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Mercedes-Benz G350d

3 years ago

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Writer:

Andrew Frankel | Ti co-founder

Date:

14 April 2021

I wasn’t at home the day it turned up so was only aware of its arrival thanks to a text from my teenage daughter which read, ‘GWAGON! GWAGON! GWAGON!’ followed by a series of photographs of her grinning like a loon from inside, outside and roundabout the car. And the point is this: said daughter is really not that interested in cars in general and large SUVs in particular. But G-Wagons are different.

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