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...Just kidding.

No one in their right mind has ever accused German tuners Mansory of being subtle. So, when our Geneva team wandered across the Mansory Speranza - A Mercedes-Benz Gelandewagen that has been denuded of its roof and spackled inside with quilted leather and red carbon fiber ­- they didn't ask a lot of existential questions. Why does the Speranza exist? Because Germans are weird sometimes, that's why.

Forget for a moment that you'll have to pay Mansory hundreds of thousands of euros (we're guessing, no pricing information has been revealed) for the privilege of converting your G-Class into something that looks like a Suzuki Samurai, and prepare to be impressed by the details. The tuning house has increased the output of the Mercedes V8 to a healthy 700 horsepower and 668 pound-feet of torque. The wheels are 24-inches, and wear almost unbelievable 305-section ultra-high performance Vresdestein tires. Carbon fiber can be found nearly everywhere one looks, including making up the housing for the spare tire. Oh, and there are leather pillows for the backseats... no word on whether they're standard or optional, but we're looking in to it.

Quench your ghoulish curiosity about the Mansory Speranza below, with a satisfying gallery of images from the show floor, as well as the official press release. Nothing in the press release covers why Mansory has used "Speranza," the Italian word for "hope" as the name of this beastie, however. Our best guess is that when you see it for the firsts time, you're overcome with a sincere hope that it not run you over (feel free to guess for yourself, in comments).Continue reading The Mansory Speranza proves that money can buy taste and good sense...

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03-05-2013 09:29 PM

I get the feeling that the writer doesn't seem to realize that the G-Cabrio is an actual factory model. This Masonry company just happened to ruin it tremendously.

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