Driving a Mercedes G-Wagen is always an event. The 45-year-old off-roading 4x4 is unquestionably an automotive icon and little changed in its basic chunky visual silhouette, whether you drive, as Wallpaper* did, both an internal combustion-engined 1980 version and a fully-electric 2024 model, from the range now more formally known as G-Class. In fact, the new model's full name is the 'Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology'.
