It’s got some of the hardest angles you’ll see outside of a Lego set, combined with slab-sided styling that owes more than a little to the Brutalist tradition. Simple in its presentation to the point of suggesting a children’s toy scooped from the sandbox, and with more sharp edges than a drawer full of kitchen knives, it’s a true outlier whose separation from modern automobile design is best measured in light years.

You could certainly apply the above paragraph to one of the most polarizing vehicles on the market, the Tesla Cybertruck, a model whose ungainly proportions and awkward visuals have pushed it firmly into the “Fisher-Price for adults” camp for its many detractors. Alternatively, you could also take those same words and lavish them lovingly on an equally out-of-step automobile: the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

Personality goes a long way, and it turns out that the soul of an automobile has a huge impact on how it’s perceived by the masses. My take on the 2025 Mercedes-Benz G550 for Inside Hook.