Mercedes-Benz W31

Comfortable seating for up to seven was provided by benches (front and rear) and one middle row of two with separate arm rests.

Many G4 vehicles belonging to the highest-ranking party members also featured rear-facing spotlights to be used to temporarily blind unauthorized drivers who followed too closely.

After World War II, this vehicle was first converted to a fire engine, before finally being restored and donated to the museum.

[2] A third was used post-war in Hollywood, it was originally found by Paramount Pictures abandoned at Rastenberg where it had been part of Hitler's fleet transport and after it was brought to the USA it was painted overall grey for movie work.

It appears in the opening credits and some scenes of the TV series Hogan's Heroes, usually as the staff car of Leon Askin's "General Burkhalter" character.

[8] With unproven ties to Adolf Hitler, they included a blue convertible and a grey Wehrmacht W31 with closed cab.

A special feature of the convertible was that the front passenger seat could be folded up, making it possible to stand upright in the car.

Adolf Hitler in G4 at his visit to Brno , 17 March 1939
Mercedes Benz G-4 (1938) side view
Mercedes Benz G4 - Lyon Air Museum - Santa Ana, California