Mercedes confirmed on the Munich Motor Present in autumn 2023 by the voice of CEO Ola Kallenius that it’ll launch a Mercedes G-Class Child in just a few years often known as the “Little G” and on the CES present in Las Vegas, Markus Schafer, Mercedes technical chief, informed the British journal Autocar that it’ll have electrical propulsion solely.
The German newspaper Handelsblatt reported in February 2023 that Ola Kallenius, Mercedes CEO, is contemplating a Mercedes G-Class Child, in a bid to develop the profitable G-Class vary, which from autumn 2024 will embrace a full electrical model with 4 electrical motors.
Ola Kallenius formally confirmed in September 2023 on the Munich Auto-Present that Mercedes will launch a Mercedes G-Class Child, or “Little G”, in just a few years. Autocar journal estimates the brand new Mercedes G-Class Child will arrive in 2026.
Kallenius believes {that a} child G-Class is essential to develop the G-Class vary and switch the G-Class from a mannequin right into a sub-brand, in the identical means as AMG and Maybach did.
We’ve been writing since February 2023 that the Child G-Class may use the brand new MMA platform meant for the upcoming CLA, CLA Taking pictures Brake, EQA/GLA, and EQB/GLB compact vary. The MMA platform is designed primarily for electrical drive however can accommodate typical and hybrid drives.
Markus Schafer, Mercedes technical chief, informed British journal Autocar on the CES present in Las Vegas that the longer term Mercedes G-Class Child shall be electrical drive solely. And Gorden Wagener, head of design at Mercedes, informed the identical British journal, Autocar, that “It’s going to have its personal character, however it will likely be a G.”
However surprisingly, Schafer confirmed for the primary time that the Mercedes G-Class child is not going to use the MMA platform however one other platform that can take modules from the bigger rear-wheel drive-based fashions as a result of it’s essential to supply extra pronounced off-road capabilities worthy of the G-Class title.
The Mercedes EQG doesn’t use the EVA II platform from the EQE SUV/EQS SUV as a result of Mercedes needed to maintain the separate ladder-frame chassis. Due to this fact, the Mercedes EQG relies on the G-Class platform with typical engines and has 4 motors, one at every wheel, simulating the three lockable differentials.
