2024 Mercedes G-Class Facelift To Have Aero Tweaks Derived From EQG

Let’s be actual for a second and say folks shopping for a Mercedes G-Class do not actually care about gasoline consumption. You are already paying $139,900 for a G550 or $179,000 for an AMG G63 in america, earlier than choices, so fuel payments should not going to be a lot of a difficulty. Over in Europe and different markets, the German luxurious model has a thriftier inline-six diesel and there is even a four-cylinder gasoline mannequin dubbed G350 in China.

Nevertheless, individuals who can be focused on getting the totally electrical G-Class are going to need higher effectivity because the boxy-shaped SUV is not essentially the most aerodynamic car on the market, to say the least. Though the EV variant will look immediately recognizable, it’ll profit from a wide range of aero tweaks to enhance vary. Classes realized whereas growing the EQG can be put to good use within the conventionally powered G-Class facelift coming in 2024.

The disclosure was made by Emmerich Schiller, Managing Director of Mercedes-Benz G GmbH. In an interview with Autocar, the person in control of the G division promised “actually dramatic enchancment to the aerodynamics.” That is regardless of the very fact most individuals will not discover the modifications even when they will sit proper subsequent to the car, he added. These optimizations are set to convey “an amazing discount in gasoline consumption.”

He went on to say the facelifted G-Class goes to look virtually the identical no matter whether or not it’s going to be powered by a gasoline/diesel engine or an electrical motor. The production-ready EQG will break cowl in just a few months, extra particularly within the first a part of 2024. Emmerich Schiller instructed Autocar the ICE model can be up to date across the similar time.

The 2024 G-Class will lose the V8-powered G500 mannequin because the Remaining Version unveiled on the finish of June in Europe marked the top of the street for that model. It is unclear whether or not the US-spec G550 may even drop the V8 with the mid-cycle replace deliberate for the W463 G-Class. Even when that is going to be the case, the eight-cylinder engine will hopefully stick round within the AMG G63 for just a few extra years.