Mercedes-Benz has built a six-wheeled – and six-wheel drive – Mercedes G63 AMG which isn’t just a one-off but is being produced to order.
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The Mercedes G63 AMG 6×6 is a six wheel, six-wheel drive, monster G-Wagon which you would normally think was a just a one-off monster created for an Arabian buyer. But this is actually a fully fledged AMG creation – so far they’ve built two of them – that you can actually order from Mercedes-Benz.
The G63 AMG 6×6 starts off with the underpinnings of the regular G63 – which means a 5.5 litre Bi-Turbo V8 that can get to 62mph in 5.4 seconds – and adds in helical springs and dampers (and an extra axle) to create a G-Wagon that really only belongs in the desert.
Despite the G63 6×6’s obvious differences from its 4×4 sibling. Mercedes has been building G-wagons for so long, and in so many different configurations, that just about everything in this ‘Desert Storm’ G-Wagon came straight out of the MB parts store, including the 6×6 drivetrain that came from a version of the G-Wagon Mercedes build for the Australian army.
Inside, despite the added length, the 6×6 G63 gets just four seats trimmed in designo leather in a choice of red or light brown with contrasting stitching, and the pick-up bit at the back gets covered in highly durable bamboo.
The Mercedes G63 AMG 6×6 is heading for proper small-series production if there’s enough demand. Which we’re sure there will be.
Anthony Papworth says
It’s a bit hard to have a six wheel drive without six wheels
I can only see this where oil is cheap or diamonds, gold & sadly drugs are
This will not be cheap $85,000 aus minimum add services on to it & tyres yeah you need $100,000 to buy & keep this on the road for 5 years easy
Cars UK says
Well, that is indisputable. But the point was that all six wheels drive!
Anthony Papworth says
only when on level ground, and this is why 6×6’s never really get sold in numbers as it has no real benefits over a 4×4?.
Dave Price says
How much is it? Or is it the case that if you need to ask you can’t afford it?
Cars UK says
We think around £400k, although Mercedes aren’t saying officially.
Dave Price says
To be frank I can’t even afford the standard G63!! But Mercedes62 is right that every premiership footballer in the country will be posing around in one of these before too long.
Mercedes62 says
I love the G63 but this probably means every footballer in Cheshire will be running round in one of these monstrosities before long. God help us!