For Sale: 1985 Mercedes-Benz 230GE in Katwijk, Netherlands

Mercedes-Benz G-Klasse 230GE 4X4, 1985. Three owners, 106,106 km, service books from new.

You know what the funny thing about the G-Class is? Mercedes built it because the Shah of Persia, a shareholder back then, asked for a sturdy off-roader for his army. When the Shah lost his throne before the thing ever rolled off the line, Mercedes was stuck with an angular, boxy, indestructible lump that nobody had really ordered. And look at it now. Forty years later they are cruising down Sloane Street between the plastic surgeons and the property boys, every one of them in a car originally meant to crawl through a desert with a machine gun bolted to the roof.

That is the beauty of the Gel�ndewagen. It was drawn on a drafting table where words like 'aerodynamics' and 'design language' had not yet been invented. A square, honest, no-nonsense block of steel that has barely changed over all those decades. While the rest of the car world was contorting itself in wind tunnels, the G simply stood where it stood, like a Bavarian farmer who refuses to take up yoga. And that is precisely why it is an icon now. Not despite its stubbornness, but because of it.

The early 230GE is, as far as I am concerned, the most honest chapter in that book. No V8, no AMG roar, no screen the size of a flatscreen telly. Just a 2.3 litre four-cylinder M102, 125 hp, and a transfer case you actually have to do something with. This is the G from the days when you bought one because you had to get somewhere without a road, not because you wanted to be seen outside Harvey Nichols.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 75 photographs. The service history, scanned in full. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline from 3 January 1985 to today, with every owner and the mileage year by year in a single graph.

Every car here follows the same route: first pre-market, then the showroom, and finally the online auction on our own website. What changes is the way you buy, not the location - once a car has arrived, it stays with us in Katwijk. This one is in the showroom and you are welcome to come and see it, no appointment needed. You buy it here at a fixed price: no bidding, no waiting. Our showroom in Katwijk, 30 km from Amsterdam Schiphol, is open Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat 10-17. Call ahead and it will be standing ready, with someone free for you.

Within the EU no customs duty arises on this purchase. Registration tax and registration costs in your own country are not included. We supply the export documents and assist with the registration. The price shown is the full price for collection in Katwijk. We arrange insured door-to-door transport worldwide, cost quoted per destination beforehand.

Prefer a different colour or specification than this example? Tell us what you are looking for - another Mercedes-Benz we can often find through our network of marque specialists and collectors, outside the listings.

Our showroom measures 6,000 m�, with over 175 cars under one roof. HooG Selections, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Call or WhatsApp: +31 85 043 05 86.