I like the concept. I don't understand why MB vacated this market by not promoting the G Wagen Pur in the UK. Well I do. Why bother when you've got people queuing up to pay ridiculous money for the blinged up nonsense.
It does however prove that it's possible to build a utilitarian, (anti Chelsea tractor) vehicle that complies with present day emission and safety reg's. Whether it will be a commercial success is another question.
Given a clean sheet why on earth would you slavishly copy the Defender though? (Nationalist jingoism?)
But the underpinnings do have real pedigree and sound engineering. I'm guessing it will be north of £50k though :-( despite them saying it will start at £45k
Even if I had that lying around a hypocritical, tax dodger billionaire won't get any of my money.
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