The Mercedes-AMG G 63 6x6 is a 4-door pickup from Mercedes-AMG, built from 2013 to 2015, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Under the bonnet: 5.5 .
The story
The Mercedes-AMG G 63 6x6, or Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG 6x6, is a sport utility truck (SUT) manufactured by Mercedes-AMG. An SUT derivative of the six wheel drive Mercedes Geländewagen developed for the Australian Army from 2007 (see G-Class Military operators), at the time it was the company's largest offroad vehicle and second most expensive street-legal model after only the SLS AMG Electric Drive. It was manufactured from 2013 to 2015 by Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria. It combines the engine from the G63, a twin-turbo V8, with 6x6 portal axles, a pick-up version of the G-Class body, and a luxury interior. It was produced from 2013 to 2015, with production exceeding 100 vehicles. The G63 AMG 6x6 features six-wheel drive and uses Mercedes-AMG's 5.5-liter M157 twin-turbo V8.
It has a power output of 543 PS (399 kW; 536 hp) and 561 lb⋅ft (761 N⋅m) of torque. The G63 AMG 6x6 is fitted with Mercedes' 7G-tronic seven-speed automatic transmission; its transfer case can alter between a 0.87:1 high-range ratio for on-road driving and 2.16:1 low-range ratio for off-road conditions to all six wheels in a nominal 30:40:30 split. An extra shaft delivers power to the rearmost axle. The vehicle has five electronic differential locks, which can deliver 100% lockup of all six wheels, operated by three switches on the dashboard. The G63 AMG 6x6 is 5,875 mm (231.3 in) long, 2,110 mm (83.1 in) wide, and 2,210 mm (87.0 in) tall, with 460 mm (18.1 in) of ground clearance and a fording depth of 1,000 mm (39.4 in). It has portal axles, similar to those fitted on Unimog vehicles. The vehicle is fitted
What is underneath
Power comes from 5.5 . It weighs 4083 kg. It shifts through a 7-speed automatic. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is NNNN mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Graz (Magna Steyr), Austria. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Infiniti Q50, the Peugeot 208, the Tesla Model X — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Mercedes-AMG catalogue sit the Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance and the DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé.