Series production of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class began early in 1979 in Graz, Austria. Mercedes had developed it together with Steyr-Daimler-Puch. The German army and the United Nations use it under the name Wolf. In the summer of 2017 the 300,000th left the line. For its 40th anniversary the magazine firmenauto chose the headline Gebaut für die Ewigkeit, built for eternity.