For example, the vehicle is lower and wider than the standard G-Wagon, its side mirrors and door handles are shaved off, and its lights, windows and most interior furnishings have been deleted to make it feel like a racecar. The Virgil Abloh x Mercedes-Benz “Project Geländewagen” draws inspiration from plenty of relevant - or irrelevant, depending on how you look at it - influences. Oh, and Virgil Abloh has a G-Wagon, of course. Kylie Jenner has the stacked 4×4² G-Wagon, Travis Scott has one of the 99 drop-top Maybach G650 Landaulets costing $1.6 million USD apiece. But Dan Bilzerian and Post Malone have one of those. Mercedes-Benz made some attempts to reignite its outdoorsy nature: a six-wheeled variant was launched in incredibly limited numbers. However, in doing so, its rugged roots were forgotten. market, catapulting its pop-culture status like a bejeweled flip phone or a small dog in a handbag.
In 2001, the V8 G-Wagon Paris Hilton’s crew drove around Los Angeles in hit the U.S. In the ’90s, Mercedes-Benz re-developed the G-Class for civilians, furnishing it with lush leathers and woods. It was used in the army for years before it became a popular posermobile. It was rugged, a go-anywhere do-anything machine with an iconic boxy design that offered very little in the way of creature comforts. The G-Wagon - lesser-known by its official name the G-Class - launched as the Geländewagen in 1979. But before we even try to understand who or what Virgil Abloh’s G-Wagon is for, let’s examine the car at its core.
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