The six-wheeled G: the G 63 AMG 6x6 of 2013–15, built by Magna Steyr on the Australian Army’s W461 6x6 chassis with the 5.5-litre biturbo V8, five differential locks, portal axles, 37-inch tyres and an on-board tyre-inflation system; about 100 sold at €451,000.
BASE VEHICLEG-Class W463 (1990–2018)BUILT BYMercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz), Magna Steyr (Steyr-Daimler-Puch), GrazIN SERVICE2013–15PRODUCTIONAbout 100LAYOUT6 wheels · 139″
The record
The 6x6 took the Australian military chassis, added portal axles for 460 mm of ground clearance and the G 63’s drivetrain, and was sold mainly in the Gulf; production of about 100 ended in 2015. It is the registry’s six-wheeled Mercedes.
Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.
formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Graz, Austria, for Mercedes-Benz
MANUFACTURED2013–15
ENGINE5.5-litre M157 biturbo V8, 544 hp
PRODUCTION RUNAbout 100
COUNTRY OF ORIGINAustria
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEG-Class (W460, W461, W463)
FAMILYG-Class (W460, W461, W463)
WHEELS6
NOMINAL WHEELBASE139″
BODY STYLEstation-lwb
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.