This grey Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon AMG G63 with a black and red interior is one of six G63 in Orange County, the only one that does not announce itself. Parked outside a meeting in Irvine, it reads as somebody's own vehicle rather than a rental. The red cabin warms the mood once a door opens, for a business day or a family weekend.
A shape this square should be poor at speed and largely it is, which Mercedes solved with force rather than aerodynamics. 577 horsepower from the twin turbo V8 pushes this G63 through the air regardless, and the current generation's independent front suspension changed how it steers compared to the older cars. On the freeway toward Los Angeles it tracks straight and rides better than a ladder frame truck has any right to. You always know you are sitting high and you always know the car is heavy, and neither stops it reaching sixty in 4.4 seconds.
Grey over a black and red interior is the understated G63 in our fleet, and understated is relative on a car shaped like this. The colour keeps it from shouting while the shape still does all the announcing, which makes it the right pick for content near Fashion Island or South Coast Plaza where a gold or bright car would be too much. Grey also holds its panel edges in flat Orange County daylight where black turns into a blob. Get low at the front corner for the stance and the arches, then shoot the red cabin separately once a door is open.
Grey is the only G63 we have that does not announce itself. Three of the six are black, one is gold, one is blue and one is white, so every other car in the group is either loud or unmistakable. This one reads as somebody's own vehicle rather than a rental, which is why it goes out for business days and family weekends more than for content shoots. It sits in the lower price tier with the lowest per mile rate we offer on a G, alongside the value black car and the gold.
This G63 runs 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. This exact car pairs a grey exterior with a black and red two tone interior, the same cabin combination as two other G63s in our group but the only one wearing grey outside. It seats five across four doors and carries the three locking differentials every G-Wagon in the fleet runs.