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    Mercedes-Benz Starts Testing New G-Class Cabriolet

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    Mercedes-Benz is putting a new G-Class Cabriolet through its paces, confirming that the most outrageous version of the G-Wagen is officially on its way back. Prototypes of the soft-top G are now running test miles on public roads and proving grounds in Austria, not far from Magna Steyr’s plant in Graz where every G-Class is built. Engineers are focused on one big question: can you chop the roof off an icon without dulling its legendary toughness and off-road ability?​ The camouflaged test cars look every bit like a G-Class, with the same upright nose, slab sides, exposed door hinges and rear-mounted spare. The key change is the fabric roof, which stretches over all four doors rather than the short two-door cabrios of the past. With the top up, the profile is almost identical to the regular G, preserving that tank-like silhouette. Details like a relocated third brake light on the spare wheel carrier and a smaller rear window mark it out as the soft-top model, but Mercedes is deliberately keeping the design evolution subtle.​ Underneath, the Cabriolet is expected to share its hardware with the standard G-Class. Early information and spy analysis suggest familiar powertrains, including a turbocharged 3.0 litre inline six and possibly a twin turbo 4.0 litre V8 for higher trims, ensuring the open air version still has serious shove on road and enough torque for trails. Mercedes says the test programme in Austria will be followed by cold weather work in Sweden, where engineers will hammer the structure, roof mechanism and heating to make sure deleting the fixed roof does not compromise strength or comfort in harsh conditions.​ The G-Class has morphed into a high profit cult object, and demand for special variants remains intense. Mercedes has already confirmed that the new G-Class Cabriolet will be sold in multiple markets, including the United States, for the first time a factory soft-top G is widely offered there. It will be a special edition rather than a mass production model, adding rarity to the mix and likely placing it at the top end of the G range in price and exclusivity.​ What this new Cabriolet really does is distil what buyers now love about the G: it is unapologetically impractical, visually loud, and emotionally driven. A boxy off-roader with a folding roof is the kind of indulgence that makes no rational sense and yet fits the G-Class perfectly. As testing ramps up and camouflage gradually peels away, expect the new G-Class Cabriolet to become one of the most talked about status SUVs on the planet.
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