Mercedes-benz G-class' New White Roof Option And Vintage Look Package Bring Retro Style To The (relative) Masses

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Much of my free clip (and galore activity hours, but shhh) is spent perusing various automakers' online configurators, and location are a fewer circumstantial ones I spell backmost to often, for illustration nan fantabulous and extended ones that Porsche, Rolls-Royce, and Lamborghini offer. But there's 1 car that I've spent much hours connected nan configurator of than immoderate other: the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

Over nan past fewer years Mercedes has really ramped up nan G-wagen's different cosmetic and personalization options done its Manufaktur division, pinch dozens of disposable colors (really an endless number if you want to walk moreover much money), nosy quality packages and instrumentality designs, and moreover things for illustration a cherry wood cargo floor. On my latest perusal of nan German configurator — location are moreover much options than successful nan U.S., and immoderate adjacent exemplary twelvemonth things we don't get yet — I noticed 2 fantabulous caller options that I hadn't yet. 

Not only tin you now get a contrasting achromatic roof, but there's a caller Vintage Look package that brings throwback styling akin to the Stronger Than The 1980s typical edition that launched this year. It's my day today, truthful evidently I had to constitute astir this and fto nan world cognize nan bully news.

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I'll commencement pinch nan much elemental of nan 2 options. For years now Mercedes has offered a contrasting tile connected nan G-Class, but only successful black: either glossy Obsidian Black aliases satin Night Black Magno depending connected if you've picked a modular aliases Magno color. In nan U.S. nan achromatic tile forces you into nan Night Package Plus that adds matching achromatic bumpers and fender flares, but in Europe you tin get nan opposition tile arsenic a standalone option. Now there's nan action of having nan tile painted successful Polar White, which Mercedes says "emphasizes your exclusive consciousness of style."

It does look very stylish, particularly erstwhile paired pinch 1 of nan bright, retro-y colors. There's conscionable thing truthful cool astir an SUV pinch a achromatic roof, particularly a boxier 1 — look astatine things for illustration nan Land Rover Defender, Jeep Wrangler and Toyota FJ Cruiser. For now, you tin only get nan Polar White tile pinch a glossy color, but I'm judge Mercedes will yet travel retired pinch a satin type to spell pinch each nan Magno colors. I wonderment really nan G-wagen would look pinch achromatic fenders and bumpers, too. And nan achromatic tile isn't restricted to a circumstantial model, you tin get it connected nan AMG G63 and electric G580 successful summation to nan normal G.

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OK, now for nan much breathtaking caller option. Back successful 2023 Mercedes revealed the 500,000th G-wagen, which had a unsocial look reminiscent of nan earliest models that group were instantly obsessed with. Earlier this twelvemonth nan institution launched nan Stronger Than The 1980s typical version that brought astir of those retro touches to production, but only 460 of them will beryllium made for world consumption, and astir of nan ones that I've seen for waste person been marked up by for illustration $50,000. Clearly group want nan throwback look, frankincense nan caller Vintage Look package that's offered connected nan G450d and G500 successful Europe.

The Vintage Look package is based disconnected of nan Professional Line exterior design, which has narrower fender flares, mud flaps, headlight chromatic guards and 18-inch wheels. It besides forces you into nan basal Night Package that blacks retired nan grille and immoderate mini trim pieces. You tin only get nan Vintage Look pinch a gloss overgarment color, but for illustration connected nan 1980s version it gives you bumpers and fender flares successful nan satin achromatic on pinch a satin achromatic chemoreceptor and grille surround, a awesome motion to older G-wagens. It besides gives you a simpler integrative spare tyre screen and achromatic mirrors, and you tin adhd connected nan Professional tile rack and rear ladder arsenic an further option. Thankfully you tin get nan achromatic tile pinch the Vintage Look package, and it besides doesn't restrict you to getting nan simplest interior, truthful you tin still spec 1 of nan fancy Manufaktur leather packages, but you're stuck pinch nan basal 18-inch five-spoke wheels — I'd person to adhd immoderate monoblocks.

We don't yet cognize if these options will beryllium offered connected U.S. G-wagens, but fixed really celebrated nan exemplary is here, and really overmuch request location is for personalization and nostalgic styling, I'm judge it's only a matter of time.