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As teasers go, this is a particularly perplexing one. It"s a crop of a Mercedes G-Class set to be fully revealed in due course. And using Top Gear"s finest powers of speculation (difficulty level: expert), we can wildly guess that it"ll wear a Maybach badge. And pack a V12. And feature a folding roof*.Just let that sink in for a moment. A giant, four-wheel-drive, V12-engined convertible Mercedes-Maybach G-Class. Oh yes.First, just look at that number plate. G6501", the 650 bit quite possibly referencing the 6.0-litre biturbo V12 used very recently in the Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet. In that car, the V12 made 625bhp and 783lb ft of torque. It"s a big, beefy engine. Perfect for a big, beefy G-Class.If it is indeed a Maybach, it"ll no doubt be a Landaulet" (the old Maybach 62 had a Landaulet version, don"t forget). Which explains the folding roof you can just about make out in the image above.Mercedes-Benz has only this to say: "First we built the G 63 AMG 6x6 now the ultimate off-roader has another surprise up its sleeve. Stay tuned"Oh, we are staying very tuned. A luxury, limited edition Maybach take on the G-Class with a mighty V12? Count us in.We shall bring you more in due course.*Top Gear reserves the right to be wildly inaccurate about this guessShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 6 Feb 2017
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ID: 6650
As teasers go, this is a particularly perplexing one. It"s a crop of a Mercedes G-Class set to be fully revealed in due course. And using Top Gear"s finest powers of speculation (difficulty level: expert), we can wildly guess that it"ll wear a Maybach badge. And pack a V12. And feature a folding roof*.Just let that sink in for a moment. A giant, four-wheel-drive, V12-engined convertible Mercedes-Maybach G-Class. Oh yes.First, just look at that number plate. G6501", the 650 bit quite possibly referencing the 6.0-litre biturbo V12 used very recently in the Mercedes-Maybach S650 Cabriolet. In that car, the V12 made 625bhp and 783lb ft of torque. It"s a big, beefy engine. Perfect for a big, beefy G-Class.If it is indeed a Maybach, it"ll no doubt be a Landaulet" (the old Maybach 62 had a Landaulet version, don"t forget). Which explains the folding roof you can just about make out in the image above.Mercedes-Benz has only this to say: "First we built the G 63 AMG 6x6 now the ultimate off-roader has another surprise up its sleeve. Stay tuned"Oh, we are staying very tuned. A luxury, limited edition Maybach take on the G-Class with a mighty V12? Count us in.We shall bring you more in due course.*Top Gear reserves the right to be wildly inaccurate about this guessShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 6 Feb 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6650
