---
title: "Disgruntled Russian Drops His Broken Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen from a Helicopter"
description: "When life gives you lemons, drop them from a helicopter."
date: "2019-12-23"
modified: "2019-12-23"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/31617/disgruntled-russian-drops-his-broken-mercedes-benz-g-wagen-from-a-helicopter"
categories:
  - "Mercedes-Benz News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "g-class"
  - "luxury"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Disgruntled Russian Drops His Broken Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen from a Helicopter

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Recently we highlighted a company that restores vintage Mercedes-Benz Geländewagens and delivers them flat-packed in a care package dropped from a helicopter. Meanwhile in Russia, a man supposedly fed up with with his constantly broken G-Wagen skipped the whole restoration and parachute part and straight dropped it from 1,000 feet to teach...someone a lesson. The car? The dealer? Mercedes-Benz? We may never know.

Russian vlogger Igor Moroz explained in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel last Thursday that he purchased a used Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG for roughly $200,000 in March of 2018. Since then, the iconic SUV has had continuous maintenance issues and needed near-monthly repairs. Rather than sell it and move on, he decided to exact revenge on the Mercedes by dropping it from a helicopter.

It must be stated that Moroz is a known prankster in Russia, and there's no way to determine whether this is all an excuse to make a scene, but if it means dropping cars from 1,000 feet like the glory days of Mythbusters, we're along for the ride either way.

Despite rural Russia often looking like a lawless land to westerns, one [where bears ride in motorcycles' sidecars](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/12538/russian-bear-waves-cheerfully-while-riding-in-wolf-faced-motorcycle-sidecar>), it was surprisingly difficult to make this happen. Unsurprisingly, Moscow's authorities weren't on board with hosting this stunt within city limits, so Igor had to venture out to the Finland-bordering region of Karelia, where a helicopter crew operating out of one only two airports in the area—near a city called Pesky—was willing to make the drop. Igor and his crew slapped a social media handle on the side of the chopper, strapped the G-Wagen up, and sent it airborne. Skip to 5:00 in the video below for the money shot.

https://youtube.com/embed/us3dPeONpMo

As you'd expect, even for something as legendarily tough as the G-Wagen, a thousand foot drop and a wheels-down landing leave it flat as a pancake. It's interesting how because the truck is essentially a square and hit the ground at a slight angle, it's folded flat not unlike a cardboard box that's open on both ends.

![message-editor%2F1577135374601-gwagen.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1577135374601-gwagen.jpg>)
**YouTube | Igor Moroz**

We maintain, however, that there are better ways of getting rid of cars you hate than [destroying them](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/30740/spiteful-seller-crushes-own-1970-dodge-charger-as-revenge-on-thousands-of-no-show-buyers>). Even if this is pretty amusing to watch.

h/t [*Alugy*](<https://alugy.com/news/dissapointed-by-his-200k-mercedes-amg-g63-owner-drops-it-from-a-helicopter/>)

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## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

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