• FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    When I read that my initial thought was more like a military jeep or any boxy army vehicle

    My second thought was that one Mercedes jeep but that’s clearly not a jeep brand

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      9 months ago

      That was the original idea I think. With the existence of SUVs that kind of went out the window.

      The Mercedes is the G-Wagon. Which is quite well known in pop culture as such.

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        9 months ago

        Well thanks for the name I see rarely mostly on the freeway and every time I see it I’m like “there’s no way a bad guy doesn’t have a convoy of these”

        I would have never in a million years guessed the name is g wagon tho

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          9 months ago

          Well, the official name is G-Class (or G-Klasse in German). G-Wagen is a colloquial name. Wagen means vehicle in German, btw., where the G-Class isn’t known as G-Wagen at all.

          The G is short for Geländewagen (off road vehicle) btw., so calling it G-Wagen is kinda like calling it an ATM-Machine.