G-Wagon lease in Los Angeles: the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, quoted per car

How a G-Wagon lease is priced

The G-Class is allocated to dealers in small numbers, so the price is set by supply, not by a monthly special. Two things decide your payment: whether the dealer adds a market adjustment over MSRP, and the residual the lender sets for the term. In our experience the G-Class residual is strong, which helps the payment; an adjustment, when a dealer insists on one, hurts it more than any incentive can fix. Our job on a G-Class is finding the allocation at MSRP, or as close as the market allows that month, then structuring the lease so the residual works for you.

G 550 or G 63 AMG on a lease

The G 550 is the six-cylinder; the G 63 is the AMG V8. The MSRP gap between them is large, and on a lease it is spread over the term, so the G 63 payment is well above the G 550's on the same structure. AMG versions also tend to carry the larger market adjustments. If the badge matters, the G 63 is the car; if the shape and the presence are what you want, the G 550 leases for a great deal less. Both are quoted per car with the color and options you specify.

• Term: more than one term is written on the G-Class; we quote the one that suits when you want the next car.

• Mileage: several allowances are written; pick the one that matches your driving and the quote is written for it.

• Wait: an in-stock car delivers in days; a specific color and option combination can mean a factory order, and we tell you the real wait before you decide.

Before you lease a G-Class: size, seats and the electric one

The G 63 is 77.4 inches tall, 86.1 inches wide with the mirrors out, and turns in 44.3 feet wall to wall. Measure your garage and the parking structure you use most; some covered lots in Los Angeles are tight for it. It seats five with no third row, with 37.4 cubic feet of cargo behind the rear seat and 68.6 with it folded. The rear door is side-hinged and swings out, so it needs room behind the car. The step-in is high; sit in one first. The V8 runs on premium unleaded.

The G 580 with EQ Technology is the electric G: four motors, 579 hp and 859 lb-ft combined. If that is the one you want, tell us where it will charge, at home or on public networks, and we quote it per car like the others.

The G 63 4x4 Squared and the 6x6: why each is quoted per car

The 4x4 Squared is a G 63 on portal axles: the axle sits above the wheel center and a gear at each hub carries the drive down, so the body rides about four inches higher and ground clearance grows from about nine inches to about fourteen, with wider fenders and taller tires to match. The engine is the G 63's handcrafted V8. Mercedes built it in small numbers alongside the G 63 in Graz, and mbusa.com does not list it for the current model year. There is no lease program for it; when one turns up at a dealer or on the used market, we quote that one car.

The 6x6 is older and rarer: built from 2013 to 2015, a little over a hundred in all, mostly for the Middle East, with six driven wheels on three portal axles, a pickup bed and the 5.5-liter twin-turbo AMG V8 of that era. It was not sold through Mercedes-Benz USA; the few here came in as imports. It is a collector's car, normally bought rather than leased. Send the spec and we look for the car first.

Which G-Wagon colors are easiest to get, and what special paint adds

On a lease the residual is fixed regardless of color, so the color only changes what you pay for the paint and how long you wait. Manufaktur colors, the special-order paints, cost more and add wait time; on a lease you pay for that option over the term and hand the car back. If a specific manufaktur color is the point of the car, tell us and we search for one already built. The G 63 4x4 Squared and the older 6x6 are separate cars built in tiny numbers; if that is what you want, read the guides and then call, because those are not leased off a price sheet.

G 63 colors: stock colors, MANUFAKTUR colors and matte

mbusa.com lists more than three dozen G-Class colors: gloss, matte and solid MANUFAKTUR hues. Dealers stock the standard colors, Obsidian Black Metallic and Polar White above all. MANUFAKTUR colors such as Arabian Grey, and Magno matte finishes such as Night Black Magno, are found car by car or ordered from the factory.

Matte needs a different owner. A Magno finish cannot be polished, so a scratch, a swirl from a brush car wash, or etching from bird droppings and tree sap stays in the paint. Hand wash only, matte-specific products, no wax. On a lease that damage is excess wear at return. Color does not change the number the lender sets; if you may buy the car at the end, black, white and gray are the easiest to sell on.

How a G-Wagon lease through 021 works

Tell us the model, color and options. We ask the Mercedes-Benz dealers in Southern California what they have allocated and what they will sell it for, then write the best whole deal with our fee shown on the written quote. Because several stores answer at once, you see whether the adjustment one store wants is the market or that store. The lease is usually with Mercedes-Benz Financial; delivery is to your door anywhere in California. This is what a car lease broker in Los Angeles does on a G-Class.