Eastern and Central European gangsters now have a new toy to roll in. The oddball Mercedes-Benz G-Class officially shows its ever-so-slightly redesigned face to the world today. True is looks a lot like last year’s model, but it’s hard to miss those arrays of LEDs underneath the headlights and new side mirrors.

Under the hood the G-Class boasts a 612-horsepower, 738-pound-foot twin-turbo V12 G65 AMG along with a 544-hp, twin-turbo V8 G63 option. Both of these powerplants are sitting above a naturally aspirated 5.5-liter V8 in the carryover G550 (the G500 in Europe) and a diesel V6 in the Bluetec G350.

The 2013 G-Class will be available at European dealerships in June with U.S. sales to follow in August. Prices for the USA market haven’t been released just yet, but we do know that the European version will start at €85,311 for the G350, which we also won’t get (along with the cabriolet models). The current G550 starts at $107,000, so you should plan on adding a few grand to that to get in the 2013-model.

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