Just my two cents worth.
Most folks don't take their vehicles to the extremes that "data" comparisons would suggest one could take them to.
Both are safe vehicles from my standpoint. The only rollovers I've come across was one where a gent took it up too extreme an angle and one down south where the driver had the axles locked and literally drove it off the road.
http://4x4abc.com/G/6.html
Another gent broadsided a tree with his G and did not sustain serious injuries.
http://www.vinthers.dk/gwagen.htm (although I don't see the pictures anymore)
In both cases, the cabin was intact. I'm sure there are more "wreck" stories out there. Maybe some of our fellow G'ers can share evasive maneuvering on the road tales with us. To date, mine has behaved predictably never felt a imminent rollover.
The only cautions I read of regarding the Gs is if you are going to take it to its "limits" then you better have been through an off road driving school like Harold's,
http://www.4x4abc.com/G-Class/index.html I've not been to the school, but word is amongst some folks I work with, it's tops.
It really comes down to what you like/want. Consider locating a G500 for sale and you and the Mrs's take it for a spin. A few hours. Then go drive the ML500. Never, know. Might find common ground.
Please consider sharing the "rest of the story" as you two go down this path. If I traded "my G" (her G) in for an ML, my wife would make me sleep on the porch with the dogs (no ***** jokes please)
, until I brought another G home.
GOOD LUCK with your quest. Cheers.
