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    CALL OF THE WOLF

    Mar 26, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS SCOTT EVANS
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    DARREN MARTIN

    he Wikipedia entry on the first-gen Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen says the truck needed 27 seconds to hit 62 mph. In my case, foot flat on the floor, hustling the long shifter as quickly as I could, I stopped counting after 15, because who cares at that point? This is a vehicle with a supposed top speed of 112 kph, or 70 mph, on flat ground at sea level; I got it up to 120 kph (75 mph) going down a big hill on the freeway. No, an ex-military G-Wagen redone by Expedition Motor Co. isn’t about speed whatsoever, and that’s half

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