We have something to clarify: According to media reports, the Mercedes G-Class should be discontinued at the beginning of 2024. It is not so! Quite the opposite: the off-road icon will even get a facelift in 2024.
Business Insider and Bild had quoted from an alleged internal company letter, according to which the Stuttgart off-road edge, which rolls off the assembly line at Magna Steyr in Graz, will only be produced until March 2024 at the latest. “Mercedes is crushing the G-Class,” it said. A hoax. Unfortunately, we have adopted the content and quoted it without questioning it. We are very sorry about that! On the contrary, Mercedes said: “We will make our icon even more attractive for our customers with a facelift in 2024. With the latest generation of electrified combustion engines and a fully electric variant, the G-Class is starting the next chapter of its 44-year success story. “So there will not only be the electric version EQG, which is also mentioned in our report, but also state-of-the-art combustion engines. Factory delivery in G-Class Experience Center now also for AustriaCustomers can now book a personal vehicle pickup including a unique program in Graz. The G-Class experience begins the day before the vehicle is handed over with an exclusive dinner and subsequent hotel accommodation with breakfast in downtown Graz. The next morning, a private shuttle takes participants to the G-Class Experience Center. A fleet of vehicles consisting of various G-Class models awaits you there for an individual off-road adventure, including a trip over the “Iron Schöckl” or a water crossing in the forest. The G-Class …… has been in production since 1979. It was developed in cooperation with Steyr-Daimler-Puch and is manufactured in Graz. Until 2000, the G-Class was sold in Austria and some other countries under the Puch G brand. The vehicle’s body shape was hardly changed between 1979 and 2018, but technically it continued to undergo improvements and updates. These mainly concerned engine variants, the interior and safety features. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz presented a technically completely new generation, which, however, only changed the external appearance slightly.
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