Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG Kompressor 2004

DaimlerChrysler gives a chain of game application motors to the general public beneathneath the Mercedes-Benz logo as G-Class. Commonly known as the G-Wagen, brief for Geländewagen (or Cross-Country Vehicle), Mercedes secured army contracts for the car withinside the past due Nineteen Seventies and supplied a civilian model to the general public in 1979.Never a wholly Mercedes product, the G-Wagen became a joint Steyr-Daimler-Puch improvement and are assembled through Magna Steyr in Graz, Austria. Mercedes' component became to offer the drivetrain in addition to indoors layout on civilian motors, and Steyr retained distribution rights in sure areas beneathneath the Puch name.

Among the engines supplied withinside the G-Class for the 2004 version 12 months is a five.five-litre V8. Major fashions encompass the G500, and G55 AMG. Marking its twenty fifth anniversary, the 2005 Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG became relaunched because the G55 Kompressor or G55K and acquired a lift in power, way to a five.five-liter, supercharged V8 growing 469 horsepower and 516 lb.-ft. of torque.

Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG W463

The chassis became revised for 1990 because the W463 with anti-lock brakes and a complete trio of electronically-locking differentials. The V8-powered 500GE became new for 1993, catering to extra of a luxurious than off-avenue crowd with most effective middle and rear differential locks and a costly cabin of leather-based and wood. This luxurious-Wagen lasted simply years, however. All G-Wagens started out the usage of Mercedes-Benz's new letter-first naming scheme in 1994.

The variety became refreshed once more in 1997, along with the creation of a power-crowned convertible and new engines, the rapid 2.nine L Diesel and the V6-powered (M112 motor) G320 - preceding years' G320s had been equipped with the M104 I6. The luxurious G-wagen again for 1998 because the G500, with respectable income starting withinside the United States in 2002 at $75,000. The 349 hp (260 kW) G55 AMG cemented the car withinside the American market, however, with many snapped up through celebrities. A 476 hp (355 kW) G55, delivered in 2004, may want to hit 60 mph in only five.five seconds.