Mercedes UNIMOG review - it's the most badass German truck!
The Mercedes Unimog is the most hardcore off-roader in the world. And I was granted access to one of the two record-breaking Unimog trucks which drove up a mountain in Chile to an altitude of 6,000 meters. You need special training to drive one of these things properly so Mercedes gave me a driver to do my bidding. Thankfully he was up for a laugh and was willing to take the Unimog wherever I suggested. So we departed from the 'official' off-road course and went full rogue to see where we could actually take the 4x4 and whether we could get it stuck. Watch the video to find out what happened....
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“What’s the ground clearance?” “18 gears”
@genuine_patriot9843
3 жыл бұрын
Not gears man its diffs.🤣 lol
@TheAlbaniaGaming
3 жыл бұрын
I wanted to know so bad ffs
@danielserrano2492
3 жыл бұрын
I was so confused when he said that lol
@skrlaviolette
3 жыл бұрын
I hope they cut it wrong and he actually did anwser the question asked :D
@RobThompsontheITguy
3 жыл бұрын
Don’t worry Mercedes, we’ll edit out that one secret and we’ll just act like that question was never asked. That ‘MOG probably has a development suspension with some special enhancements that haven’t been released to the public yet.
Mat is just like a kid 🙃... "Can we go here", "can we do this"
@MatWatsonCars
3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha. Yup.
@ArturoPerez-si2xk
3 жыл бұрын
Actually Cars and Trucks are big toys
@pavelkwasniewski192
3 жыл бұрын
Did his job, Daniel was actually pussy he could show the real potential of this unimog...
@clooperman3745
3 жыл бұрын
@@MatWatsonCars Long time Unimog fan, would have one if l could find some spare cash!! looking forward to the Jimny mods.
@andyrbush
3 жыл бұрын
Being able to enjoy life as a kid when older is a great gift.
This thing has better suspension in its seat than my entire car.
@ismar9547
3 жыл бұрын
its not seat, its mercedes
@anshulshah1219
3 жыл бұрын
@@ismar9547 lol. Marketing++
@paulraysam
3 жыл бұрын
Haha then its better to get rid of your car
@rol6127
3 жыл бұрын
@@ismar9547 seat he mean his car chair 😂
@zakiboyharith5191
3 жыл бұрын
LOL
Mat: What's the ground clearance? Daniel: Yes you can lock the diffs. Mat: 🙄
@dejviharuni123
3 жыл бұрын
Agahahhahaha i was expecting someone to comment about it 😂😂
@atifwattoo1
3 жыл бұрын
1:41 is the time if anyone missed it
@anshulshah1219
3 жыл бұрын
LoL. He couldn't have understood it because of the truck noise. Happens.
@ulrichkalber9039
3 жыл бұрын
the correct answer would have been: JA! or: sufficient.
@Verybadbiker
3 жыл бұрын
a lot of gears
You know the guy is German when he doesn’t want to “disturb” nature in his massive lorry tank 😂
@Star-uk1kh
3 жыл бұрын
It's called emotional intelligence and respect for all life .
@papakimple
3 жыл бұрын
@@Star-uk1kh do you have emotional intelligence for the poor plants and animals when you eat food?
@Star-uk1kh
3 жыл бұрын
@@papakimple I eat plants which re grow themselves unlike animals . Of course plants are living too but plants are the least violent option as I haven't quite mastered the breathertaian method yet ;)
@nutzeeer
3 жыл бұрын
protect ze nature! i really agree. some gardener is going to have to clean that up XP
@Tenn1972
3 жыл бұрын
@@Star-uk1kh Thank you human being. You are great.
Matt: Says one thing The Driver: starts talking about something else
@juststuff8742
3 жыл бұрын
Haha! But ya Can't really blame him though
@anshulshah1219
3 жыл бұрын
Well he would have partially heard it because of the truck noise. It's way too much
@gihanprabash
3 жыл бұрын
@@anshulshah1219 besides, he' sounds German so English wouldn't be his first language anyway.
@anshulshah1219
3 жыл бұрын
@@gihanprabash true
@omarlucman5768
3 жыл бұрын
Engine noise and mask. Kudos to Matt not making a fuss out of it
The driver is the epitome of German engineering
@Abu_Carlo
3 жыл бұрын
That’s so embarrassing 😂 I hate the english pronounciation of my people 💀 sry for that hahah
@John-cg1sx
3 жыл бұрын
@@Abu_Carlo I actually like it haha. No need to be embarrassed
@djporsche3922
3 жыл бұрын
Germans: we cant is the nature British: its just foking weeds m8
@djporsche3922
3 жыл бұрын
@@flzi0002 you used to be an engineer at daimler and vw?
@Obi-WanKannabis
3 жыл бұрын
Zis is not on ze protocol ve must follow ze orders very seriously.
When Mat does a German accent, it's this guy he's imitating for sure 😂
This unimog might *crush* any other car in a drag race.
@MatWatsonCars
3 жыл бұрын
I crush everything in it!
@MakememodYT
3 жыл бұрын
@@MatWatsonCars lmao
@ratman19731
3 жыл бұрын
If by drag race , you mean dragging something behind it.
@panathaninf
3 жыл бұрын
In mud definitely!
@a20axf
3 жыл бұрын
Literally.
Matt:Do you know the ground clearance on this? Daniel:Yes, we can lock the differential and it has 18 gears...
Can't wait to see these at the school run.
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3 жыл бұрын
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@Riyazatron
3 жыл бұрын
With lock down and then opening and closing again I may need 1 of these for the school run 🤣 Wishful thinking
@jomo2483
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@aqshath2506
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
perfect Matt quote: "just weeds". Poor Jimny, I can see you will be tested to the limit. (as it should be :) )
‘Doesn’t want to hurt nature’. This guy was deff at the table when they made the decision to go to 4 cyclinder turbo in the AMG models
@EnjoyFirefighting
3 жыл бұрын
seems like a offroad test area; Can't just go beyond the company grounds on a plot which isn't theirs
You can tell that engineer has been told to stick to the official path and is facing the dilemma looking really uncool or being told off by bosses 😂
@agreatd
3 жыл бұрын
Did you even watch until the end?
@dhdfreak
3 жыл бұрын
@@agreatd Did you even understand the comment?
Hahah, Matt wanted to drive this thing by himself soo hard🤣🤣
@MatWatsonCars
3 жыл бұрын
I needed a special licence for it
@rudolfscheiner3303
3 жыл бұрын
@@MatWatsonCars But u werd on a Mercedes Track and he is next to u so it should be no problem. You only are not allowed to drive on official roads, right?
@Frosty5004
3 жыл бұрын
@@rudolfscheiner3303 have you watched the part of gran tour where james talks about the german lad who was asked what happens if you drive without a lisence 😂
@teenage5560
3 жыл бұрын
@@MatWatsonCars in any other country they would’ve let you break the rules, it’s harmless😂
@djporsche3922
3 жыл бұрын
@@MatWatsonCars mercedes probably lied to you so you dont flip it
The unimog is just a beast
@Professor-Scientist
3 жыл бұрын
So is your mum
@eesarehman5848
3 жыл бұрын
We realised
@yes8032
3 жыл бұрын
@@Professor-Scientist very original 🙄
@HAWKREDSPIKE
3 жыл бұрын
@@Professor-Scientist I haven't heard this before... Nice idea 🌝
@moynawesterheide3944
3 жыл бұрын
The unimog is just a beast
I've been in one 5 year ago in South Africa and it's a absolute beast in the sand pits
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3 жыл бұрын
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@EpicFilmshub
3 жыл бұрын
@Mr. DEETLEFS Thanks Mate 🥰
I like how the German guy said: six Hundert in 3:13 😂. A mix between german and eng
@benjaminalbert598
3 жыл бұрын
The swabian dialect made it for me 😂
"It's like being in a boat on a choppy sea" ~ Matt Watson 2020
@MatWatsonCars
3 жыл бұрын
Classic Alan Partridge
@emilaby5
3 жыл бұрын
*Mat not Matt
The German guy talks exactly how mat impersonates them in other videos 😂 (only true fans know)
Mat: do you ever get seasick from going over bumps? German driver: so there is 4 tires
Driver: So Unimog, what terrain are you suited for? Unimog: Yes
3:07 "Sixtausend Sixhundert" most german accent I've ever heard xD
Matt: normal English language Driver: hdhshshakalebbsla (English in German accent) +truck sound
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Hi from Chile! Where the Atacama dessert is!! ✌🏼✌🏼🇨🇱
Matt: anything Daniel: not being amuzed
@huawafabe
3 жыл бұрын
oh he's amused, but he's germanly amused :D
Matt: lets go over this big hill Driver: its too slippery Matt: *so then, what exactly happened*
Love it, keep up the good work Matt.
If anyone wants to experience a Unimog, there is a Unimog Museum in Gaggenau Germany. Went there two years ago, the museum is in the old factory where the first ones were built; there is also an option to go on an obstacle course with one (not you driving of course). The guide was actually one of the workers who was in the factory from the very start, it was really a great experience.
0:47 can we talk about that green unimog concept 😂 Sorry MB but you gotta let that one go
@nandanpillai4675
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my god i saw that and felt a little bit of sick come in my mouth
@beezerboy4152
3 жыл бұрын
@@nandanpillai4675 fr, looks horrible 🤣
The poor things sounds like its crying, leave it alone it's getting on now 😂😂😂
I love it how the different car producers and reviewers from different countries and so on make videos together. Thank you Mat for this video. ♡
Mat really cares about his viewers and is very genuine. Daniel from Mercedes was going through roads and Mat was keeping it real and said he wasn’t impressed and gave us proper paths for the vehicle.
@jdj8168
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah but Daniel is doing his job and has been told to stick to the path
4:07 matt makes a joke to the german dude and gets a serious answer.
@countryside_guy
3 жыл бұрын
That's Germans for you. No sense of humour.
@andeekaydot
3 жыл бұрын
@@countryside_guy Sure the German got the joke. Returning a serious answer - or an answer to a question not asked for - might just be the German sense of humour.
@DiegoWeissel
3 жыл бұрын
the "joke" was not that funny or hilarious actually, just a curious fact so it was a bad example of german humour.
Thanks for posting; I can understand your excitement! In ‘76 as an undergrad., I spend 6 months working in all departments of MB Gaggeäu where they manufactured the Unimog. At that time they were producing both original and new style of cabs. I spent a few days at their ‘test track’ with their chief test driver - he & MB’s track would have made your head explode compared with this post - happy days!
Damn it Watson, I can’t even stand, let alone walk, after watching this roller coaster of a review
The joy on Mat's face. Loved the video!
A bit of Matt to start my morning, what’s not to love 😁
You make the best car video's Mr.Mat Watson and the picture is crazy.
I had so much fun watching this video 😂👍 felt like i was in there 😀 we need a gaming simulator like this mog...wld be so much fun...
I recall a Brabus Unimog around about 2008/9. Drag racing a Merc Actros and Scania with Ashville has given Mat a taste for trucks lol
Well done Matt :)! Warm regards from Malta ;)
Love watching mats videos.
That’s why we love matt and theee best content creator awesome video 👌🏻🙌🏻 imagine Matt driving this thing Mercedes should give matt this thing for few weeks 🙌🏻
No one: Mat: *cOmE oN mOg*
Lovin the VIDS Mat
@MatWatsonCars
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@8TH_Gear
3 жыл бұрын
😀
@safwanarif3466
3 жыл бұрын
🙏🏻!Your Most Very Welcome!🙏🏻
Good fun Matt with the Unimog 👌
Thanks Matt. That was brilliant
"The Mercedes is the most hardcore off-roader in the world" It isn't an off-roader though, it's a Unimog, originally intended to replace tractors. That would be like calling a military 8x8 a mere lorry. Technically true, but it doesn't tell the whole story. Where I live you usually see them used by councils to maintain roadside shrubbery in summer, hovering up leaves in the autumn and the same vehicles in winter clearing roads from snow and spraying salt, not going off-road ever.
@seanhunt7750
3 жыл бұрын
I agree it´s just a big truck with a beefed-up and elevated suspension. It didn´t take on anything particularly challenging.
@ratman19731
3 жыл бұрын
Butt making sure the roads , are safe for others.
@seanhunt7750
3 жыл бұрын
@@ratman19731 Absolutely. And it does that perfectly.
@tobiasg.515
3 жыл бұрын
But they can go Off-road as well if you want to. There's a good and long video about the Unimog in german on the Mercedes-Benz Channel here on YT. I don't know if they support english subtitles
@ohauss
2 жыл бұрын
@@seanhunt7750 Except it's also a train engine in you need it to be. There are two in one shunt models which can go on rails and will happily pull anything from gravel cars to subway cars. The "uni" in "unimog" stands for "universal". You can attack all kinds of stuff to it, for all kinds of tasks.
What the f*** matt. Do a drag race in it
I love it. And Matts like a kid in a candy store just asking to push the Unimog to the limits. Absolutely love it
I always appreciate seeing the German and British working together. We know how it went when they didn't
@daniel-ino
3 жыл бұрын
yeah we actually like the british... and them us a little.:D
Well matt is back with a cool video. 😎😎😍😍😍✌
In Romania we drive on those kinds of roads with a Dacia Logan 😂
Hahah another great video mat!
absolutely love your vids
Awesome! Are you able to review a Mercedes Zetros 6x6 some time?!
Nice first time I hear my country, finally 😂, take care I like yours videos and greeting from Chile
Mat: Asks about ground clearance Driver: Starts talking about gears
I love your message at the end Mat. We were worried a bit there for a second. ; )
tire pressure syschtem love it, my little Stuttgarter buddy right there!
Brilliant! What a beast!
Ohh hell yeah... I am excited to see the jimny
I have always wanted to drive one , they are fairly rare in the UK, but a local tree surgeon has an old one and I have lusted over it many times. He told me nothing really stops them , superb video Matt you lunatic.
You are like a little boy, so funny and i am so jealous, i missed out on buying two U900's in the 90's becaue they were both single cab and we needed double cab and ended up with a S75 4x4 Dodge 50 (Renault 50 series ) which was like a smaller version of a unimog.
A lot of people in the comment section can’t even begin to imagine how incredible Unimogs are! 💪
Well even the standard looking ones are already beastly looking, can't imagine what this would look like in the flesh
I have never seen anything more German than this guy! Love the way he said: "there's nature".
awesome video🔥🔥🔥
Four Ladybirds, 263 Woodlice, 2 Great black beetles and a solitary Common shrew thoroughly enjoyed the drive by.
We had an old one of these (kind of like the orange one in the video at 00:47) and it was a beast to drive. Especially the lower gears. Comfort is not a word that comes to mind ! The new ones seem very different though.
Immendingen! That was a Military training area until a few years ago. I was stationed in the barracks there for some weeks. Mercedes bought the barracks and the training area to build their test facilities there :D
Talk about excited !
Mat is the guy that can make top gear a thing again.
Love this ep 👏👏👏👏👏
Wow what a beast & very rugged 😊👍
Awesome!!
I was just thinking why drive the track in something that capable. Glad you pushed him to do more!
Mat watson: Can we going over there Daniel: Yes nature
Excited to see Matt next in the Avtoros Shaman 8x8
¡¡GREAT, GREAT VIDEO!!
This german accent 😂 I'm also german but I havent got that accent 😂
Unimogs are awesome. I love them. So much versatility.
Mark we use unimogs on the railway for working on the overhead electric lines , it has 2 sets of train wheels it can drop down to run on the track and with a large cherry picker platform on the back
I love the engine sound... 👍👍👍👍
Yes! I want to see you put the Jimny, though real world , off road testing.
The humm of that monster gives me chills😳
I like how you kept asking...can you go over this, over that,... anyway this random shows are awesome. I suggest you try out a MAN bus next time
"Can we do something really extreme?!" *goes over tiny stones* "ARE WE GOING OVER THESE WOOOOOOOAAAH"
@hihello599
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@worlddxb
3 жыл бұрын
I think the mog made those stones look tiny
Now its been off road and impressed us all we need to see it go round a roundabout thats always amusing to watch the lean 😄
Matt, you’re like a kid in a sweet shop! 😂😂😂
without mats disclamer at the end, i am thinking with all matts input, daniel is the offroad equivalent of valteri. hahahahah daniel its mat. hahahaha
There is a UNIMOG camper parked up sometimes close to my house. The cab starts about 4ft plus off the floor. Truly incredible vehicles.
Nice video
Love these random "carwow" uploads
Summary of the Video: Matt: Can we go over there? German: Sure
That voice crack tho 2:22
Mat almost asking can it swim 😂😂
This thing better than all offroad veichle
Waiting for the drag race!