Mercedes-Benz thinks that we SUV-convertibles want

Posted on 21-06-2015 at 19:59 by Dizono – 31 Comments”

Our army has for decades driven by open all-terrain vehicles of Benz, but the open G-Class since 2013 not order more. To the fans of soft roofs yet what to offer, go Mercedes may be some other SUV’s beheading.

Strictly speaking, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is no SUV. Because ladderchassis and serious terreincapaciteiten. We look at the average rider, fishing the Gelandewagen is indeed in the same pond. A pond that is currently not very populated as the homeless and SUVS. Nissan came with the oerlelijke Murano CrossCabriolet, land Rover seems to be once again a homeless Evoque.

Used to be you were the man if you have 4×4 correctly, however, had a roof and plenty of off-road vehicles were in the recent past with a soft-top available. Also the G Class, until the G65 AMG. But in 2013, after 34 years of production, the stronger out due to a small question. Compared to the Australian Car Advice let Mercedes boss Wolf-Dieter Kurz know that a homeless person SUV certainly is not excluded, now that the market for SUVS is still huge in the lift.

He asks, however, how big that niche actually is. In particular, the car market in China is, according to Kurz not quite what it used to be for open cars, while just that, a market where Mercedes this kind of niches should see a way to convert. To that add a cabrio to create a 4×4 with ladderchasis much easier than the roof of the self-supporting body of, for example, the new GLC to saw. The development costs are quite high, so there will be in Stuttgart for a while still quite be counted for the Evoque Convertible competition.