{"id":140637,"date":"2023-11-17T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/spotted-no-mercedes-benz-g-class\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T15:45:00","slug":"spotted-no-mercedes-benz-g-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-car-news.com\/en\/spotted-no-mercedes-benz-g-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted: no Mercedes-Benz G-Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a business park in Purmerend, we saw this old all-terrain vehicle. Of course, you immediately recognize that one as a Mercedes-Benz G-Class. You see them often enough, but this is an early one for a change, so it could be photographed as a car spot. On closer inspection, this specimen is extra special because this is not a Mercedes-Benz G-Class at all! But what then?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/AutoRAI-Gespot-Puch-300GD-1140x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169449\"><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Mercedes-Benz G-Class was also sold as&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Mercedes-Benz G-Class itself needs little introduction. But did you know that the iconic model has also been sold under several brand names? The G-Class was produced by the Austrian company Magna-Steyr, initially still called Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Basically, the model was sold everywhere as a Mercedes-Benz, but in some countries Magna-Steyr also released the model under its own name, as the Puch G-Series.<\/p>\n<p>The name Puch was used in Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Yugoslavia (and later the ensuing countries), Mongolia and the so-called Eastern European COMECON countries. In all other markets, the car was simply called Mercedes-Benz G-Class. The reason for this deal was Puch&#8217;s strong reputation for off-road vehicles, especially in those regions. In 2000, the agreement expired and the model also became a Mercedes in the said regions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"galery shuffle galery-0\">\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-1.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"galery-0\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-1-640x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-2.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"galery-0\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-2-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-4.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"galery-0\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-4-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Currency exchange<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just to show how popular Puch was: soon kits came on the market that allowed you to add Puch logos to the later Mercedes version after all. For Pope John Paul II&#8217;s visit to Austria in 1983, the famous Popemobile G-Class was even temporarily branded with Puch logos. By the way, the other way around also happened: plenty of Puchs still got a Mercedes star on the grille from their owner. The logo is also the only difference between the Mercedes and Puch versions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"galery shuffle galery-1\">\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-3.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"galery-1\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-3-640x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-5-1600x1200.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"galery-1\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-5-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-6.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"galery-1\" title=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Puch-G-6-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-small size-small\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><i class=\"fa fa-search-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Yet another Mercedes-Benz G-Class variant<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Did you know that there is another brand variant of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class? No, we don&#8217;t mean tuner models like those from Brabus, but something from unexpected quarters. In fact, the G-Class also came for a time as a Peugeot P4. The Peugeot version was produced mainly for the French army. Engine, transmission, electrical system and final assembly were provided by Peugeot, the rest came from Mercedes-Benz. Later in production, a civilian version of the Peugeot P4 was also delivered, but it was not popular.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Peugeot-P4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169457\"><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The spotted specimen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just for completeness: the one we spotted in Purmerend is, to be exact, a 1982 Puch 300GD, which has been in the Netherlands since 2010. The Puch still looks very clean and the sand residue suggests that the off-road vehicle is also still being used for its intended purpose. Tell me, this is much nicer than one of those modern &#8220;fat G-Classes,&#8221; isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/autorai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/AutoRAI-Gespot-Puch-300GD-1140x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-169449\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At a business park in Purmerend, we saw this old all-terrain vehicle. 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