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

300 GD and 240 GD (W460)

The diesel W460s: the 240 GD with the 2.4-litre OM616 four (72 hp) and the 300 GD with the 3.0-litre OM617 five (88 hp), the working G-Wagens of farms, forestry, utilities, the Red Cross and armies across Europe.

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Sources & evidence
300 GD and 240 GD (W460) — 1990 Mercedes-Benz W460 300 GD photographed during the Motul Trans Sport Show 2024 inside SMX Convention Center, Bay City, Pasay City, Metro Manila, PH.Ethan Llamas · 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 240 GD and 300 GD were the volume W460s; slow but tireless, they went to European utilities, forestry, aid agencies and the armies that bought the civilian G before the Wolf, and the 300 GD became the OM603-engined six in 1990.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURERMercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz) ↗, Magna Steyr (Steyr-Daimler-Puch), Graz ↗
formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Graz, Austria, for Mercedes-Benz
MANUFACTURED1979–91
ENGINE2.4-litre OM616 diesel four; 3.0-litre OM617 diesel five; 3.0-litre OM603 six (1990–91)
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″

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

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: draft