ML (W163, 1st gen)

Early luxury SUV from when the companies had no consumer data, so they made them good at everything. Find one with the off-road package for real locking diffs and a low-range transfer case, spring for the ML 500's G-Wagon V8 — or go ML55 AMG for flares and 350 horsepower on the street.

• “It's a actual truck with a Mercedes badge. It's literally a budget G Wagon.”

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