G-wagen article on Autocar news section

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M2dxb
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Seen this as the main article on the magazine's news section (www):
"G-wagen celebrates 30 years"
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/236987/

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Re: G-wagen article on Autocar news section

A headline on that page leads to "AMG ends the horsepower war" - seems they're going for weight saving first - so which bits of the G will get pared down?

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Re: G-wagen article on Autocar news section

They might want to start with a light-weight body (Aluminium or Carbon Fibre?) using the Lotus philosophy - less is more

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Re: G-wagen article on Autocar news section

The usual ignorance: G55K has 500 BHP for almost a year now....