Behold: The one-of-a-kind Mercedes G/E-Class
 

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What is it lately that people don't seem to understand about hardcore off-roaders? They're not supposed to be aerodynamic, and they're not supposed to be pretty. And yet here we are yet again - after the modified Hummer recently spotted on eBay - looking at one of the world's most serious rock-climbing workhorses that's been smoothed out in controversial fashion, and in metallic Barney purple, no less.

What we have on one hand is the Mercedes Geländewagen, the same essential truck that Magna Steyr has been building for the Three-Pointed Star for some thirty years now. It's got the aerodynamic profile of a barn. Attached to a parachute. On the other, we have the E-Class, one of the most aerodynamically slippery cars on the market. Part of the same company's line-up, but just about as different as can be. And yet, thanks to what looks to be a not inconsequential amount of elbow grease, the two have come together to breed this remarkable concoction, which, we gather, was recently put up for sale on eBay. While we can't locate the auction itself, one has to figure that the owner is going to have a hard time selling a vehicle that's been so extensively "personalized."


Gallery: Custom Mercedes-Benz G/E Class

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07-03-2009 07:59 PM

hahaha! Who photoshopped that one for you? ... wait.. this IS a joke, right?

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Hey Roy, didn't I see that one in the driveway in your back yard? j/k

I wish it was a photoshop job. I would hate to see how badly they ruined the interior....

its not a photoshop job, its a real vehicle

its as old as the internet itself....(not really)

Mongo not like! :repuke: :puke:

that thing is BUTTTTTTTTT UGLY:eek: AND HAS BEEN RUINED WHAT A HORRBLE SHAME TO DESTROY SUCH A CLASSIC:confused: