Mercedes has learned that luxurious extreme off-roaders are a license to print money, which is why it is churning out beasts like the Mercedes-AMG G63, G65, G550 4×4², G-65 6×6, and Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet each in increasingly limited numbers and increasingly astounding price tags.
, a one-time military truck designed at the request of the Shah of Iran before he was deposed attracts buyers with the highest income of Mercedes’ portfolio.
reports that Eberle got a crazy notion that the E-Class wagon is just the vehicle that needed a true All Terrain version, so he raised the car’s suspension and then added the portal axles from the G-Class 4×4² to produce nearly 16 inches of ground clearance.