Celebrating the G-Wagen's 40th Birthday
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It took Daimler-Benz and Steyr-Daimler-Puch ten years to put the G-Class into production, with the Graz factory starting its large-scale welding in February, 1979.
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Celebrating the G-Wagen's 40th Birthday
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Anniversary for the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
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Mercedes G-Class Celebrates 40th Anniversary With “Stronger Than Time” Edition - autoevolution
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