On April 24, the day before the official launch of the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz "flexed its muscles" in advance and brought 3 blockbuster Mercedes-Benz G-class off-road SUV models. Among them, the world's premiere of the Mercedes-Benz pure electric G-class off-road vehicle became the focus of the event.
This pure electric off-road SUV retains Mercedes-Benz's classic "square box" design, with a square appearance, a closed front grille on the front face, embellishment with a light-emitting rectangular light strip, and a round double headlight on both sides, Mercedes-Benz LOGO is located in the center of the front face, plus a thick front bumper design, and the tough guy temperament remains unchanged.
The body is still made of a large number of flat straight lines, the roof is decorated with black trim strips, the rear is equipped with a "small school bag", the wheel arches protrude outward, and the large blackened tires make it very powerful.
However, the hallmark of this German all-electric SUV is its off-road performance. According to reports, the new pure electric G-class off-road vehicle inherits the family's traditional off-road three-piece set: electric virtual differential lock, non-load-bearing body and electric low-speed off-road gear, which ensure that the off-road soul of Mercedes-Benz pure electric G-class remains unchanged.
But in the age of electrification, this is not enough. Mercedes-Benz inherits the characteristics of G-class off-road performance at the same time, but also incorporates new electric technology, in the official words of Mercedes-Benz, the new car brings a more intelligent "new off-road three-piece set" - "off-road crawl" intelligent off-road crawling mode, "G-STEERING" function and "G-Turn" function.
Among them, the "off-road crawl" intelligent off-road crawling mode is very domineering, in the face of difficult off-road slopes, this function can intelligently control the vehicle in 3 ways of cruise control in the process of climbing or downhill to choose forward or backward, the driver only needs to hold the steering wheel to concentrate on driving, no need to be nervous, this pure electric off-road SUV can easily handle this road condition.
On the ramp at the event site (the visual slope reaches 45 degrees), not only can you easily go downhill, but also reverse, after this video was released on the Internet, many netizens left a message "true show".
It is reported that the new car is equipped with 4 independently controllable wheel motors and 4 two-speed gearboxes, and the result of these three functions together is that this hard-core pure electric SUV can achieve a 720-degree quick U-turn on the spot. This function was also demonstrated on the spot, and after seeing the speed of turning around on the spot, some people sighed on the spot, "Mercedes-Benz is Mercedes-Benz, and I am still very good at playing".
In terms of power, the all-new all-electric G-Class is equipped with a 116 kWh battery pack and has a range of about 570 km in CLTC mode. This data may not be particularly eye-catching at the moment, but for pure electric SUVs, data is data, and the actual experience is more important. It is reported that before the unveiling of this SUV, a whopping 336 climbs of Mount Shekel were completed in the test phase. It is worth mentioning that the new car supports fast charging, which only takes 32 minutes to charge from 10% to 80%.
At the same time, two "fuel SUVs" of the G-Class family were also officially unveiled at the press conference, which are the new Mercedes-Benz G 500 and the new Mercedes-AMG G 63. Among them, the new Mercedes-Benz G500 is powered by a 3.0T engine with ISG intelligent motor system, and the 000 acceleration is increased to 5.4 seconds, which is still a typical "performance school".
The all-new Mercedes-AMG G 63 is still strong, and in order to further improve off-road performance, the new car is equipped with AMG active ride control suspension with active hydraulic roll stabilisation, which has 5 on-road driving modes and 3 off-road driving modes, and can accelerate from zero to 100 in 4.3 seconds.
Ghost car view: Whether it is the era of fuel vehicles or the era of electrification, Mercedes-Benz G-Class is the dream car of many wealthy people. The three new G-class cars unveiled this time have their own characteristics in terms of product strength, and strong off-road performance is the product label of the Mercedes-Benz G-class family.