Mercedes is making ready a facelift for the Mercedes G-Class through which a very powerful change shall be to drop the V8 engine in favor of a extra highly effective 6-cylinder inline.
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Launched in 2018 on the Detroit auto present, the present era Mercedes G-Class W463 is 5 years previous and is time for a facelift. Presently, the Mercedes G-Class is obtainable with three powertrains: the G 400 d, G 500, and the AMG G 63, the latter two with V8 engines.
However despite the fact that Mercedes has a formidable electrical vary and no fleet emissions issues, particularly in Europe, the growing registration taxes imposed in some international locations on vehicles with excessive weight and excessive CO2 emissions has prompted Mercedes to make a big change.
With the event of the facelift, the 422 ps (416 HP) 4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine from the Mercedes G 500 will disappear from the vary and shall be changed by a 435 hp (429 HP) 3-liter inline six-cylinder engine with a 48V gentle hybrid system and built-in 20 hp starter generator. The gentle hybrid system will keep away from taxes. The Mercedes G 500 identify shall be retained, and doubtless nobody will remorse the disappearance of the V8, because the inline 6-cylinder engine is lighter and gives 13 hp extra however 50 Nm much less.
From the tip of 2024, the Mercedes G-Class can even be accessible within the electrical EQG model offered as an idea on the Munich Mobility Present in autumn 2021. The EQG would be the world’s first mannequin with an elective solid-state battery.
German auto motor und sport journal studies that Mercedes can even be revolutionizing the inside. Whereas Mercedes saved the previous format for the GLE facelift, the Mercedes G-Class facelift will get the S-Class’s portrait pill dashboard and new digital instrument cluster. In doing so, Mercedes needs to spotlight that the G-Class is a part of the High-Finish Luxurious vary alongside the S-Class, GLS, EQS, EQS SUV, and all Maybach and AMG fashions.
As anticipated, design-wise, there shall be no important adjustments because the G-Class physique can’t be considerably altered as a result of the G-Class is an icon. So, the physique form will preserve the sharp edges and boxy silhouette.
Nonetheless, the entrance finish with radiator grille and bumper shall be revised and the bonnet shall be extra streamlined, however the headlights will keep the spherical form, which could be seen very clearly on the camouflaged automobile.
Additionally, the tailgate and taillights are barely restyled, and the reversing digicam shall be simply above the quantity plate.
