Who's Your Daddy?
evo India|December 2019
The Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen and the Jeep Wrangler are two hardcore 4x4s that have been around longer than we remember. But what is it that allows them to defy the ravages of time?
Aatish Mishra
Who's Your Daddy?

Your mind plays tricks on you. Out here, on the seemingly infinite flats of the Rann of Kutch, there is no telling how imposing the G-Class really is. The Rann dwarfs it, but then again, the 5000 square km of nothingness that makes up the Little Rann could make an Antonov look like a Cessna. I walk up to the G, and that’s when things come back into perspective. It towers over me and in matte black paint with all-black-everything, it looks thoroughly intimidating. No wonder every gangster worth his street cred wants one. The G gives you the impression that the entire car was designed with a ruler and a pencil, and to be fair, it probably was — the G-Wagen hasn’t actually changed its shape all that much since the first Gelandewagen rolled off the line in 1979. The two punch-hole LED rings up front leave it with a blank, slightly soulless expression — a poker face that gives away nothing of what lies waiting for you on the inside. I need to use the foot-board to haul myself into the cabin before I slam (and you really have to slam) the door shut. The locks clank shut with the violence of loading a shotgun, it’s a whole different animal on the inside.

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