The Ares X-Raid Is The Coachbuilt G-Wagen The Middle-East Will Love

Standard 5.5-litre twin-turbo V8 G-Wagen not... excessive enough for you? Ares Design is here to make all your tuned-up, leather-clad dreams come true
The Ares X-Raid Is The Coachbuilt G-Wagen The Middle-East Will Love

Remember Dany Bahar? The former Lotus boss has gone public with his new tuning and customisation house, Ares Design, – and this is its first product.

The Ares X-Raid is based on a Mercedes G-Wagen, specifically the Mercedes-AMG G63, but it comes clothed in a bespoke carbonfibre bodyshell. That helps save a tonne of weight. Well, 200kg, anyway.

The Ares X-Raid Is The Coachbuilt G-Wagen The Middle-East Will Love

Unlike other tuning houses, Ares Design sees itself as a coachbuilder more like the traditional outfits that would supply you with a body for your luxury chassis. Its factory is based in, of all places, Modena. Yeah, that Modena.

With 750bhp to call on courtesy of tweaks to the G63’s 5.5-litre twin-turbo V8, the faux-sporty SUV can hit 155mph without too much fuss, so it really is pretty nippy in a straight line. Elsewhere, as you’d expect, it’s a mountain of custom parts, plush natural leather and general excess. Just the way a G-Wagen is meant to be in 2018.

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Comments

Anonymous

Price wil at least be twice that of a G65, im sure of it.

10/25/2017 - 13:58 |
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Robert Homann

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Sadly benz is gonna make a g65 final Edition

10/25/2017 - 14:57 |
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FLixy Madfox

Thats just so extra….. Who needs 750 horse power….

But ahh

I kinda want it

10/25/2017 - 14:02 |
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Klush

I cant think of something clever to say.

10/25/2017 - 14:08 |
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Anonymous
10/25/2017 - 14:18 |
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Nishant Dash

Another useless overdone G…

10/25/2017 - 14:25 |
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Anton 3

What the actual G?!

10/25/2017 - 14:35 |
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Akashneel

It looks like the softroader G-Class concept by Mercedes.

10/25/2017 - 14:41 |
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Jakob

For when you want your G-Wagen to look like a Chinese knockoff G-Wagen.

10/25/2017 - 14:57 |
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HAYABUSA

In reply to by Jakob

Für echt my dude

10/25/2017 - 16:52 |
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Anonymous

I would like to see one without the lift and off road style. It could work.

10/25/2017 - 15:06 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

So a normal G-Class? lol

10/25/2017 - 18:42 |
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Bring a Caterham To MARS

No
No

10/25/2017 - 23:02 |
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Sir Wafel (WhyBeAre of CT) (Multipla Squad) (propane)

In reply to by Bring a Caterh…

No

10/26/2017 - 08:47 |
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