4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1979–91
NAMED MODELSpecial · MotorsportAustriaGermany

280 GE (W460)

The petrol six W460: the 280 GE with the 2.8-litre M110 twin-cam six, 150–156 hp, the fastest and the export G of the 1980s and the car that won the 1983 Paris–Dakar with Jacky Ickx and Claude Brasseur.

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Sources & evidence
280 GE (W460) — Mercedes-Benz 280 GE at Techno-Classica 2025Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEG-Class W460 (1979–91)BUILT BYMercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz), Magna Steyr (Steyr-Daimler-Puch), GrazIN SERVICE1979–91PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 94.5″

The record

The 280 GE headed the W460 range from launch; its M110 engine came from the W123 saloons and it took the G to the Dakar, the Middle East and the Pope (the 1980 Popemobile was a 230 G). The 300 GD diesel outsold it.

Specification

MANUFACTURERMercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz) ↗, Magna Steyr (Steyr-Daimler-Puch), Graz ↗
formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Graz, Austria, for Mercedes-Benz
MANUFACTURED1979–91
ENGINE2.8-litre M110 petrol six, 150–156 hp
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINAustria
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEG-Class (W460, W461, W463)
FAMILYG-Class (W460, W461, W463)
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE94.5″
BODY STYLEswb
CATEGORYSpecial · Motorsport

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Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Mercedes-Benz G-Class ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: researched