W464

The premiere came at the G-Class Experience Center in Graz on 28 September 2021, with the biggest redesign in the professional G’s history: a new chassis with 50 mm more suspension travel, a wider track that also clears snow chains, 221 mm of ground clearance, 660 mm of fording depth, gradeability of 100 per cent and a tilt limit of 54 per cent, all carried on the ladder frame with three 100-per-cent differential locks. The common-rail OM656 six delivers 183 kW (249 PS) and 600 N·m — 35 per cent more power and 50 per cent more torque than the W461 — while consuming up to eight per cent less fuel, and it will run on low-grade fuel or kerosene. A nine-speed automatic replaces the old five-speed, crawling at 2–14 km/h in LOW RANGE.

Two bodies were offered at launch: a five-door station wagon seating four, rated at 3.5 tonnes gross with a one-tonne payload including 200 kg on the roof, and a chassis with single cab for a crew of two, rated at 4.9 tonnes gross with 2.5 tonnes of payload. Both tow 3.5 tonnes. Standard equipment runs to EMC protection against interference pulses, MIL-STD and STANAG certification, infrared and camouflage lighting, a splash-proof instrument panel and the sealed Emergency Override System, which lets a crew override every engine protection measure to drive out of a danger zone; the 24-volt electrical system usual in military vehicles is available on request. More than 60,000 G-Class vehicles have been delivered for rescue and special operations since 1979, and as of 2025 no civilian version of the 464 had been offered.