Originally posted by NorMich99SE:
Actually, 2 of the most capable off raod vehicles made have come from the "nice" manufacturers. the Mercedes "G-Wagon" has 3 differentials and can climb hills a Hummer can't make it up, (according to an old C&D article I once read) and is still available in the U.S.
gelandewagen, or as reference below, g-wagen....until this year, it was only available recently in the US through gray-market importers for something like $130k. MB has decided to officially bring it over this year as the G500 priced somewhere around $80k, iirc. its off-road capabilities are definitely far superior to its on-road dynamics, though, from what i've read. it has the aerodynamics of a brick and the finesse of any other former-military body-on-frame "real" SUV.
and Europe and what i remember my older brother's calling "the rambo Lambo" (don't know the true designation)made by Lamborghini (sp?)
