Head 2 Head: Mercedes G550 vs. Jeep Wrangler Rubicon

MotorTrend

11/9/2023

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00:00 (car engine)

00:02 (upbeat music)

00:07 The Jeep Wrangler and the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon

00:11 have a lot in common.

00:13 Both are enjoying a current surge in popularity

00:16 that boggles the mind.

00:18 The Wrangler was the 16th best-selling vehicle

00:21 in the US last year,

00:22 whereas the new G-Wagon already has a year-plus waiting list.

00:27 Not bad for a couple of old-school body-on-frame trucks,

00:30 huh?

00:31 Come on, Johnny, there's no way this Beverly Hills wannabe

00:35 is gonna be able to go where that American icon can.

00:38 There's only one way to find out.

00:40 (dramatic music)

00:43 (gentle music)

00:45 It's time to head up the trail

00:48 to finally put these vehicles to the ultimate test.

00:51 (gentle music)

00:55 (engine revving)

00:58 This is getting,

01:02 this is getting.

01:04 Okay, I want to avoid that boulder.

01:09 (gentle music)

01:11 No problem, baby.

01:20 (gentle music)

01:23 (Jethro laughing)

01:25 Come up where Kevin is.

01:26 Go up there where Kevin is.

01:28 We're not going up there.

01:31 (Jethro laughing)

01:34 Are we going up there?

01:35 Oh, shit.

01:37 We're going up there.

01:38 (Jethro laughing)

01:39 I think you'd hang to your right a little bit, Jethro.

01:42 (engine revving)

01:45 Yeah, so this is a good time

01:47 to have your sway bar detached

01:49 for maximum articulation.

01:51 It's pretty dang good.

01:52 - Yeah.

01:54 (Jethro laughing)

02:00 Oh my God.

02:02 Well, Mr. Bobbington, that was impressive.

02:04 Now, if the G can get up there,

02:06 I'll just, I'll be shocked, but.

02:09 (gentle music)

02:15 (engine revving)

02:18 Oh my God.

02:20 Easy.

02:23 (Jethro laughing)

02:27 - Like, what else can we do to them?

02:31 I mean, I think on rocks, they're, I mean.

02:34 - I'm just going to launch off the edge, see what happens.

02:36 (Jethro laughing)

02:39 Whoa.

02:40 That looks insane.

02:44 (Jethro laughing)

02:45 That looks completely insane.

02:47 Oh, that's a fun one, Jethro.

02:49 (engine revving)

02:56 Okay.

03:03 (gentle music)

03:06 Ah, it's my bad.

03:21 Thought I was going to get stuck then.

03:24 Probably a bit embarrassing.

03:25 Yeah, I just got a little beach there,

03:29 but I think I was on the wrong line,

03:31 so I'm coming through.

03:32 Holy cow.

03:34 Whoa, that looks tight.

03:37 This looks unnatural.

03:44 (Jethro laughing)

03:47 (gentle music)

03:53 Oh.

03:59 (engine revving)

04:02 Easy, boy.

04:05 (Jethro laughing)

04:06 Easy.

04:07 He's cool.

04:09 (engine revving)

04:15 (gentle music)

04:17 (gentle music)

04:20 So we made it to the roof of the world.

04:32 - Yeah.

04:33 - I mean, this is incredible.

04:34 - This is incredible.

04:36 - You have to get out here and see it.

04:37 It's just, it's hard to believe.

04:38 I'm looking at it.

04:39 - I'm hard to believe.

04:40 - It feels like you should be able

04:41 to just grab it or something.

04:42 It's like a painting, but these two vehicles.

04:46 - I know.

04:46 So I don't know, man.

04:47 I'm a bit stymied because the only rule

04:49 we have in head to head is no ties.

04:51 - Okay, so the only way to separate them,

04:55 see which one flies best.

04:57 (engine revving)

05:00 (thunder rumbling)

Head 2 Head: Mercedes G550 vs. Jeep Wrangler Rubicon

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