The new special exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum entitled “G-Schichten” (G stories) celebrates 40 years of the G-Class and will be recounting the history of the G with eleven vehicles and further exhibits between 18 October 2019 and 19 April 2020. Throughout the opening weekend on both 19 and 20 October further special G-Class vehicles will be on show inside and outside the museum, including a G from Porsche Museum’s collection. Also, there will be an art project for children involving an actual G-Class.

The Mercedes-Benz G-Class has been an unparalleled success story since its première 40 years ago: from the outset, the vehicle has been inspiring with outstanding off-road properties as well as its confident on-road appearance.

The new Mercedes-Benz Museum special exhibition is entitled “G-Schichten” (G stories). It recounts the diverse history of this model series by showcasing very different specimens of this vehicle model. The exhibition will be open in Collection Room 5 between 18 October 2019 and 19 April 2020.

The stars of the exhibition will be vehicles dating back to 1979. They will include the 1980 “Popemobile”, a faithful reconstruction of the vehicle that won the 1983 Paris–Dakar rally and the very last G-Class Cabriolet from 2013.

Programme of the opening weekend, 19 and 20 October, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.:

Porsche Museum is providing a very special exhibit during the weekend: A G-Class that was used as the service vehicle during the 1986 Paris-Dakar rally. It is driven by a 4.7-litre V8 engine from a Porsche 928.