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Mercedes-Benz has teased a photograph of the so-called ‘Mini G’ subsequent to its huge sibling, the G-Class.
On the Munich motor present this week, firm chairman Ola Källenius revealed extra info on the smaller off-road SUV, with the Mini G to be based mostly on a “miniature” ladder-frame chassis so it’s “as genuine as potential,” UK publication Autocar studies.
In accordance with Mr Källenius, the Mini G will use “almost all distinctive” parts, whereas its design is alleged to be extra trendy than the present, full-size G-Wagen.
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“The G is a really particular, genuine automotive, and the Mini G needs to be genuine,” he informed the viewers.
“So I can not take only a platform, I can not take an present platform, I’ve to create my very own. It’s a very new improvement,” he added, confirming the mannequin will utilise its personal distinctive structure, reasonably than sharing a platform with one other mannequin within the Mercedes-Benz secure.
“Over time, simply wanting on the automotive’s capabilities and what’s wanted, I got here increasingly to the conclusion that the whole lot needs to be distinctive – the entire higher physique and the whole lot,” Mr Källenius revealed.
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“, I can’t even take a door deal with from [the current] portfolio, as a result of the G-Class has such distinctive door handles.
“So we spent quite a lot of time tuning this automotive, and over time we began to develop so many distinctive parts to verify it’s [a] very, very handsome automotive and really succesful.”
However whereas the present G-Class is obtainable with diesel, petrol, and electrical powertrains, abroad studies declare the brand new Mini G shall be completely battery-powered – regardless of sluggish gross sales of the bigger G-Class EV.
Curiously, the Mercedes-Benz boss referred to the brand new mannequin because the ‘Mini G’ at this 12 months’s occasion, whereas he known as the automobile the ‘Little G’ final 12 months.
Although the manufacturing identify has but to be introduced, it’s unlikely to be known as the Mini G formally – as BMW-owned Mini would virtually actually have an issue with that – or the Child G, on condition that identify is utilized by Casio for a variety of smaller G-Shock watches.
The Mini G teaser comes simply days after the German automaker printed a shadowy picture of a forthcoming G-Class Cabriolet.
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It’s been greater than a decade since Mercedes-Benz produced a G-Wagen cabriolet – excluding the Maybach-badged Landaulet of 2017, of which simply 99 had been constructed – nevertheless it seems an all-new soft-top model is simply across the nook.
Initially launched in 1979 with the two-door, short-wheelbase model, late-model G500 Cabriolets – constructed up till 2013 – have demanded excessive costs by collectors world wide, with the most-valuable recorded instance altering arms for US$544,000 (AU$822,800) in August 2022.
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