Shöckl & Awe: We Tested the Mercedes-Benz G-Class to Its Limit

If your love for one of the boxiest of boxy SUVs knows no bounds, you need to book your ticket to Graz. This city in Austria, not far from the borders of both Hungary and Slovenia, is an industrial centre. As such, it’s not the country’s most obvious tourist destination — at least not with places like Vienna, Innsbruck, and Salzburg also up for consideration. 

But what Graz gives away in terms of beauty, it more than offsets with traits like toughness. Example: Since 1979, the Magna Steyr GmbH & Co KG factory...