However, deliveries of the G350d 4Matic will not begin until March 2019.
You’ll only have two choices when you open the German configurator to the new Mercedes G-Class. It will show you either the G500, or the G63. The W464 was launched at NAIAS Detroit in January. The G63 received its world premiere in Geneva a few months later. To order a diesel-powered G in Europe, those looking for higher low-end torque must wait until the end.
Our friends at Mercedes-Benz Passion blog, who are obsessed with anything bearing the three-pointed star, have it confirmed that the diesel G-Class will take the form of the G350d 4Matic model in Germany in December. Although production is expected to begin in December, customer deliveries will not start until March 2019. According to the report, dealers will receive the first diesel Gs to test with potential clients in the spring of 2019.
The diesel engine’s identity is the OM 656. It was first introduced with the S-Class facelift last year and later launched in other models, such as the CLS. It produces 286 horsepower (210kilowatts) in the S350d sedan and 600 Newton-meters (443 pounds-feet). In the S400d, it generates 340 horsepower (250 kW) as well as 700 Nm (516lb-ft).
It’s likely that the G350d name will be used by Mercedes to describe its SUV. Mercedes-Benz Passion blogreports that the G-Class won’t be offered in a more powerful G400d configuration.
The news about the availability of a diesel engine in the future comes just a few days following the start of G-Class’ production in the Magna Steyr factory, Graz, Austria. This iconic off-roader has already been in production since 1979. More than 300,000 copies of the brute were assembled since then.