Today’s auto industry watchers know very well how far car manufacturers are going in order to get the lowest drag-coefficient possible for their latest models. Aerodynamics matter, in a world where fuel consumption plays an essential role for a car’s success on the market. These days, automobiles share one characteristic – they are round with few edges, which makes them look like they come, well, from the future.

During this year’s auto show in Detroit, however, German giant Mercedes-Benz presented spectators with an antithesis to this trend. The new "G-Class" comes in almost the same look as it did in 1979, with edges so razor-sharp only cars from the late 70s could feature them. Not surprisingly, co-promoter and ex-Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger, who like the G-class originates from Graz / Austria, says he has been driving this model for 25 years.

The epitome of this edgy nostalgia was a mint 1979 G-class SUV completely embedded in an acrylic plastic block. Weighing in at a whopping 44.4 t, and measuring 5.4 m long, 2.6 m wide and 3.1 m tall, it took a team of specialists 90 days to create it.