American (Jeep Guy) Reacts to Classic G-Wagen Durabilty & Off-Roading

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[@MarcFromNijmegen]

Whatever you do, do not go down the rabbit hole called the "Puch Pinzgauer", it might just be the lost middle child between the Unimog and the G/Wolf. ;-) You've been warned.

[@HrLBolle]

you mean the child that wound up lost, found and lost again during the family hike in the beautiful Alpen region?

[@bladablitz]

You won´t believe it what crazy versions we have here in austria. the military is driving still models wich have 40 years of alpine duty and more. unfortunately today they are vera expensive since the production ended. especially the 6 x 6 models,

[@HrLBolle]

@@bladablitz ach das glaub ich glatt und unbesehen

[@thecyberdork776]

👍

[@carlostavares208]

What are you trying to do, drive the man insane?!? The moment he sees the Pinzgauer, he will go completelly nuts!!! Specially the 6x6...

[@grijsbaardski]

drove 1 of those for years in the dutch army, amazing vehicle.

[@BennoWitter]

They are popular with hunters and forest rangers in Germany.

[@chrizz5982]

Dentists love them as well.

[@erebostd]

Well… only those who got one when they were affordable. Most hunters today buy dacia dusters (no joke!) as their purpose-car. They are cheap, reliable and nobody cares if they get scratched. They are obviously not as capable as a G Class, but it’s sufficient…

[@MatthewC137]

I hunt the Rockies and love mine.

[@BringMeOldSchool]

They were in the 80s and 90s. Maybe in the early 00s. Now it just is a "show" car which is way to expensive. That G-Wago today is wjay happend especially through other countries like China and the US that these cars are what they are now. Just to show "hey look I drive an expensive G-Wagon". In Germany this definitely today the same. There are barley Hunters left who could afford one...

[@peta8803]

I used to drive MB Geländewagen's in the norwegian military, they were diesels, but ran on a mix fuel called f-34 if I'm remembering correctly, it had kerosene in it and would run our webasto heater in the car when it got too cold

[@martindonat3249]

i belive F34 also known as JP 8 is Nato - Jet Fuel based on JetA1 ,(Kerosin) but multifuel engines and Dieselengines would run with it as well

[@supreme3376]

Some is in Polish we get them as the support for Leopards Tank

[@andreasmassolle1040]

You could also mix super gasoline into the diesel, up to 2 liters of super gasoline per 10 liters of diesel, a very good frost protection at low temperatures.

[@wolf310ii]

The old diesel would run on any oil, diesel, kerosene, old motor oil, vegetable oil, with a pre heater even on cooking grease. Around 20-30 years ago, there was a taxi driver who collected the old fryer grease from fast food restaurants, filtered it and run his taxi with it.

[@martindonat3249]

@@wolf310ii i know , arround that time that was also big with deliverytrucks ,but that ended , you could smell that from a distance ,and because normal diesel is taxed and that stuff not ,it considered taxfraud ,

[@jamaicamike532]

You have to look at the puch pinzgauer especially the 6x6 version

[@siouex]

They have rear, central and front locking differentials from the factory as standard, that says a lot! Plus all the way up to 2018 they had full metal lader chassis and solid axles. So give this car some good tyres, and just buckle up

[@andreasmassolle1040]

Exakt😂💪✌️

[@asdasd-ni8eg]

Should see it on cheese cutters not quick but just crawls were you point, but the early ones are slow, in first it'll go anywhere.

[@r.m.97]

I was in the Dutch army when they were gradually replacing the Land Rover Defender for the Mercedes Benz G and i got to drive both 😊. They were both totally utilitary, but still so different. The G was so much more comfy in every possible way; suspension, sound, seats, sitting space (elbows, butt, legs, feet), shifting gears (two fingers easy)...Wow, what a difference! I like both, but for daily driving the G is king.

[@jacobmulder3960]

I actually took my driving lessons as a conscript in the Dutch army ('94) in the Mercedes Benz G (a 290GD if I recall correctly), around the time they where introduced to the military driving schools. The first one I entered only had 2000km on it. So pretty new. I still have the Mercedes driving licence lying around somewhere. Impressively capable vehicles.

[@thorstenkurafeiski1845]

In Germany the G-Class was mostly used by forest rangers or military back in the days. You rarely saw it on public roads until Mercedes introduced the AMG version.

[@andreasekart3853]

It was a cooperation between Mercedes Benz and Steyr-Daimler-Puch and until 2000 they were sold here in Austria as "Puch G". They are built in Graz/Austria. Steyr-Daimler-Puch also made the Haflinger and Pinzgauer, some of the most capable offroaders, so the offroad stuff for the G came from them. In the Austrian military they were replacements/additions to the old Pinzgauer, and I drove both the Pinzgauer and the 230G, a 2.3Liter inline4 petrol engine, no powersteering, no electric stuff, all manual. Nothing inside you couldn't hose down to get rid of the dirt. It had just above 90HP but offroad that didn't matter, it was awesome. The Logo you saw at 23:09 is from Steyr-Daimler-Puch.

[@Ron-ei5eh]

So when i was an evaluater during military exercises in "the box", a US European training area in Hohenfels Germany, we had this Mercedes vehicle in the dutch army. One night my american collegea, a Captian, came on the radio that he was stuck with his Humvee. So i drove my "little" mercedes in that terrein and stopped right next to him to pick him up, and drove us out. He was impressed 🙂

[@Herc-eles]

17:17 That's not a recovery, it's a tug-of-war.

[@ronaldderooij1774]

12 years ago, I came across a military one from the Dutch National Reserve forces at some barracks. I think it was a 240D from 1977 and it had 2.000 miles on it. As they are stored dry and well maintained, the car was in perfect condition. Pro tip, all government non-weaponised properties that is are movable, among which these things, sometimes get auctioned by the government by the service called "Domeinen". Pro tip 2: The military versions can even run (not very well) on kerosene which is a NATO requirement.

[@jhdix6731]

in Germany, the auctioning service is VEBEG. Most of the time, the vehicles they offer are really run down have and are not street-safe anymore.

[@aphextwin5712]

Mercedes only started to sell the G Wagon officially in the United States around the year 2000.

[@blueskylite]

I was working in Kenia, Africa and had to get water from a nearby lake, they gave me a g wagon, 2 door with a 1000 Liter water trailer behind it, so i drove the 20 miles very bad dirtroads to the lake and pumped it by feet pump full of water and brought it back to the camp, the car was already 30 plus years old but worked like a horse, was just pure joy to use this machine.

[@jhdix6731]

Didn't that the G-Wagon have a power take-off you could have used to pump? All G's I remember from my military service had one.

[@torfinnsrnes6232]

I had an ex military 240 GD from the norwegian army. I has locking diffs on both axles. It has just rubber mats you can take out and hose out dirt from the floor. Just pull the floor plugs and drain the water out. The norwegian version had webasto engine heaters, soft top, foldable wind screen. Curtain in front of the radiator that you can pull up from the inside. It also has pipe connectors and valves in front for externally heating the engine, ad an electric block heater as well. Dual batteries and 24 volt system.

[@jensschmidt]

Also, @20:15: Puch was an Austrian car (among other things) manufacturer that since 1934 is known as Steyr-Daimler-Puch company which nowadays is mainly a defense contractor producing tanks, armored vehicles and such. So being a part of the Daimler family, it manufactured the Austrian G wagon version

[@erwin6395]

Military vehicles in Europe are street legal, even the tanks. Numberplates, lights, indicators, mirrors and all.

[@ropeburn6684]

Tanks also have a horn for that reason. The one on the Leopard 2 sounds like Herbie, meep meep 😂❤

[@h3raf0x]

The Swiss Military got brand new G Wagons just a few years ago. I think they Never change the Interior Design for the last 20 Years. And the Wheels are indeed this five spoke black ones. It realy looks like the first one, but 5 door and with small modern adjustments. And its just awesome. You can go through every think with this car. The 3 Liter turbocharged V6 Diesel sounds nice and produce a good amount of torque. Once we even jump start a 40Ton Truck with it because it was the only Vehicle around with a 24V Batterie.

[@dimitri877]

This brings back memories. I got my drivers license in a 290GD short wheelbase (in the army) back in 1996. I used to drive a long wheelbase when stationed as the personal chauffeur of the Chief Medical Officer of the 'Staf en stafcompagnie van 13 Gemechaniseerde Brigade'. During exercises I drove the long wheelbase as a radio equipped command vehicle (field taxi for the Brass) or the ambulance variant (I was trained as a medic/ambulance driver). Most if not all versions in the Dutch army were inline 5 cylinder, 2.9L diesels (2,874 cc/175.4 cu in).

[@matt47110815]

Loved the Wolf during my time in the German Army (Bundeswehr). I suppose it is called Wolf, because when you look at the 2 Door Version, the shape looks a bit like a Wolf's head, with the long snout. Just needs some Ears on top. 😄

[@walterwhite415]

Now I have to imagine one of them with fluffy ears on top. That would be the bUwUndeswehr then, I guess.

[@2taktfriseur]

Hello, an Austrian guy here from Graz ( the hometown of the G wagon) and funny enough i work at Magna-Steyer as a bodyworker and have made bodyparts for those for Years :D There are plenty of variations of the old 461 model u can look up. Also for military use and Firefigthers. u can get those here in Austria from 6500€ upwarts in ok conditions.. The Australian Military version have a beefy front bumper with heavy wrench on.

[@MarchuxProductions]

Learnt to drive manual in a '81 300GD LWB. Such a good ride! That one was nears stock, just with some tires and a bent pipe acting as a lift kit, but could still tackle pretty much anything. The 300GD is a 3 liter inline 5 NA diesel, the 240GD is a 2.4 liter inline 4 NA diesel. They also came in 200GE, 230G/GE and 280GE, being a petrol 2 liter I4, 2.3 liter carb/EFI I4, and 2.8 I6.

[@davidmarkwort9711]

PUCH is Austrian

[@DestroyerOfLiberals]

Fun fact - US military uses G-Wagons.

[@thomasalbrecht5914]

My parents bought a long wheelbase station wagon of these new when it came out. Two years later, my mother did a u-turn with it without checking the rear view mirror on the driver’s side first. That was a mistake, because there was a tram coming up from behind. The tram‘s stopping distance was only marginally improved by the car’s contribution, but incredibly, my mother was unhurt and the car, although it was clearly a write-off, did still drive, although it did a bit better on left-hand corners than right-handers. It was sold off to Africa, and I am quite certain that after a bit of artisanal bodywork, it was fit to carry on for a happy second life.

[@fingolfyn]

I remember the Puch G from Steyr-Daimler-Puch back in 1989 when I was in the Army. I can also recommend the Pinzgauer or Haflinger to watch, very capable off road vehicles from the Austrian Army back in the days.

[@assarstromblad3280]

I drove these in the swedish military, they are actually really good off road, much better than what you might think. We had the 4-wheel TGB14 and the 6-wheel variant TGB15. Maybe you would be interested in videos of those too :)

[@StephanHeinemann1]

The original G Wagon is a Work Horse and very reliable and tough going

[@nichderjeniche]

The only G Class I drove with, was in the German army. But it's called "Wolf".

[@superaids404]

Puch is Austrian I guess. I never saw a Puch car in real life, but some mopeds back in the 90's during my youth. I grew up at the French Border and the German dudes had a Zündapp, Hercules or Puch, the French dudes mostly had a Peugeot 103.

[@bladablitz]

Love it! My first Moped was a Puch Jet.

[@Rick_Zune]

Owned one my self and so many of my friends did as well when I grew up in semi rural Sweden, none was stock though, most could race a car and win 😅 Now it's just scooters and some cross variants all over the place, miss the old school mopeds!

[@steve26553]

​ Puch Maxis we're also popular mopeds back in the day.

[@speedy19085]

"a pimped up crazy luxury suv" ... in other words, a fridge on wheels :D

[@heimokerstner705]

It was a cooperation between Mercedes and Steyr Puch (they built for example the Pinzgauer) , greetings from Graz, were the original G Waggon comes from and we (austrians) called it Puch G (until the early 2000s)!

[@Karl-me4mh]

Your first "Puch" pronounciation was perfect. I am so impressed by your understanding of german pronounciation. The G-wagon was developed by Puch, an austrian company and MB in cooperation. The german military received a few models from MB, but due to the high cost of the G wagon the german military decided to buy 'VW Iltis' instead. I was born 1983, and had a g wagon as a toy, when I was a child. I always only pictured them as super capable offroad vehicles. Only in the 2000s they started to transform into show off SUVs.

[@reinhard8053]

In 1999 I had a job offer for the project of bringing the electrics of the G up to a modern level. I took a different path but now I work in an office just next to the G development. Every side of the building if I look out of the window, there are tons of different Gs !

[@Karl-me4mh]

@@reinhard8053 ... yet it is mostly known for being a rich people's wasteful showoff Mercedes Tank these days.

[@reinhard8053]

@@Karl-me4mh I think there still are different customers. The wood and mountain working people, the military and then the show-offs. Some years ago I saw a really used G at the side of the street in the city. There were mud heaps around every wheel !

[@Karl-me4mh]

@@reinhard8053 Bayern ?

[@reinhard8053]

@@Karl-me4mh No. Where did the G come from ?

[@xaros738]

In the Greek Army we have the 240GD model in multiple versions and roles. I have a ride in them many times when i serve. We have also newer vehicles now, but many G240GD are still in use.

[@wortdrexler]

Drove one in the 90s in the German Bundeswehr (they're called "Wolf" there). The basic model with a simple tarp cover and extremely deep profile tires (they felt like tractor tires). I remember wearing ear protection inside while driving this thing on the Autobahn.

[@bennyhannover9361]

Originally the G-Wagon Series starting from 1979 on, mostly developed by Steyr-Puch at Austria because there sat the Allwheel Drive specialists of Europe in 1970s. These G-Wagon were produced under Nutzfahrzeug Sparte at Mercedes as utility light trucks, the seats were with MB-Tex or simple Cotton Fabric plus Rubberleather. Real Leather was super extra and had to be wished personally at the dealer, until 1994or 1996 it was this way, then Mercedes split the model range into utility vehicles and luxury jeep vehicles. Today only the luxury models survived.

[@thedaif]

The first G-Wagons were built(to this day actually) in Graz, Austria, under the Name Puch G. You have an austrian license plate on your wall, the G stands for Graz! Fantastic cars, you can find them up the mountains here in Austria working hard!

[@helloweener2007]

For 10 to 20k you have options to get one of these. Would be from the 80's or start of the 90's of course which would be an adtantage because you could import it then. It was very popular with farmers and hunters, people who actually have to drive off road, when it was more basic. Basic price in 1979 for a 230G (4 cylinder, gas 90 hp or 102 hp) was 29,990.20 DM 240GD (4 cylinder, diesel 72 hp) was 31,470.50 DM The average income in 1979 was 27.685 DM

[@haystackhider7158]

Mercedes G-Wagon has been commercial sold since 1979 and is still in production today. Its maybe the best SUV ever made!

[@duke6321]

What is that supposed to be, an SUV? This is the kind of vehicle that can't do anything right. Looks like an off-road vehicle, but reaches its limits extremely quickly off-road. Looks like a spacious station wagon - but often has a lower load capacity or a smaller interior than a comparable real station wagon. An SUV is simply a lifestyle product and in truth a dazzler. To compare an off-road vehicle like the G-Model with such a boulevard shopping cart is already crudely wrong.

[@MatthewC137]

Those seats in the first one are the real deal and are probably made of M-B Tex. The material is extremely durable and was also used in M-B sedans. Edit: You are correct about those wheels. They are aluminum and about 20 years newer than the vehicle. They were typically aluminum colored not black. Also you might have noticed the two red indicator lights on the dash for the locking diffs. There's only two because that model is part-time 4 wheel drive so its transfer case provides a "locked" 50/50 front-rear power split when in 4x4 hi or lo.

[@tgunner2a4]

I remember in Bosnia (SFOR) in 1998-99 US army EOD had borrowed some Danish army GD240 because the Hummer´s where to wide for the narrow Mountain roads in the AOR, and the Hummer was also too heavy for this kind of terrain.

[@Lext87]

The Dutch military had these in 2 door metal top SWB, 2 door soft top and metal top LWB. They even had ambulance versions of them. They were replaced by VW Amarok which were far less capable. All the early G-wagons were built by Steyer-Punch in Austria. Early ones had the Puch logos.

[@PieterWigboldus]

25-30 years ago, i know someone in my street in the Netherlands that comes from Germany that drives a G-wagon consumer edition. Also no AMG, just very solid terrain wagon. I think he drives the car for a lot of years. Also a basic G wagon (non military) is very impressive.

[@jensschmidt]

I used to drive the (soft top) G when I was in the German army 25 years ago. There, it's called the Wolf and is the Jeep/Humvee equivalent - and pretty much indestructible. I really liked it...

[@maciejgajoch1774]

Behind the iron curtain until 1989 G-modell was sold as Puch.5 door station wagon 240GD and 230G was available.

[@siryogiwan]

you can get them here in Australia, just did a quick search and there's an Australian website for them, also a few used car sites with them showed in the search; wasn't sure if the ones we have were or not

[@adrianmclean9195]

The G wagon, is the base 4wd for the Australian Army as well as 6 x 6 versions and different body modifications. Replaced the Land Rover Defenders that they had for a very long time. Had to choose between the two mentioned and American Jeep ( not Hummer ), but they choose the G wagon, I think to do with superior electronics ? We also have Unimogs for a long time now. SES also uses Unimogs.

[@martinb.770]

It's quite what happened to the Humvee: the moment Arnold showed up with it, the upper class and wannabes embraced it and it turned into a status symbol and people forgot about its roots. The G-class is more or less the little brother of the Unimog and there's a great docu about its development at Puch (where it's manufactured) in Graz and testing in the 70ies. It has also been produced by Peugeot for the french army. The last upgrade in fact changed a lot and while former models were based more or less on the 1979 construction, the current one is another development.

[@biznisman7049]

G-Wagen Brabus

[@Jean-LucGrosgeorges]

Hello Ian, the Peugeot P4 that replaced the jeep as the French army vehicle (in 1980 or 81, I saw it arrive during my military service) was based on the first Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen

[@johnfrandsen6287]

Hi there. I’m from Denmark and here we have them in our army in several different versions with no roofs and laying the windshield down on the hood. So if you have time take a look. And thanks for a very great channel looking forward for many more videos. Best regards from John Denmark

[@M3LKS]

That bright green G is stunning!

[@GenX-Joe]

You should also check out the Volkswagen Iltis. Both the Mercedes G-Wagon and the VW Iltis were developed in the 1970s. VW was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time and to help the company, the contract was initially awarded to VW. They produced the Iltis (the German word for Polecat) for various armies in Europe, Africa, Asia and also for the Canadian military. The VW Iltis replaced the VW 181, which you will know in the States as "The Thing". In 1980, a VW Iltis won the Paris Dakar Rally. I drove the Iltis myself in the German military in the 1980s. You always had to drive with four-wheel drive engaged and the maximum permitted speed was 50mph because the car was unstable after that. The four-wheel drive engaged was to somewhat prevent the tendency to roll over if you took corners too quickly. However, you always had to drive very carefully, especially on tight corners. Due to this shortage, the Mercedes G-Wagon, which the German military also calls the Mercedes Wolf, was gradually purchased. The VW Iltis is actually an Audi. And the all-wheel drive technology of the Iltis was the starting signal for the development of the Audi Quattro models in the 1980s. As far as off-road capabilities were concerned, I at least had no complaints. The Iltis never let me down once.

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

When I was in the german Bundeswehr I had a "Wolf" (250GD). But as far as I can remember all the ones we had were soft top convertibles with some sturdy rollbars under the canopy, which would probably be even cooler to have in the US...😁 In any case you would need the Jerry can holder on the back and the super high radio antenna. With the US gun laws you probably even could get some H&K G3 rifles and put the gun rack to good use or mount a MG3 on top or something...😅

[@altblechasyl_cs2093]

HK... or Heckler&Koch... 👹

[@alancoee789]

240GD is a 2.4l i4 and 300GD is a 3l i5

[@NoahEliasDennis]

They are popular, and you see even now and then decommissioned original military versions. The original military version (codename: Wolf) was NOT a diesel, it was a 4-inline gasoline 2.3 ltr (230G)

[@bennyhannover9361]

Puch was a famous Austrian Motorbike manufacturer since 1903. It was melted together with Austro-Daimler and Steyr Car around 1932 to 1934 due to world economy crisis. Technical director at Austro-Daimler from 1907 to 1923 was Professor Ferdinand Porsche! ! !

[@bennyhannover9361]

The first car developed from Porsche engineering between 1928 and 1929 was Steyr XXX , for thirty, a 2,0 liter car which was popular for its longevity in Austria and used as Taxi all the way through to the End of WW2..

[@pmcminnSlithers]

The Australian Army currently use g wagon 4x4 and 6x6 they all have those balck 5 spoke alloy rims as standard.

[@audunaa1494]

The logo is Puch(pronounced Pukk/puck), they used to produce motorcycles . All Mercedes G wagons are prodused on the old Puch factory, based in Austria to date

[@bendjohans3863]

the blue old one was from Puch Styer they are great with changing cars i love the Puch styer fiat panda 4x4... great car and you cant get more simple than that

[@petebeatminister]

Puch - or at the time Steyr-Daimler-Puch - was a Austrian company specialised in all terrain vehicles, 4x4 drive train technology and such. Today its called Magna Steyr. Puch designed the drive train for the Mercedes G (G stands for "Gelände" (engl. terrain)) models. Yes, GD stands for "Gelände Diesel".

[@marflitts]

Magna still build the current one too. Magna also recently designed the chassis for the Ineos Grenadier.

[@Bud_Terence]

At 4:38 you can see the spare wheel on the back. That is how the original steel wheels and all purpose tires look like.

[@MatthewC137]

The short wheelbase 2 door (technically 3 door) is a lot of fun off road.

[@carsnanidiot]

my father had a 1984 ambulance white 5door 300GD. they are fun offroad. but 84hp dont do much on the road. haha

[@silvertongue3003]

I just bought a 1977 unimog, it’s in rough shape but I’m hoping to restore it over the next few months

[@NenadTrajkovic]

Gelandewagen is present in almost all European armies. I served with 280GE and 300GD It is Puch G class in my country There's a franch version too, Peugeot P4

[@assellator]

Model G was concepted as a military car.. The original has a multi-fuel engine. you can drive with Diesel, Sunflower oil ore Terpentin and much other fuels.. At the beginning of the 1990s, the decision fell on Daimler-Benz AG, which had applied with the Mercedes-Benz 250 GD from the W 460 series. The order included the delivery of 12,500 vehicles. After a competition to find a name within the Bundeswehr, the new vehicle was given the internal name “Wolf”. The G-Class is used, among other things, as a carrier vehicle for the 120 mm mortar, as a carrier for the Milan weapon system or as a medical vehicle.

[@bladablitz]

Puch developed the G in cooperation with Mercedes. In the early 70´s it was produced only in Austria an the Austrian and German military used it as the Puch G (G for "Gelaendewagen" that means simply Off-Road vehicle). If you are a offroad freak i strongly recommend watching (and may be reacting) to the Puch Pinzgauer. Every military personnel I met (and there were many nations - I was a UN soldier for 8 years) said that the Pinzgauer is the best off-road vehicle they have ever driven.

[@ScandzaVaeringjar]

The plain green with original tires is so sick

[@Gamepak]

they will go as deep as the air intake will allow, the blue one had a snorkel, this one goes even deeper

[@ThomasKnip]

The G-Wagon is a utility car, a working horse. So they have been around in Germany for a long time, but hardly ever on the streets, like regular cars. Using it to show off is fine (you always can show off in *any* Mercedes 😁), but it is like putting flourishes on a bull.

[@marcbaur677]

There are Military Peugeot and Steyr Puch Versions too, also LWB 2 door with canvas top and 6x6 Versions.

[@jackofalltrades5761]

My first moped was a Puch, that was in the early 60''. It was ez to modify to run at higher speeds.

[@uncle_matula]

I've already described to you several times in your Unimog videos that the best four-wheel drive drivetrain is made by the Austrians. Steyr-Puch, the company that makes the drivetrain for the Unimog and the G Merci. When they made Jeep in Europe, they made that too. That's the company that was bought up by Daimer

[@deadmanschest4322]

"Back in the old days", G-Class Mercedes vehicles (G-Wagon) were also quite rare in private hands in Germany, except for veterinarians working mainly in rural areas or on farms, as well as foresters and hunters, they were more likely to have a G-Class. Otherwise, you mostly saw them with the THW (Germany’s Federal Agency for Technical Relief, part of disaster response) or with "Y-Tours," the joking name for a travel organizer, as the German military repeatedly sent convoys through the country and their license plates start with a "Y." Nowadays, the glossy G-Class vehicles have become more common, much like in the U.S. However, they’re still relatively rare, as most people tend to prefer SUVs from Audi, BMW, Porsche, ...

[@ruggugglan]

Puch you said it right both times, most known here in europe for their mopeds 😊

[@philipmargetin4442]

my father was actually a test driver for these when they were developed. and he says, that the new ones are comparably shit to the technology and stuff they used to test back then. he used to wrok for the BAZ in Bratislava which used to develop and test military vehicles after WW2. and trust me the stuff he drove usually never made it to production, but the capability of most of them was just insane.

[@TomVestvik]

Norway got quite a lot of the former military ones driving around. Long wheelbase, soft top and two doors. I’ve always wanted one, but never bought one.

[@derKarl_stp]

we used to have (and still have) the Austrian Version (sort of the original as it was a collab with Mercedes by Daimler) which was named "Puch G" in the Armed Forces as smaller offroad vehicles... and it was funny to have a ride in them (the only one that was even funnier was the Pinzgauer) by the way the company that developed and built the G for Mercedes was "Steyr Daimler Puch" (previously Puch and Daimler Puch) which actually had the green and white logo (representing the colours of Styria) however, it is hard to get a good used one that is still road legal... only chance to get "newer" ones is as former "accidents" aka. rolled over ones that were "beyond repair" for the Armed Forces or from private owners that have rebuilt theirs the ones you can get on surplus auctions over here are pricy and most of the time in a not so good condition (and often when you get a cheaper priced one it basically turns out to be a 50% rebuild purchase where you have to rebuild it) but still... I love to see them on the roads (and even more to see them being used as actual offroad vehicles)

[@tompsu9536]

In the first one, those wheels are in fact original but those g wagons also come with steelies. Although, I'd suggest those type of wheels are more common for civilian g wagons. Not sure if that exact one is a real military variant or not but even some military g wagons came with those wheels. The thing is that most of the military g wagons are soft tops.

[@mariusrasmussen4119]

Here in Norway we cal the fancy ones "Stock Exchange tractor" :D

[@rome0610]

The G-Wagon was designed and manufactured by PUCH (Steyr-Daimler-Puch) in Graz, Austria, in cooperation with Mercedes (engines). Main customer were the military. Later civil variants were added, such as the Puch G "Worker" (shown at 20:30, short base, 2 doors, canvas top) for rough use like in forests. Problem for cilivian use was the high price. When Puch dissolved, Mercedes took over. Production and development is still in Graz. Later they shifted to the well-known luxury car.

[@monunyabidness5949]

Lies. Completely engineered and designed by Mercedes, originally for the Shah of Iran, but when the Shah was deposed they decided to sell it to the German military and security forces. Steyr is just the company that assembled them. They categorially DID NOT engineer or design the Gwagen.

[@racamon]

I drove Puch in military. Awesome machine. Rugged. Puch is the version to go!

[@gavinramsay539]

A friend of mine has a short wheel base, and she used to have a rooftop tent.

[@Richman0815]

In the German Army they told us: "If a Hill is to steep to by food, go for a Wolf".

[@Limburg92]

My personal opinion: I would love if they would asked you for an car tv show. You know and seen enough wierd and funny cars, topics other than sports cars and knowing the concepts. Yet you have the beer videos. I think it would be fun to see this diversity in an car show. There is nothing like it because the guys like that made the last show, the grand tour. Not to compare but would love more natural not scripted funny car topics and not only sports cars. Don't know if you are an great driver lol. Love your vids👍

[@marcusott5054]

The "G" was developed by Mercedes Benz together with Steyr-Daimler-Puch (Austrian Car/Bike/Tractor conglomerate), and was sold as "Puch G" in certain countries. These have the logo you saw at the end, which is the "Puch" logo. The "G" stands for "Geländewagen" which literally translates to "terrain wagon", but in meaning it is just "off-road car".

[@andreashofer4442]

Acutally t aasnt a coop with merc, the original was a Steyr, Daimler - Puch, with Steyr and Daimler producing parts for it, as its usual in any car.

[@thedutchhuman]

1 of the many ''Chelsea tractor'' types. And I agree with you, standard they are nicer than the dressed up versions that people with money and ''look at me being cool'' drive, in other words a show-off. they are mostly used to drop off and pick up the kids from school and go into town...hence the name Chelsea tractor

[@eatsmylifeYT]

The camo 300GD looks like it's wearing all-terrain tires. Good for both pavement and off-road up to semi-rough terrain. The engine is most likely a 3.0-liter 5-cylinder turbodiesel.

[@martinsv9183]

Even more likely without turbo.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@martinsv9183 You don't know much about Mercedes Benz vehicles, do you? Especially turbodiesels?

[@martinsv9183]

@@eatsmylifeYT I do, but you obviously dont haha.. The G didnt even exist with that 5-cyl turbodiesel. First Turbodiesels in the G came with the 290 and the 6-cyl 300 from the w210.

[@eatsmylifeYT]

@@martinsv9183 If you say so.

[@martinsv9183]

@@eatsmylifeYT Could only be had in the w123. And US w116/w126.

[@Brauiz90]

17:09 - this wasn't a recovery... they were going opposite directions. They just had fun comparing their rides. the dutch one climbing up that hill... I've heard once "The G-wagon is the mini-Unimog everyone can have"

[@MrReese]

I find it quite funny that you have had this license plate from Graz in your background for a long time but you only now are checking out the G-Class (as we call it), which is built here in Graz :). Also, the G-Class was not meant as a luxury car and they are also not really that comfortable to drive compared to proper luxury SUVs. They have improved all of that over the past years, but just because they have been perceived as luxury vehicles (and eventually offered as such) doesn't mean they were meant to be that way :). If you wanna see the really crazy versions you gotta look at the 6x6 :D.

[@NjoyMoney]

Cant believe you havent reacted to the Sherp, look it up, its an amazing offroad vehicle, it can pump and deflate its own tires with exhaust gas, every tire is a fuel tank so it has range to go around the globe on 1 full fill up because its also very fuel efficient. Look that beast up for sure 😁

[@gladiusthrax4941]

I have ridden on an x-military G wagon a few times, going hard off-road. They are amazingly capable, simple, mechanic and can take very tough abuse. I'd buy one if they weren't so expensive. For now I scratch my off-road itch with motorcycles, which are even better than a G wagon

[@michaeldoring1991]

At my time in the Bundeswehr I was an medic an I drive a Sanwolf. The military ambulance version of the G class.

[@satanihelvetet]

In the Swedish army the Geländerwagen for a long time was called "Eländewagen" (elände= misery in Swedish) after the first experiences of the car at Swedish forces international missions (UN) at the 1990's. I guess the quality and durability for military use was an issue at some generations.

[@StephanHeinemann1]

@IWrocker there are many used Military G Wagons available online and still affordable!

[@JoriDiculous]

It was named "off-road vehicle" (direct translation) for a reason. 🤭✌ Its quite a big difference between the military g-versions and the civilian ones. You saw Loads of these in Norway in the 80-90's thanks to some very beneficial tax-exempts (and the Dot-Com bubble), and of course all our military branches had Geländewagon (and Volvo, and some US-trucks). You should be able to get some used one still, but they will be pricy in "drivable" standard. LOTS of rust as on al MB's.

[@hanes2]

Same in russia. Flashmobile. But then friends i have in Iceland say, if you wanna go outside the cities, rent a G-wagon.

[@human_isomer]

you can tell the difference between a G that is just for display of lifestyle and one that is actually used as intended by one simple thing: the rims. If they're aluminium, it's just a show-off. Btw, the one in the first video is probably an old model, as it doesn't have air bags. Maybe it's a refurbished one from the Bundeswehr. You see those or more recent versions of them rather in the rural regions where they are in their element. In cities, not so much, as they are rather bulky and not exactly useful as a minivan or something alike.

[@Abitu11]

Even the modern G63 is a very capable offroad vehicle. You should check out some of the videos from the Mercedes proving ground.

[@stefanwiechmann4808]

Also the G500 EQ Technologies, the electric G-Class is an extreme offroad machine and can drive through even deeper water then the petrol powered ones.