Thread: No civilian G-Professional for Australia

Originally Posted by garrycol

You have to live there for over 12 months - wouldn't it be easier and cheaper to just buy one of the other G wagen models here - there are a few 2012/13 models on carsales.

Garry

The models sold here are quite different (IFS, etc, etc...). More like the difference between a D4 and a Defender.

i'm sure i was chatting to somebody.....just cannot remember who.....and they mentioned brisbane mercedes had a professional in the yard

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

nope there are some dumb ADR's that prevent it from passing and Mercedes dont want to mess around reworking it to get it to pass due to the anticipated low sales of it.

From memory

lights (indicator position)
exhaust (exits on the wrong side)
and something to do with the restraints system didnt meet the requirements (probably exceeded them but because of some sniffling discrepencies in something probablly as insignificant and unimportant as the colour of the head of the bolt that holds the seatbelt in)

Im also not sure if the left had drive thing killed it for here either or if they right hand drived it.,

I take it then the ADF ones are not subjected to ADR?

If you look at the other listing the ADF ones have failed ADR? are they exempt?

Originally Posted by juddy

I take it then the ADF ones are not subjected to ADR?

Definitely exempt from some significant ADRs, although on a quick skim none of these seemed to obviously fit the G-Pro:

http://www.ntc.gov.au/filemedia/Repo...Fframework.pdf

...and as an aside also exempt from basically all of the road rules when operating out of necessity:

Defence (Road Transport Legislation Exemption) Act 2006

Originally Posted by juddy

I take it then the ADF ones are not subjected to ADR?

If you look at the other listing the ADF ones have failed ADR? are they exempt?

essentially yes.

Or you could just fix the Defender and accept that any vehicle can break down, even a G-wagon.

Apparently MB Aust won't bring them in because "we won't sell a passenger car without a passenger airbag"

So, MB in Europe and South Africa are so different?

Originally Posted by MBZ460

Apparently MB Aust won't bring them in because "we won't sell a passenger car without a passenger airbag"

So why don't they just sell it as a commercial vehicle alongside their vans & trucks? Sounds a bit like marketing BS.