Carlex G-Viking Takes High-Dollar Intricacy To Obsessive Levels

Miami Herald

a day ago

Carlex Design has forged a strong reputation for crafting some of the craziest vehicles on the planet, with levels of luxury and craftsmanship that would typically be reserved only for the rarest hypercars and bespoke coachbuilds. The company has applied its vision to vehicles as diverse as the Ford Ranger, the Jaguar XJ, and the Land Rover Defender, but its recent specialty is the reimagining of the Mercedes-AMG G 63.
Carlex now offers a One of One program for the G-wagen, where customers commission a one-off that will never be repeated. Each of these vehicles will have its roof personally engraved by the company's founder, Damian Skotnicki, who emphasizes that each creation "cannot and should not be rushed." With the level of detail being put into the latest one-off, called the G-Viking, and its accompaniments, it's clear that the One of One collection is the furthest thing there is from a mass-produced product.
The G-Viking is paired with the VO Viking collection, a set of four stunning VO Vapen rifles, each handcrafted in Sweden. The set looks like it could have been fashioned hundreds of years ago, and the G-Class matches it with metal, leather, and stone intricacies. The highlight is the hand-engraved roof of the SUV, but even the beading trims along the side of the vehicle have been given engraved metal bars. Inside, the cargo area houses a custom gun drawer fashioned with copious amounts of leather and metal, ensuring that the off-roader and the firearm collection are never complete without each other. Carlex describes the car as something "to be cherished and passed down to future generations," though the cabin is not the sort of place you'd want your toddlers to get too excited.
The entire cabin has been refinished, including the floor mats, roof lining, center console, door cards, dashboard, and anything else you might see or touch inside. But instead of just reupholstering the cabin with a different color or type of leather, Carlex has stripped every component and reimagined how it can be reintegrated with the rest of the G-Viking. Case in point: the steering wheel's airbag cover has been recrafted and the rim has been covered in perforated and plain leather with a metal noon marker.
Both the noon-marker and the bottom spoke of the steering wheel are engraved in the same Nordic design as the roof, ensuring that every piece of every component of interior trim is bespoke, from dashboard to door card. Heck, even the door lock pins have been pulled and remade from metal, again with fine engraving.
The only elements that appear to have escaped Carlex's obsessive reimagination are the seatbelts and rearview mirror housing, but everything else has been fashioned from the finest leather, suede, or metal. Mansory's tuning programs can add six figures to the price of a vehicle, but this Carlex creation takes customization to a whole new level, and we wouldn't be surprised if it costs closer to seven figures. If you have to ask...
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