Mercedes’ second surprise for Gulf people attending the 2009 Dubai Motor Show is this limited edition G55 AMG which is exclusive to the Middle East region and won’t be sold anywhere else. The reason it’s called Edition 79 is because the Gelandewagen’s sales started in 1979 and this car is also limited to only 79 units.

Mercedes G-Class is hugely popular in the Middle East. The ruler of Dubai himself uses this car as his daily driver. But the G-Wagen’s ties with ME are much stronger than that. You see back in the 70s, the late Shah of Iran asked Mercedes to design a tough military vehicle for him as a part of his plans to modernize his army. Mercedes did it, but then Iranian revolution made the Shah to leave the country so the vehicles were never delivered! On that basis, Mercedes decided to sell this car to civilians!

Anyway, back to the G55 AMG Edition 79. This car comes in a special matt color called “designo magno alanite grey”, Mercedes already offers this car for the SLS AMG supercar. This special edition has a number of differences than the standard G55 including a crash bar at the front, carbon-look side trim strips, 19-inch AMG light-alloy wheels in a titanium finish and chromed protective grilles for the front indicators, tail lights and the underguard.

As for the interior, you get designo leather seats in black/sand, high-quality, solid carbon-fibre trim and the Edition logo “1 out of 79” positioned in front of the selector lever.

It is not likely that you can actually get one of these, because as mentioned earlier it is very popular among UAE royal family, and they are way more than 79!