This black Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon AMG G63 with a black and white interior is one of six G63 in Orange County, the version most people picture the moment someone says G-Wagon. It reads instantly at a valet stand or on Pacific Coast Highway. The two tone cabin is the surprise behind the all black exterior, booked for the classic, recognised arrival.
The exhaust exits sit ahead of the rear wheels rather than at the back, which is why a G63 announces itself before you see it, and why this one is audible from two streets off Pacific Coast Highway. The 4.0 liter twin turbo V8 makes 577 horsepower and cracks on every upshift in Sport, with sixty arriving in 4.4 seconds. It rides upright and honestly, a real ladder frame under the leather rather than a unibody pretending to be tough. In Comfort it settles enough for a calm run up the coast toward Laguna Beach, and switches back to loud the moment you ask it to.
Black with a black and white interior is the G63 specification that photographs hardest, because the two tone cabin is a real surprise against an all black exterior. Outside it is pure silhouette, which works well at night or under a lit forecourt near the Newport harbour, and less well in flat midday sun. Shoot it low from the front corner to exaggerate the height and the flared arches, then open a door for the white contrast inside. The exposed hinges, the spare wheel cover and the wing mounted indicator pods are the details worth a close frame on this car specifically.
Of our six G63s, three are black. This is the one with the two tone cabin, so it is the black G to book when an open door shot needs to show something other than more black. The other two black cars run all dark interiors and rent for a hundred dollars a day less. That is the whole trade. Both are built to the same 577 horsepower AMG specification, so nothing mechanical separates them. Take this one if the interior is going in the frame, and take a less expensive black G63 if the vehicle is transport rather than the subject.
This G63 carries the standard AMG specification, a 4.0 liter twin turbo V8 at 577 horsepower and 627 lb-ft, the AMG performance exhaust with side pipes, adaptive AMG Ride Control, and permanent 4WD through a nine speed automatic. What makes this exact car different from our other black G63s is the interior, a black and white two tone cabin rather than an all dark one, paired with the same black exterior most people picture on sight. It seats five across four doors, with the three locking differentials and boxy body every G-Wagon in the fleet shares.