Weak demand for its electric G-Class could see Mercedes-Benz offer combustion power in its upcoming smaller companion.

Several generations of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class have graced European roads since 1979, but the 2002-2004 model years of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class were the first to be offered for sale in the USA in ...

The 1980s-inspired edition cannot be had in the range-topping V8-powered Mercedes-AMG G 63. The G450d can dispatch the 0-100kph run in 5.8 seconds, while the G500 is slightly faster at 5.4 seconds.

The G500 produces 442bhp – plus an extra 20 or ... 518bhp supercharged 5.0-litre V8. It’s a detuned version of engine fitted to the old Jaguar F-Type SVR, churning out up 518bhp and 461lb ...

The G500 doesn’t like to be rushed ... The six-cylinder engine is usefully more efficient than the V8, too. A quoted 25mpg fuel economy is achievable in everyday driving, although the need ...

The G 500 petrol uses a 3.0-litre straight-six turbocharged ... with its huge reserves of power and an intoxicating V8 soundtrack. Apart from the extremely thirsty Mercedes-AMG G 63, the rest ...

And while PH would deny no one the visceral pleasure of a honking V8 in 2025, it is generally to the G-Class’s benefit that the G500 strips away some of the G63’s cockiness; not just in ...

Do not be led by the badge on the back of the new G500. There is no smooth running, torque rich, large capacity V8 behind its blunt nose with either five litres of capacity or 500bhp. Rather it ...

Proving that point once and for all is Brabus’s latest output: a tuned version of the G500 4x4 Squared ... raised output of the 4.0-litre bi-turbo V8 from 416bhp to 493bhp, while torque now ...

We knew that Mercedes-Benz was going to drop the V8 from the G-Class when we were introduced to the G500 Final Edition, and now that the 2025 G-Class has been revealed, that moment is here.

While the new G500 swaps eight cylinders for six, the AMG-developed G63 has kept its V8. As before, Affalterbach’s 4-litre M177 twin-turbocharged V8 produces 577bhp and 627lb ft of torque ...