The Legend Car

The G-Wagen started as a utilitarian vehicle for the military in the late 1970s. Over the decades, Mercedes-Benz has retained the original's design. But if you think that that made life for the design department easy, well think again. It is more than just a simple copy-paste job. Take the front turn indicators for instance. They cost around five times more because of modern safety regulations that require them to sink back into the body in case you end up hitting a pedestrian. Although the turn signal will be the least of my worries if I had a 2.5tonne brick hurtling toward me! The door hinges and handles also hark back to the original and closing the door takes a fair amount of strength. All this adds to the old-school charm of the G-Wagen. Features like all-LED headlamps and LED tail lamps and AMG's signature Panamericana front grille seem to be the few contemporary bits around