![]() What made you choose this car specifically? Mercedes-Benz has sold the G-Wagen since 1979, but the power top convertible models were only offered from 1996 to 2014, and even then production was limited to roughly 2,600 examples - and even fewer with a V8 like mine. ![]() This is a 1999 Mercedes-Benz G500 Cabriolet, which is essentially a G-Wagen with a power-operated convertible soft top - or, as I tell my friends, a G-Wagen wearing a toupee. What’s even more compelling is how rare the G500 Cabriolet really is – it was produced for 18 years but only a total of 2,600 were ever really made, meaning his 1999 example is limited to an average of only 144 worldwide.Ĭheck out our DRIVERS interview with Doug DeMuro below and be sure to read up on our last feature on GOD SELECTION XXX founder Yasunari Miyazaki and his Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Black Series, which is also extremely rare. Retract it however and the Cabriolet is shaped like nothing you’ve ever seen before, thus also showing off captivating details like a protruding third brake light, a floating rear spare wheel, structural bars and more. The convertible power top is largely noticeable from the side windows back, wearing a cloth cover more so like a tarp then a roof. The G500 Cabriolet isn’t your run-of-the-mill G-Wagen it’s perhaps the most outlandish version Benz ever made. But while we had him for a solid few hours, we were most interested in perhaps the “quirkiest” ride in his garage: this gorgeous-looking, double-take-inducing Mercedes-Benz G500 Cabriolet. A svelte, ultra-sleek German hypercar like the Porsche Carrera GT? Yeah he’s got one of those too. So what does the biggest, most followed automotive influencer on Youtube drive: a brutish American supercar like the Ford GT? Yep. C&B also just celebrated its third anniversary and continues to report annual sales figures in the $200+ millions, with numerous auctions starting and ending on a daily basis. If you were to scoff the site as “just another place to buy used cars” you’d be seriously mistaken – international investment firm The Chernin Group recently acquired a majority stake in Cars & Bids to the sum of $37 million USD. ![]() Doug has no signs of slowing down his content and his Internet stardom has thus spawned the auction house Cars & Bids, to which Doug is the founder and primary spokesperson for its content and products.
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