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Mercedes-Benz G500 Rolling on Mars

The Gelandewagen is probably the only Mercedes-Benz that can be driven on almost any surface, as long as that surface is still on Earth.
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Photo: Benjamin Pichelmann/Ramp
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But have you ever wondered what would the car's off-road capabilities be on the surface of Mars? No? Well, the guys from Ramp Magazine in Germany did, and the result is pretty astonishing.

In short, they assembled a rather large team of people, took a Mercedes-Benz G500 and went off into the desert, which our rusty Google Translate augmented German tells us it's the Sahara.

Manufactured by hand in Graz, Austria, since 1979, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class has evolved from a highly capable military off-roader to a cult vehicle in the three-pointed star range.

Powered by a 5.5-liter normally-aspirated V8 with 388 hp and 530 Nm (391 lb ft) of torque in the Earth atmosphere, the Mercedes-Benz G500 is the last remaining go-anywhere off-roader from the twentieth century with three locking differentials.

Check out the adjacent gallery of the Ramp Auto.Kultur.Magazin feat and the making of video shot at the scene, we promise you're going to love this.

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About the author: Alex Oagana
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project.
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