After selling about a hundred examples at half a million dollars apiece, Mercedes is winding up production of the insanely gargantuan G63 AMG 6x6 - and gearing up for the still crazy big G500 ...

Much like the Humvees that participated in last month's Head 2 Head, the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG and G63 AMG 6x6 in the latest installment are some of the toughest off-road vehicles money can buy.

But for me, the biggest highlight is that the G63 still exists, because this car has survived two attempts by Mercedes management to kill it off, yet it’s here some 33 years after the first G ...