Automotive designers will tell you there?s nothing harder than redesigning an icon. Which is why Mercedes left the Geländewagen largely untouched for almost 40 years. The outgoing G wasn?t an icon because it was smartly packaged or drove well, though. Its on-road dynamics were decidedly Bronze Age. And while it may have been just the truck you needed if you were an overthrown dictator trying to get the hell out of one of the stans during a military coup and you didn?t exactly use the money to build roads, it was glorious overkill for the Realtor of the Year getting the heck on the darn I-5 during rush hour. The extent to which the former scenario lends adventurous atmospherics to the latter is the essence of the modern-day G, and it?s what must be maintained. Based solely on looks, which is what primarily matters to most, we?d say Mercedes has done it. The 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-class will go on sale toward the end of 2018. READ MORE ??
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