the G-Class is kinda funny.. The G 580 EQ can turn on the spot like a tank. looks funny like hell.
You can get that fun for just 142000EUR ...
Should check out Iceland's 4x4 trucks. Giant trucks and suv's on hudge tires. Even the busses there are on a offroad layout. Lifted giant trucks and just looks sick!
300 = a 5 cyliner, inline, magnificent engine. 240 is 2.4L 4. 4 sounds a bit clunkier, 5 more like a ships engine. smoother
tbh, I've never seen any of these cars other than driven by the military here.... maybe because I'm not out a lot, but I don't think they are really a thing for just the usual driver.
I have ridden on an x-military G wagon a few times, going hard off-road. They are amazingly capable, simple, mechanic and can take very tough abuse. I'd buy one if they weren't so expensive. For now I scratch my off-road itch with motorcycles, which are even better than a G wagon
Hello Ian, the Peugeot P4 that replaced the jeep as the French army vehicle (in 1980 or 81, I saw it arrive during my military service) was based on the first Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen
The logo is Puch(pronounced Pukk/puck), they used to produce motorcycles . All Mercedes G wagons are prodused on the old Puch factory, based in Austria to date
They are true offroaders, hunters love them, but used ones has also terrible price....not a coincidence😏 an obviously rusty, junkie one cost almost twice as an e39 530d BMW in nice condicion.
I had an ex military 240 GD from the norwegian army. I has locking diffs on both axles. It has just rubber mats you can take out and hose out dirt from the floor. Just pull the floor plugs and drain the water out. The norwegian version had webasto engine heaters, soft top, foldable wind screen. Curtain in front of the radiator that you can pull up from the inside. It also has pipe connectors and valves in front for externally heating the engine, ad an electric block heater as well. Dual batteries and 24 volt system.
My parents bought a long wheelbase station wagon of these new when it came out. Two years later, my mother did a u-turn with it without checking the rear view mirror on the driver’s side first. That was a mistake, because there was a tram coming up from behind. The tram‘s stopping distance was only marginally improved by the car’s contribution, but incredibly, my mother was unhurt and the car, although it was clearly a write-off, did still drive, although it did a bit better on left-hand corners than right-handers.
It was sold off to Africa, and I am quite certain that after a bit of artisanal bodywork, it was fit to carry on for a happy second life.
It's quite what happened to the Humvee: the moment Arnold showed up with it, the upper class and wannabes embraced it and it turned into a status symbol and people forgot about its roots.
The G-class is more or less the little brother of the Unimog and there's a great docu about its development at Puch (where it's manufactured) in Graz and testing in the 70ies. It has also been produced by Peugeot for the french army.
The last upgrade in fact changed a lot and while former models were based more or less on the 1979 construction, the current one is another development.
Sadly my dad owns two of em one 2/3 Door and an 4/5 Door (some ppl count the trunk "door" as +1 😀) one both older then the 2000's... but he doesnt take care of em... even if we as family try to get him to it... but he only gets angry... he told us those are his dream cars... my definition of an dream car is way different i would look after my car... but heck i have to learn to dont give an F anymore those are his cars and if he wants them to rot away while he is driving em then i have to let him do it...
Drove one in the 90s in the German Bundeswehr (they're called "Wolf" there). The basic model with a simple tarp cover and extremely deep profile tires (they felt like tractor tires). I remember wearing ear protection inside while driving this thing on the Autobahn.
Goes into Peugeot P4 wiki page and no reaction to the Panhard name. Even if you don't know the connection to Citroen, don't you recognize it from the panhard bar?
These were made to fight against Russia in conditions to be expected in eastern Europe. Seems like it passed the test.
The Canadian military uses G-Wagons, so you might find some decommissioned ones up north.
They are not particularly popular in Europe for several reasons. 1 very high fuel consumption 2 high maintenance costs, 3 most of the older models from the secondary market are bought by tuners and converted into show-off cars.
There are Military Peugeot and Steyr Puch Versions too, also LWB 2 door with canvas top and 6x6 Versions.
Behind the iron curtain until 1989 G-modell was sold as Puch.5 door station wagon 240GD and 230G was available.
In Australia they Aus army used these lwb only but 3l turbo diesel.the6 sold a civilian version which was a bare bones but off road ready Bull bar snorkel etc. the land rover perentie (Aus army spec but all running Isuzu 3 9 diesels) are more popular as real cheap.
Norway got quite a lot of the former military ones driving around. Long wheelbase, soft top and two doors. I’ve always wanted one, but never bought one.
I have a PUCH 230G Swiss army (basically a MB G made in Austria ) love it and would take one over the mall crawler G wagons any day
The price politics were great. Mercedes just changed it from 80.000 DM to 80.000 €.
These aren't actually popular at all on the used car market, - mostly because we in the military thoroughly ruin them before they get sold as surplus; if they even get civilian inspections ever again at all without restauration work when we are done with them.
You gotta remember, in Germany when we register a vehicle it needs to pass a safety inspection; but in-service military vehicles are exempt because they follow different internal standards. SO buying surplus military vehicles is certainly a thing, but mostly for enthusiasts who actually are willing to put the effort into getting the cars street legal.
Hi there. I’m from Denmark and here we have them in our army in several different versions with no roofs and laying the windshield down on the hood. So if you have time take a look. And thanks for a very great channel looking forward for many more videos.
Best regards from John Denmark
Have you ever seen The Camel Trophy? They don't do it anymore but you may like it.
Once upon a time there was the CJ Jeeps. Land Rover came and made the Series and Defenders. Than Mercedes came and made it right. Love all of it, of course.
My first moped was a Puch, that was in the early 60''. It was ez to modify to run at higher speeds.
These are very cool, but too rugged and therefore expensive in all aspects to be a popular daily driver. But man, they are capable. They almost combine the capabilities of a Land Rover with the reliability of a Toyota Land Cruiser. They have never been really cheap either but they are definitely not out of reach if you really want one.
@IWrocker there are many used Military G Wagons available online and still affordable!
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what the heck you talkin Ian "even dirty"
The G looks off if squeaky clean and mirror polished