Mercedes Promises to Keep Making Gas-powered G-Wagens as Long as You Want Them

Few vehicles have withstood the test of time as well as the G-Class. In fact, Mercedes-Benz announced that an impressive 80% of all G-Classes ever produced are still actively on the road today. This is an impressive achievement considering that the robust off-roader has been in production for almost a century, since 1979.

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With the introduction of the all-electric G580 EQ, the legendary G-Wagen recently entered a new era. However, it will likely be many decades before electric Gs will be the only running version.

Read: The 579-hp, four-motor Mercedes G580 EQ can overtake and overtake the ICE G

“80 percent of the G-Classes ever produced are still on the market,” AMG boss and G-Class and Maybach boss Michael Schiebe told reporters at the launch of the electric G. “The cars have a very long lifespan. “”

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“So you can do the math here [that while] Maybe a G-Class needs a little more material than [your average] Compact cars, the durability, when you see the lifespan of a 1979 G-Wagen, I think you [will have had to have] in some cases drove many, many compact cars to maintain the lifespan of a G-Wagen.”

On paper, the new G580 EQ has a lot to offer. Four electric motors produce 579 hp and 859 lb-ft of torque, allowing it to accelerate to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds. Like every other G-Class, it is designed for off-road use and is said to be even more powerful in this area than combustion engine versions. As powerful as the company is, Schiebe admitted that if customers continue to demand V8 engines, the company will continue to supply them, Motor1 reports.

“We try to be a customer-centric company,” he said. “We want to deliver what customers want. And if they demand V8 engines, then our job is to deliver very efficient and very powerful V8 engines. “We have customers who really love the V8,” Schiebe said. “And they will love the V8 in the G-Class forever.”

For buyers who don’t want a V8, Mercedes-Benz also offers the G-Class with a six-cylinder. The G580 EQ will then cater to those who don’t want an internal combustion engine. According to Schiebe, this is a “de-risking strategy” for the business.

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