It took a whopping 8,892 working hours to complete the amber cube.
In the build-up to the world reveal of the G-Class at the Detroit Auto Show in January, Mercedes took the teasing game to a whole new level. It used an original G from the off-roader’s first model year and dipped it in resin to create a special art piece dubbed “The Amber Cube” that made use of 40,708 liters of epoxy resin. It weighed a hefty 52 tons with the transport rack included or 46 tons with the underframe.
The “sculpture” featuring a trapped 1979 280 GE required 90 days of work and measured a little over 18 feet long (5.5 meters), 8.4 feet wide (2.55 meters), and stood approximately 10.5 feet tall (3.10 meters). Once completed, G-Class embedded in amber sending out a strong Jurassic Park vibe had to embark on a trip from Hamburg to Detroit by covering a little over 4,000 miles to attend the North American International Auto Show.
It took a whopping 8,892 working hours to complete the amber cube.
In the build-up to the world reveal of the G-Class at the Detroit Auto Show in January, Mercedes took the teasing game to a whole new level. It used an original G from the off-roader’s first model year and dipped it in resin to create a special art piece dubbed “The Amber Cube” that made use of 40,708 liters of epoxy resin. It weighed a hefty 52 tons with the transport rack included or 46 tons with the underframe.
The “sculpture” featuring a trapped 1979 280 GE required 90 days of work and measured a little over 18 feet long (5.5 meters), 8.4 feet wide (2.55 meters), and stood approximately 10.5 feet tall (3.10 meters). Once completed, G-Class embedded in amber sending out a strong Jurassic Park vibe had to embark on a trip from Hamburg to Detroit by covering a little over 4,000 miles to attend the North American International Auto Show.
