The Mercedes-AMG G 63 6×6 or Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG 6×6 is a SUT manufactured by

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. An SUT derivative of the six wheel drive Mercedes Geländewagen developed for the

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from 2007 (see Mercedes-Benz G-Class#Military operators), at the time it was the company's largest and second most expensive street-legal offroad vehicle. It was manufactured from 2013 to 2015 by

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Overview

It combines the engine from the G63, a twin-turbo V-8, with 6x6

portal axle Portal axles (or portal gear lifts) are an off-road vehicle suspension and drive technology where the axle tube or the half-shaft is off-set from – usually above – the center of the wheel hub and where driving power is transferred to each whe ...

s, a pick-up version of the G-Class body, and a luxury interior. It was produced from 2013 to 2015, with production exceeding 100 vehicles. The G63 AMG 6×6 features

six-wheel drive Six-wheel drive (6WD or 6×6) is an all-wheel drive drivetrain configuration of three axles with at least two wheels on each axle capable of being driven simultaneously by the vehicle's engine. Unlike four-wheel drive drivetrains, the configurat ...

running on 5.5L, 536-hp, 561-lb-ft twin-turbo DOHC 32-valve V-8 AMG engine. The G63 AMG 6×6 is fitted with Mercedes' 7G-tronic seven-speed

automatic transmission An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated to auto or AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in internal combustion engine-based motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving c ...

; its transfer case can alter between a 0.87:1 high-range ratio for on-road driving and 2.16:1 low-range ratio for off-road conditions to all six wheels in a nominal 30:40:30 split. An extra shaft delivers power to the rearmost axle. The vehicle has five electronic differential locks, which can deliver 100% lockup of all six wheels, operated by three switches on the dashboard. The G63 AMG 6×6 is long, wide, and tall, with of

ground clearance Ride height or ground clearance is the amount of space between the base of an automobile tire and the lowest point of the automobile (typically the axle); or, more properly, to the shortest distance between a flat, level surface, and the lowest p ...

and a fording depth of . It has portal axles, similar to those fitted on Unimog vehicles. The vehicle is installed with beadlock wheels and tires, has a wheelbase (front axle to rearmost axle) and weighs . The G63 AMG 6×6 can deliver 0– in 7.8 seconds with a top speed limited to . The G63 AMG 6x6 features a compressor which allows it to reduce or increase tyre pressure in order to adapt the traction to the driving surface, especially in desertlike environments. Therefore, the compressor fills four containers with 20 litres each to allow fast inflation of the tyres. This makes it possible to change from sandy deserts to regular streets in less than twenty seconds. The G63 AMG 6×6 was launched in early 2013. The company decided to stop sales of the car and declared the model completely sold out in early 2015 to maintain the model's exclusivity.

managed to sell more units of the G63 AMG 6×6 than originally anticipated. The last customer delivery of the G63 AMG 6×6 left the G-Class factory in

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in May 2015. In 2015, Mercedes-Benz introduced a limited 15 units RHD version of Brabus 6×6 for the Malaysian market; they are the only RHD version of 6×6 units in the world. They are only available for the Malaysian market and were bought by

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World, one of the largest automotive conglomerates company in

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. They come with a price tag of RM3,214,119 (698,888 euros).

In popular culture

The vehicle appears in the 2014 movie ''

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'' and is also featured in the 2015 film ''

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'' and also ''

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'' also called Dubsta 6x6. The G63 6x6 also appears in ''

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'' since update 11, which can be awarded by completing Tier 7 in the Top Gear Special Horizon Story.Top Gear Horizon Story
- Forza Motorsport official website(12/28/2019) and returned in ''

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''.

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