Mercedes-Benz clears G-Class backlog, reopens orders


Mercedes-Benz Australia has introduced it has reopened orders for the Mercedes-AMG G63, nearly two years after it shut them as a result of lengthy supply instances.

Clients who place an order in the present day for a brand new G63 can obtain a automobile as early as November.

A spokesperson from Mercedes-Benz Australia advised CarExpert it predicts an inflow of orders may push deliveries out to January/February 2024.

Mercedes-Benz Australia has not confirmed what number of constructed spots can be found.

Pricing has been adjusted to replicate updates to the Luxurious Car Tax, and the G63 now retails for $363,561 earlier than on-road prices – a discount of $1530.

Regardless of this discount, since 2021 Mercedes-Benz has elevated its pricing on the G-Class by $74,561.

Earlier this yr, Mercedes-AMG launched a restricted version G63 Version 55 which a spokesperson confirms offered out “instantly”.

There’s only one G-Class variant out there now in Australia, following the discontinuation of the Mercedes-Benz G400d after solely round 12 months in the marketplace.

The Mercedes-Benz G400d first arrived in Australian Mercedes-Benz sellers in July 2021, becoming a member of the considerably extra well-liked Mercedes-AMG G63 that arrived in 2018.

Whereas the corporate took (and honoured) some G400d orders, the overwhelming majority of G-Wagen patrons right here opted for the wild AMG G63.

Trying to the longer term, Mercedes-Benz revealed the “near-production” electrical Idea EQG in September 2021, with evolutionary appears to be like and the promise of sufficient off-road capacity to match combustion-powered G-Wagens.

A manufacturing Mercedes-Benz EQG is anticipated to be revealed in 2024. We’ve already had a ride-along in a camouflaged prototype, and in addition spied a variety of prototypes.

This electrical G-Class may have a quad-electric motor setup and can be primarily based on a variation of the common G-Class’s conventional body-on-frame underpinnings.

The manufacturing model of the Mercedes-Benz EQG can be constructed alongside the combustion G-Class at companion Magna Steyr’s plant in Graz, Austria.

MORE: Every part Mercedes-AMG G63



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