Mercedes AMG GT (2016 SLS "successor"?)

Do you think Mercedes should make the SLC?

  • Yes, but I don't have a preference towards any of the renders

    Votes: 20 39.2%

  • Yes, render 1, please!

    Votes: 5 9.8%

  • Yes, I would like render 2

    Votes: 8 15.7%

  • Yes, render 3 for me

    Votes: 9 17.6%

  • No, that is a stupid idea that could only be created by infantile eggheads.

    Votes: 9 17.6%
  • Total voters
    51
  • Poll closed .
Eunos_Cosmo
I still dislike that MB AMG had the audacity to call that thing a 4-door AMG GT. It's clearly a completely different platform and basically a E63 with different styling.
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Its also going to be full battery electric rather than PHEV.
 
The entry-level GT 43 AMG has been unveiled, which seems to be Mercedes' answer to the 992 Carrera and Carrera S. This trim features smaller front fenders, a different front bumper, a more toned-down grille, and no spoiler. Interestingly, it's powered by a 2.0L mild-hybrid I4, which produces 415hp and allows for a 0-60 time of 4.6s. Will be priced in the US just shy of $137,000.

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New Base Mercedes-AMG GT 43 Trades V8 For 4-Cylinder Engine | Carscoops

The least powerful version of the GT is visually distinguished from the different bumpers and the narrower fenders
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Let's find out once and for all if the car has gotten better.



While I'd rather have the new Mercedes than the BMW or Audi, I'd rather have the Porsche than the new Mercedes. Mercedes has basically tried to make a Porsche 911 here, and while the exterior is pretty, the interior is gaudy and awful, and the packaging in general is still less clever than the Porsche.

But I'd also rather have the old Mercedes than the new Mercedes, precisely because it is what it is, a Viper-like battleship of a sports car.

But I'd also rather have an actual Viper than a Viper-like Mercedes, because I'm a man and I take my punishment as it comes.
 
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Keef
But I'd also rather have the old Mercedes than the new Mercedes, precisely because it is what it is, a Viper-like battleship of a sports car.

But I'd also rather have an actual Viper than a Viper-like Mercedes, because I'm a man and I take my punishment as it comes.
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You could probably get an older GT and a Viper for less money combined than what the MSRP of a new GT63s is.
 
Based on this teaser, it's very likely that the AMG GT 4-door will be revealed in June.

 
I see they got creative with the rear end for aerodynamics. None of the road cars have that ducktail and it's a pretty massive style and aerodynamic deviation from the road car. I'd expect that they release a high-performance version with that ducktail to comply with the rules. Note that the 911 GT3 does have the same ducktail spoiler as the GT3 R, although it's nowhere near to the degree as this Benz where they've just completely redesigned the rear end altogether.

It illustrates that the road car has terrible downforce characteristics by nature which is why it's got the pop-up spoiler, a feature that - correct me if I'm wrong - only the McLaren road car has in the category. Various 911s do but the GT3 and GT2 do not.
 
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Keef
I see they got creative with the rear end for aerodynamics. None of the road cars have that ducktail and it's a pretty massive style and aerodynamic deviation from the road car. I'd expect that they release a high-performance version with that ducktail to comply with the rules. Note that the 911 GT3 does have the same ducktail spoiler as the GT3 R, although it's nowhere near to the degree as this Benz where they've just completely redesigned the rear end altogether.

It illustrates that the road car has terrible downforce characteristics by nature which is why it's got the pop-up spoiler, a feature that - correct me if I'm wrong - only the McLaren road car has in the category. Various 911s do but the GT3 and GT2 do not.
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Maybe we'll see a road-going model with a ducktail if Mercedes-AMG were to release some sort of "AMG GT63 Black Series" - or would a "Black Series" model be reserved more so for the end of the GT63's lifetime?
 
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Maybe we'll see a road-going model with a ducktail if Mercedes-AMG were to release some sort of "AMG GT63 Black Series" - or would a "Black Series" model be reserved more so for the end of the GT63's lifetime?
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Black Series models tend to happen towards the end of the lifecycle, but Merc tends to reserve the name for cars they want to make really special and exclusive. Hence why there's only been 6 Black Series models in its history
 
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Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series returns... look at the size of that wing! | Autocar

New road car developed in parallel with car maker’s latest GT3 racer
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I'm admittedly more interested in the newer AMG GT3, myself. (It's the one on the left, with the yellow accents.) I don't doubt that Maro Engel will get behind the wheel of one at some point.

EDIT: It's also interesting how similar both the AMG GT3 and the Black Series look to each other. I think that AMG is looking to further link this particular Black Series to the racecar, the same way Porsche does with the 911 GT3 RS.
 
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