Mercedes G-Class vs Jeep Wrangler - Off-road Comparison

Mercedes G-Class vs Jeep Wrangler - Off-road Comparison
2012 Mercedes G class
ENGINE: 5.5L/382-hp/391-lb-ft DOHC 32-valve V-8
TRANSMISSION: 7-speed automatic
CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST): 5603 lb (50/50%)
WHEELBASE: 112.2 in
EPA CITY/HWY FUEL ECON: 12/15 mpg
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[@lukasvass681]

The axle difflocks on a G-Wagon are engaged by hydraulics. AFAIK the only electronic part of the difflock system is behind the dashboard like 1,5 m over the ground. No way that water crossing could have affected it anyhow…

[@Mijanboy]

The purpose of the test was to achieve different results than, say, here: Comparativa 4x4: Toyota Land Cruiser (PRADO), Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Mercedes Clase G - Diariomotor But it was found that unsuitable tires were not enough, so the locking of 3 differentials became inoperable. A safe bet…

[@benhrycaj98]

They are both purpose-built for off-roading. Modern G’s are luxurious and, in many ways, better at off-roading than the original G.

[@blakemarchand6650]

Another excellent video you make the most Coleman off-road videos on KZbin 👍

[@4WDisLife]

Thanks man. I try.

[@ace996]

Ive owned both, G63 and JKRub. On road, no comparison as G63 is a beast with class. Off pavement, there is no comparison. And when you start to mod the Jeeps, the Gwagon is left for dead. Current ride is JTGladiator Rub diesel. G63 (2017) started to rust all over, its a common issue. 2010 Rubicon has yet to show rust. Unreal.

[@aarongerman7857]

what year G wagon" im seeing like a 4.32 differential gearing online

[@ashtonmarrero7932]

This is excellent footage of both vehicles. I have been contemplating of getting one of the two proving price, availability option capability , and performance. Thank you …

[@4WDisLife]

Your welcome!

[@TradesmanOutdoorAdventures]

Thanks for the video!

[@4WDisLife]

Thank you for commenting!

[@michaelwarne4576]

Your videos are awesome, man! Never have I ever watched an off-road comparison video that was soothing and informative at the same time. You could narrate a documentary.

[@4WDisLife]

Thank you for the kind words, really means a lot to me.

[@Mijanboy]

"You could narrate a documentary" On the topic of how easy it is to make a completely misleading biased test.👍

[@basscannon762]

6:05 traction control only works in road mode. No center diff lock, 4wd hi. Also important the way Mercedes traction control works is apply gentle gas and allow time for the wheels to slip and the brakes will do there thing

[@vouzenthal]

You say Sahara but there is a Sport badge on the Jeep. Either way only the Rubicon has stock sway bar disconnect feature so it's all a bit confusing

[@WilkensTokarev2]

Me as a Mercedes-Benz type of guy I'll have to say the Jeep Wrangler is pretty much a comparison to the Mercedes-Benz G class! 🇩🇪🇺🇲💪💪

[@transparentcare]

What kind of bumper/winch do you have on your G wagon?

[@basscannon762]

Looks like a factory bumper with just a winch plate attached

[@dewrimsirine]

ohh bro you should read books so that we can listen to. Your voice is so calming

[@4WDisLife]

Lol. I take that as an compliment

[@nate1479]

The comparison didn't match, the g wagon is a military vehicle, the gwagon to me is better offroader

[@4WDisLife]

And a Jeep is not a military vehicle?

[@nate1479]

It is too, the g wagon is also a giant in the military vehicles, I just can't believe it can fail to pass that suspension articulation test and the jeep can the gwagon is way better off-road than your vedio describes, despite the jeep and gwagon being lifted, the jeep had bigger tired than the g wagon so it performed at the rocks, maybe the vedio is geared towards the jeep being a better offroader but the German monster is a well renowned offroad machine, wherever a jeep can go, a g wagon cannot fail to go too, personally the articulation in the vedio was not accurate at all, g wagons are very much capable as the jeep

[@jeepercreepers54]

Please edit out the spotter "Old Yeller".

[@JohnWhite-ue7hy]

At various points in your video you contrast the Wrangler with the G-Class by saying the Wrangler was "purpose-built" for off-road use. The G-Class was designed and built at the request of the Shah of Iran back in the 1970's for the Iranian military.

[@ChinaGoFootball]

不会错的节目 多多做新视频哦

[@fixer1972]

I personally would take a “properly rigge” G wagon. Just curious, where was this test done?, and what is the language spoken? Good video, thanks.

[@fixer1972]

My favorite would be the FJ 40 Land Cruiser.

[@4WDisLife]

Test driving was done in AOAA Offroad park located in Pennsylvania United States. Language you heard maybe mandarin.

[@fixer1972]

@@4WDisLife cool! Long live American Freedom and Diversity. I absolutely love it.

[@nikolaboscanin3227]

How is this a proper comparison? The G has three locking differentials and Jeep didn’t have either front or the rear ones. You chose not to switch on any of Mercedes diff locks and then wondered why they were not engaging. Yes the G has ABS system but it doesn’t use it to lock the differentials.

[@naturalLin]

If you really want it, you can make G class as capable as wrangler. Just most G owners are not willing to mod heavy as wrangler owners.

[@4WDisLife]

true.

[@timmeijerink9504]

You got a jeep with wayward detached and bigger wheels vs a g class with no difs, on only rocky trials? That is no fair fight. But that out the way, the jeep is a real capable machine.

[@user-yi7hb8tn7o]

Read the owners manuel. You have a process and order to follow to turn on lockers...... on G wagon. I been in water and engaged lockers... so water does not effect lockers on G class.

[@4WDisLife]

unfortunately reading manual doesn’t help the rear differential locker from water damage.

[@closer71]

@@4WDisLifeYeah it does. If you engage the lockers in the correct order. You obviously don’t know how to use a G-class off road

[@4WDisLife]

@@closer71 you obviously know my situation more than I and the mechanics at MB service shop do.

[@RushmoorFizzbomb]

I’ve been through far deeper water than that when I went through the tank water route trail in a 93 GD300. None of my electrics failed on the triple diff locks. Are you sure your tires were of the same rolling circumference and equally deflated? That definitely is in the manual. And what was the failed component according to your workshop “experts”? Was it driver error?

[@4WDisLife]

@@RushmoorFizzbomb lol I am sure your 93 GD300 is the same with the one in this video, and just because you didnt have any issues means no one else should ever have any either, Got it.

[@gaving5099]

the g wagon is also sas, only just recently went independent front

[@gaving5099]

haha spoke too soon. should of commented after watching the whole vid, great vid though

[@4WDisLife]

@@gaving5099 Thank you! all good man

[@Mijanboy]

Hi, I'm from Central Europe. I don't understand what sas is?

[@KaipaoSitlhou-xm4ez]

Bro g class should av larger wheel

[@Mijanboy]

Are you really doing a test when you can't lock 3 differentials and you found out that it's not good off-road? So bad tires weren't enough? Also, there are more objective tests, for example: Comparativa 4x4: Toyota Land Cruiser (PRADO), Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Mercedes Clase G - Diariomotor or an example when the G-klasse has offroad tires: Mercedes G class vs Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Mitsubishi Pajero sport, OFF ROAD But the purpose of the test was to get different results... so bad tires and to be sure 3 differentials failed... and someone accidentally disabled the 4ETS traction control (as in the LR Defender) which has been in the G class for 20 years...

[@emperorshowa8842]

So Who wins?

[@gm3353]

the exhaust under the rockers really makes the G not a great crawler as you will hang up on that/the boards in any kind of blue+trail action.

[@harrysavvides5655]

So ur not using diff lock because it “broke” and because the wrangler doesn’t have diff locks, ok…

[@publiareasgmail6055]

It's like you want to compare a fly with a bee. The G Wagon has no comparison to a Jeep. It's just garbage compared to the Mercedes G class. The G class surpasses it in all aspects about 30 times

[@ace996]

I've owned both...and from personal experience I've a different perspective.

[@soheilnoorani2024]

G class is a joke. Benz just copied the Jeep Wrangler’s concept and sales it for 4 times more expensive.

[@cibolocreekoutfit]

So you can’t drive the G wagon through water???

[@4WDisLife]

you can, but not sure if it is common to have electrical issues with them after deep water crossing.

[@my809musicgroup]

This is like comparing vin Diesel to The Rock. Jeep is nice but come on! G all day

[@user-hi6vr7sb1z]

G 💪💪💪

[@4WDisLife]

👍

[@Mijanboy]

What about here? Comparativa 4x4: Toyota Land Cruiser (PRADO), Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Mercedes Clase G - Diariomotor The king of the terrain on offroad tires really can't do much....

[@MrLeonardodv]

It`s true, when it comes to a real off road, G-wagon is no match for Wrangler or old Defender. Waiting for a new Ineos Grenadier, hope it won`t disappoint and will be a good opponent for Wrangler, even if I think it won`t :D

[@AA-vr8ez]

Of those vehicles, only the G wagon is used by militaries to this day. They’re all great vehicles, but the G is proven.

[@crunchpunch8613]

@@AA-vr8ez The military version of the G Class differs significantly from the civilian G Class. The military version still has 2 star axle, an old more robust engine.

[@lukasvass681]

@@crunchpunch8613well, there were some exemptions but I think we can say that between 1979 and 2018 the military and civilian G had the same frame, axles, t-case, the engines were the same or very similar… If we compare the for example the 463.323 to 461.332 then the biggest difference seems to be the front end in 460 style, drum brakes on the rear axle, very basic interior, 12/24V electrics, better water insulation and Racor as stock equipment.

[@Mijanboy]

Hello from Central Europe. Find this video: Comparativa 4x4: Toyota Land Cruiser (PRADO), Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Mercedes Clase G - Diariomotor. And write to me if you still think the Wrangler is better... I appreciate objective friendly opinions. Thank you

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

well there are some things that failed

[@davidecampana9614]

JEEP

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

❤

[@noyota]

Such silly tests; two vehicles that cannot be compared at all. Two different design philodophies. Please mature. Videos like this fall in the 12yo category. I wonder what your truly in-depth knowledge and understanding of either 4x4 is. These are not SUV's but true 4x4's. A Toureg or a Cayenne is a SUV; they lack ladder frame chassis and proper 4x4 hardware.

[@xuser48]

This video is soo BS. G-Class is only beaten by the Unimog when it comes to off-road driving. Porsche had the G-Class as a reference when designing the first Cayenne, not the Wrangler. Go figure.

[@4WDisLife]

Well duh cuz the cayenne is a suv not for offroad use.

[@xuser48]

@@4WDisLife - You just showed that you know noting about the subject! You channel is BS.

[@4WDisLife]

@@xuser48ok Mr Offroad

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

you chinese?

[@aarongerman7857]

G wagon doesn't have a sway bar

[@englishguy1985]

A Toyota would wipe the floor with both of these vehicles, the G-Wagon is a grossly overpriced vehicle. Here in the US G wagons are seen parked outside shopping malls and boutiques. Jeeps are poorly built vehicles that are or were fairly cheap by comparison. They are decent off-road vehicles but are simply unreliable and underpowered.

[@generalmadness6832]

Bro what are you on about no stock toyota would do better than a jeep maybe the 4 door jeep but it would not stand a chance against a 2 door jeep

[@generalmadness6832]

But I will agree with you g wagons are way overpriced

[@crazydiamond2771]

the driver makes the difference here...

[@closer71]

Ummmmmm….the G-wagon is an off-road purpose built vehicle dude. 🙄

[@4WDisLife]

Ok. Maybe the original ones but the newer ones definitely not as Offroad built as a Jeep wrangler.

[@closer71]

@@4WDisLife 🤣🙄

[@49mus]

That's an insult to Mercedes to make a comparison with a crappy Jeep. Mercedes is and remains the best car

[@4WDisLife]

It’s only an insult if you think it lost, did you?

[@pranays]

Gwagon was a knock off of the jeep now it's an over priced mall crawler.

[@noyota]

Jeeps aren't allowed on safari here in South Africa 🇿🇦 by some operators, as they are too unreliable and breaking down deep into Kaokoland or the Kgalagadi may even prove fatal. Jeeps are boys toys for fun days near the big smoke.

[@noyota]

​@@pranaysAttend school.

[@puisingh]

G wagon sucks

[@terrencesmithson6105]

Another jeep fail children

[@Mijanboy]

Find this: Comparativa 4x4: Toyota Land Cruiser (PRADO), Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Mercedes Clase G - Diariomotor