Extreme off-roading with a fashion icon where seeing is believing

The entrance to the Mercedes-Benz G-Class Experience Center in Graz , Austria, with mountain drive routes in the background. Mercedes engineers provide their final sign-off on each new G-Class model at the centre.If you’re a fan of anything off-road, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class Experience Center should be on your radar. Located in Graz , Austria, it’s a 100,000-square-metre playground dedicated to the boxiest of boxy, luxury SUVs — the iconic Mercedes-Benz G-Class .

This mountain just happens to be where Mercedes engineers provide their final sign-off on each new G-Class model. If the vehicle passes all the tests, a badge with the phrase Schoeckl Proved is applied. But if the Schoeckl proves too steep a challenge, it’s back to the factory for some fine-tuning. Since 1979, the G-Class has been built in the Magna Steyr plant nearby, so the commute from the mountain back to the drawing board is an easy one.

Over the past decade, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class has transformed from off-road workhorse to high-riding fashion icon. You’re now far more likely to see a G in Beverly Hills than on the side of some mountain. But the same engineering that underpinned the first G for the civilian market is still there in the latest version, which just arrived this year.Ladder frame construction? Check. Four-wheel drive system? Check. Three locking differentials? Check, check and check.

First up is a gigantic mound of earth with various routes to a flat top. Most remain covered in dirt; another is littered with jagged rocks. All differ in rate of incline. Before tackling each, the G-Class instructor riding shotgun provides expert advice: How many of the three differentials to lock, which gear to select and whether or not the automatic hill descent control system is required.

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