1985 Mercedes-Benz 280 GE [W460]

1985 Mercedes-Benz 280 GE [W460] in Combat Hospital, TV Series, 2011 Ep. 1.02

Class: Cars, Off-road / SUV — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
badlymad ◊ 2011-07-15 06:29	Episode 1.09 : \ Episode 1.10: According to the supplier of the vehicle (Link to "www.globaltv.com"), the Mercedes was a civilian G-Klasse that was heavily modified to resemble a Canadian military G-Wagen. -- Last edit: 2011-08-25 04:02:31
blue_thunder ◊ 2011-09-20 11:09	Where do u know it's 2003? W460 were produced until 1990, after 1990, the model range was devided in W461 and W463. This is either a W460 or most likely W461.
blue_thunder ◊ 2011-09-20 11:09	Btw, built in Austria.
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2011-09-20 11:43	The Canadian Forces started to use G-Wagens in 2003: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_G-Class#Military_operators However, the one in the main picture has a sidemarker, which real Canadian Forces G-Wagens seem not to have: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Canadian_Forces_G-Wagons.jpg
badlymad ◊ 2011-09-20 17:06	Besides, the Canadian market started getting civilian G-Klasses only in 2002-2003, and there was a pre-modification photo that showed the vehicle to be a North-American spec G-Klasse rather than a European one.
reslog ◊ 2012-11-27 23:50	There were two G class used for this production, a 230 and a 280. Both are 1985s imported from Germany. mil spec equipment was used where available and other equipment was fabricated to match.