Photo: Carlex Design
Carlex Design have done it again. If we're being honest, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class needs no introduction. It also doesn't need anybody to vouch for its off-road capabilities, as it is one of the few living legends in terms of driving over rough terrain.
That didn't stop Carlex Design from taking a 1990 Mercedes-Benz G-Class and stitching a few acres worth of leather to its interior components. All this in the name of off-road, of course.
But we shouldn't blame it on Carlex Design alone, as this car also has an owner and he must have had a pretty heavy word about the outcome of the project - after all, it's him who'll be doing all the driving afterwards.
To quote from Carlex Design themselves, the owner is a "dedicated traveler and a man curious about the world," a description which would explain very well why he went for a Mercedes-Benz G-Class in the first place.
Since the car itself isn't exactly new, the guys at Carlex Design decided to go for a vintage interior look and, my God, they've definitely nailed it. The G-Wagon looks like it was trimmed during Nefertiti's time with leather taken from the eldest Nile crocodiles they could find. It appears as though it was used non-stop since then by a large family of heavy smokers who - for some reasons - like to dress in extremely abrasive clothes. If "old" is what they went for, they outdid themselves.
When eventually they did run out of crocodile skins, they used a different fabric for the headliner: a brown velvet-like nubuck.
According to Carlex, the interior "will leave a lasting impression on everyone who sees it" (agreed) and also "highlights the off-road origin of the G-Class" (uhmm, not so sure about that one). They base this statement on the fact that it's got map pouches in he most important parts of the interior. Alright, you've convinced us.
But we shouldn't blame it on Carlex Design alone, as this car also has an owner and he must have had a pretty heavy word about the outcome of the project - after all, it's him who'll be doing all the driving afterwards.
To quote from Carlex Design themselves, the owner is a "dedicated traveler and a man curious about the world," a description which would explain very well why he went for a Mercedes-Benz G-Class in the first place.
Since the car itself isn't exactly new, the guys at Carlex Design decided to go for a vintage interior look and, my God, they've definitely nailed it. The G-Wagon looks like it was trimmed during Nefertiti's time with leather taken from the eldest Nile crocodiles they could find. It appears as though it was used non-stop since then by a large family of heavy smokers who - for some reasons - like to dress in extremely abrasive clothes. If "old" is what they went for, they outdid themselves.
When eventually they did run out of crocodile skins, they used a different fabric for the headliner: a brown velvet-like nubuck.
According to Carlex, the interior "will leave a lasting impression on everyone who sees it" (agreed) and also "highlights the off-road origin of the G-Class" (uhmm, not so sure about that one). They base this statement on the fact that it's got map pouches in he most important parts of the interior. Alright, you've convinced us.
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