G63 AMG or Range Rover?
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0:00 - Intro

BAD:

1:06 - expensive

The non AMG G-Glass starts at $140k
But the one you want is the AMG which starts at $180k

1:48 - No MBUX

this G Wagon still uses the technology that predates MBUX

You still get updated steering wheel and center controls etc.
And you still get 360 camera and ACP and those thing so it’s not like it’s some horribly antiquated system

2:31 - Not super spacious

The G-Class looks and feels big, but when you really break down the dimensions it’s only about 3 inches longer than a compact sedan like a corolla or civic

3:24 - No Keyless entry

This is a product of the door design. The doors are some of the most unique in the industry

They are super heavy and you have to slam them to close them

Most cars at this price point have soft close door but this has hard close door

And most cars at this price point, and really all price points have a touchpad on the door handle to lock or unlock the car…not here…gotta use the key fob

3:55 - No Pano roof

4:15 - Fuel Economy

Here you get 14 or 15 mpg combined. Which is obviously terrible

4:38 - Driver assist suite isn’t brilliant

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Good:

5:28 - The Sounds

This SUV makes some of the coolest sounds on the market

6:00 - The Speed & Power

Followers of the channel ill know about the sweet spot I have in my heart for AMG V8s

I love the power, the sound, and that they’re hand-built by a select few in Affalterbach

This one is a familiar 4.0TT V8 and here it’s making 577 hp and 627 lbft

7:07 - The history

Mercedes has been making the G Wagon for over 50 years now

7:26 - The Driving Drama

Driving something like this is just a special experience

I mean I’m not going to tell you it drives as competently as a Cayenne or Q8, but this is way better than it used to be and I smile WAY more behind the wheel of this than any other SUV


8:19 - The Looks

This is where I usually say looks are subjective, but I think, as a society, we’ve made it pretty clear that we all love the G-wagon and it looks awesome

9:21 - Interior

For this point I want to focus on the specialness of certain aspects of the cabin that put the G above any other offroader out there

10:02 - Luxuries

It’s no surprise that in your healthy 6-Figure Mercedes that you’d have some nice things, but let’s remember this thing started as a military vehicle and they want to stick close to the vehicles roots

But you get all the modern things you’d expect
Like heated and cooled front seats
Massaging front seats
Heated steering wheel
Heated rear seats

10:45 - Rear seats

We talked about these a little on the negative side in terms of spaciousness, but they’re still a decent place to spend time as long as your legs aren’t that long

But you do have great headroom in here
You get heated rear seats
You get your own climate zone and vents
You get chargers, cupholder, and pockets, and all the usual stuff

So as long as you have enough legroom it’s actually not bad at all back here


11:17 - The Offroad stuff

This is something we talked a lot about in the G550 since it’s the more dedicated offroader, but even here in your full performance AMG you still get one of the most capable offroaders money can buy

You have short overhangs for approach and departure
You have the brush bar up front
You have a full size spare on your trunk door
And on the interior you have 3 lockable diffs - you dont get that anywhere else
You also have a low range for your transmission for crawling
And you have the oh shoot handle

I mean with some proper tires on this thing you genuinely could go just about anywhere

And if you don’t believe me, watch Paddy McGuiness jump a G63…not a G550, a 63…and then continues to drive around Europe afterward…insane


12:09 - The Cool factor

I try not to talk about subjective things too much here, and I try to keep things as objective and factual as possible, but when you talk about something like a G-Wagon it carries a certain mystique with it

As a society we’ve determined it’s friggin cool - I don’t know a single person who DOESN’T like the G

They may not like some of the things we talked about in the frist half of this video like the price or door that you need to go to the gym to close…

But even with all its little flaws I would love to have one of these and I think most everyone else would too

It’s just cool

12:50 - Outro