Mansory Body Kit for Mercedes G-Class W463A Viva Edition 2021

The Viva Edition — ten cars, individual specifications, one engine target

Mansory's Viva Edition is a closed-count commission build on the W463A Mercedes-Benz G-Class G63 donor — the second-generation modern G-Wagen with the 4.0-litre biturbo V8. The programme was capped at ten cars worldwide at launch in 2021. Each of the ten was built to the buyer's individual specification: the paint code, the leather hide, the carbon trim layout in the cabin, and the choice of black-versus-coloured Viva Edition lettering on the roof are all per-car decisions. The visible body work is shared across the ten — but the colour, the trim and the wheel finish are not. The 4.0 biturbo V8 is lifted from the factory G63's 585 hp to 720 hp / 1,000 Nm on every Viva Edition car as a standing build target. There is no Viva Edition without the engine commission.

Sister G-Class Mansory builds in our catalogue: the G63 Gronos programme (the workshop's flagship widebody G), the Star Trooper off-road-spec build, the G W463 Soft Kit for the lighter trim level, and the G63 Armored programme for owners commissioning ballistic-grade builds. Reference photography of every Mansory G-Wagen variant sits on the dedicated Hodoor Mansory blog.

What replaces the OEM star, the OEM spare cover, and the OEM hood

The Viva Edition is the Mansory G-Wagen build with the most visible departure from the OEM Mercedes-Benz visual language. Most G-Class Mansory programmes preserve the three-pointed-star grille and add carbon around it. The Viva Edition removes the OEM star outright and replaces the grille centre with a Mansory badge — an explicit visual signal that the car is a Mansory commission rather than a Mercedes-Benz with carbon. The same logic runs through every other body change. The OEM rear spare-wheel cover is replaced with a custom carbon Mansory cover; the OEM hood is replaced with a vented carbon hood with twin power domes; the OEM roof section is repainted with the 'Viva Edition' lettering; the OEM air intakes in the front bumper get LED DRL strips integrated into the lower edge.

The full visible body change list:

• Revised front fascia with Mansory badge replacing the OEM star at the grille centre
• Redesigned front bumper with LED DRL strips integrated into both lower air intakes
• Vented carbon hood with twin power domes (matte-black finish standard, body-colour optional)
• Carbon vents behind the front wheels (functional, vent the engine bay rather than just trim)
• Black-tipped side-exit exhaust system (replacing the OEM rear-exit configuration)
• Custom carbon rear spare-wheel cover with Mansory branding
• New rear bumper with optimised air-vent geometry and updated lower diffuser
• Painted roof section with 'Viva Edition' lettering (paint colour per commission)
• Two LED driving lights above the windshield (light bar with separate wiring loom into the OEM electrical system)
• Mansory forged wheels in black finish, dimensioned for the OEM 22" PCD

Engine — 720 hp / 1,000 Nm calibration

The factory G63 4.0-litre biturbo V8 makes 585 hp / 850 Nm. The Viva Edition tune lifts the engine to 720 hp / 1,000 Nm as a standing build target — the same calibration on every Viva Edition car, not a per-VIN commission. The lift is delivered through a Mansory PowerBox plus the side-exit exhaust system; the OEM long-block, the OEM turbocharger hardware and the OEM gearbox are all preserved. The combination is reversible — the PowerBox unplugs and the OEM exhaust can be re-fitted — though no Viva Edition owner has commissioned a reversal to date. 0–100 km/h on the kitted G63 drops to roughly 4.3 s; the limited top speed is unchanged at 240 km/h (the G-Class chassis is not certified for higher speeds regardless of engine output).

Where the ten cars went — by name, in order of weight

For the standard G-Class Mansory programmes our shipping map runs by region. For the Viva Edition we can be more specific because the production count is closed. The ten cars were delivered into six markets, listed below in delivery-volume order. Per-car owner identification is not published.

1. Saudi Arabia — three cars. Riyadh and Jeddah collector deliveries through the Saudi Mansory facility. The Saudi Viva Edition cars carried the heaviest custom-paint specifications in the run — three different paint codes across three cars.
2. UAE — two cars. Dubai and Abu Dhabi deliveries through the UAE Mansory facility. Both UAE cars specified the matte-black hood and the gloss-black wheel finish.
3. CIS via Tsar — two cars. Moscow deliveries routed through the Tsar programme. The two CIS cars carried different paint codes and different cabin leather selections.
4. Switzerland — one car. Geneva delivery through the Swiss Mansory facility. The single Swiss car carried a body-colour hood (rather than the default matte black) — the only one of the ten with that specification.
5. Hong Kong — one car. Delivery through the Hong Kong Mansory facility. The HK car was the only one of the ten with a coloured 'Viva Edition' lettering on the roof — the other nine carried the standard contrast-against-paint lettering.
6. Liechtenstein — one car. Delivery into the small Liechtenstein Mansory delivery cluster. The Liechtenstein car was the longest-spec of the ten — a six-week additional commission window for the cabin trim alone.

The United States, mainland China, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan were not Viva Edition delivery markets in the original ten. Owners in those markets who wanted a Viva-Edition-style build commissioned the closely-related Gronos or Star Trooper programmes against the same G63 donor.

If you missed the original ten — the custom commission path

The Viva Edition production cap of ten is closed. Owners who want a Viva-Edition-style build today are accepted through Mansory's per-VIN custom commission desk: the same body work, the same engine tune, but commissioned outside the Viva Edition numbering. The car will not carry the 'Viva Edition' lettering on the roof and will not enter the original ten-car commission record — but it can be specified to the same visible body and powertrain target. Send the donor's VIN, the build target (Viva-Edition-spec or modified-Viva-Edition-spec), the paint code and the cabin leather selection to [email protected] or WhatsApp +44 7488 818747. Lead time on a custom Viva-Edition-spec commission runs to four to six months — longer than the catalogue Gronos or Star Trooper builds because the cabin trim is bespoke per car.

FAQ

Are any of the original ten Viva Edition cars for resale?
The owners of the original ten control resale directly. We do not act as a Viva Edition broker, but we do route resale enquiries to the original buyer's representative when the owner has authorised it. Send the enquiry to [email protected]; the conversation routes per-car.

Will the Viva Edition body kit fit the older W463 G-Class (1990–2018)?
No. The Viva Edition was developed against the W463A platform (the second-generation modern G, in production since 2018) and the older W463 chassis uses different bumper geometry, different fender lines and a different bonnet. Owners of the older W463 are routed to the G W463 Soft Kit programme.

Does the LED light bar above the windshield carry an OEM-style certification?
The light bar is wired into the OEM electrical system through a separate Mansory-supplied loom. EU type-approval and Gulf certification ship with the build paperwork. US installations require a per-state check on auxiliary lighting regulations; the workshop handles this through the US Mercedes-Benz dealer network.

What about the G63 4x4² (the off-road variant) — does the Viva Edition fit?
No. The 4x4² uses a portal-axle conversion that lifts the body roughly 35 cm above the standard G63's ground line. The Viva Edition body work is dimensioned against the standard ride-height G63 and the carbon panels do not transfer to the lifted 4x4² body geometry without a major per-VIN re-engineer.

Will the Mansory PowerBox void the G63's factory warranty?
Yes. The 720 hp tune lifts the V8 above the G63's factory output target and Mercedes-Benz factory warranty on the V8 long-block is voided once the PowerBox is fitted. Mansory issues a workshop-level warranty against the tuned engine for a defined period; the terms ship with the engine commission paperwork. The Viva Edition cars are out of OEM warranty across most of the original ten by 2026.

Can I commission a Viva-Edition-spec build with the OEM star kept on the grille?
Yes — but it ceases to be a Viva-Edition-spec build at that point and ships as a Gronos- or Star-Trooper-equivalent commission with the OEM grille preserved. The Mansory-badge-replacing-the-star detail is the visual anchor of the Viva Edition; without it the car loses the programme's defining feature.