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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 07:47 PM
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Here are some neet pictures of the ML. Some are concept pictures of designs before it was ever went in to production.




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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 08:43 PM
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That pic you posted, along with most of the non-production-ML pics on the linked page, seem to be the developmental stages of the Vario research project, not the ML directly.

The concept car behind the ML was the All-Activity-Vehicle (AAV) of 1996, although the production car's side profile is taken almost directly from the SUV in the Vario research project - seen in the top left in the poor photo I have attached below :
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Here's the AAV concept of '96:
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AAV again:
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Interior on the AAV:
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Old Jul 21, 2003 | 08:48 PM
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Some think the AAV was related to the VW Bug
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Sorry for the bad image quality - that's all I have stored on this system and I didn't feel like going on a photo-hunt at this time

BTW the last pic - the VW Bug lineage one - was done in MS Paint by me some years ago - that's why it's so crude, but I think you get the idea.
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That looks even worse than the current ML!
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Originally posted by mbakshi
Here's the AAV concept of '96:
Looks a lot like the Infiniti FX!
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