---
title: "Drive Wire: Mercedes May Bring The G500 4X4 To The States"
description: "Good news for Gelandewagen fans."
date: "2016-04-15"
modified: "2016-04-15"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/3022/drive-wire-mercedes-may-bring-the-g500-4x4-to-the-states"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "g-class"
  - "luxury"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Drive Wire: Mercedes May Bring The G500 4X4 To The States

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Huge news from Mercedes-Benz today as the stalwart and bad-ass G55 Gelandewagen looks to be getting a stablemate. The G500 is a purpose-built off roader that makes the G-wagen look like a crossover. The G500 is designed from the wheels up to pound some serious ground, with a twin-turbo four-liter V8 making well over 400 horses and putting them down through portal axles. Due to a beefed up suspension, the big Benz boasts over a foot and a half of ground clearance. Breakover angles? Don’t even worry about it. Fording depth? More than three feet. Interior? Just as posh as the G-wagen. As for the price, it seems likely to fetch a shade over a quarter million. Put your order in if you’re into this sort of thing.

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