• @[email protected]
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    44 months ago

    That was the original idea I think. With the existence of SUVs that kind of went out the window.

    The Mercedes is the G-Wagon. Which is quite well known in pop culture as such.

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      24 months ago

      Well thanks for the name I see rarely mostly on the freeway and every time I see it I’m like “there’s no way a bad guy doesn’t have a convoy of these”

      I would have never in a million years guessed the name is g wagon tho

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        34 months ago

        Well, the official name is G-Class (or G-Klasse in German). G-Wagen is a colloquial name. Wagen means vehicle in German, btw., where the G-Class isn’t known as G-Wagen at all.

        The G is short for Geländewagen (off road vehicle) btw., so calling it G-Wagen is kinda like calling it an ATM-Machine.