Mercedes-AMG GT R coming with active aero, shocks, steering
Word on the strasse has it that Affalterbach is working on a new R version of the Mercedes-AMG GT with more power and advanced shocks, aero, and four-wheel steering.
Word on the strasse has it that Affalterbach is working on a new R version of the Mercedes-AMG GT with more power and advanced shocks, aero, and four-wheel steering.
For their latest episode, the crew from Xcar takes out the new Mercedes-AMG GT S for a spin to see how it measures up against both predecessor and competition.
The Mercedes-AMG GT has been tweaked by the tuners at Brabus, but with a relatively modest 600 hp and rather simple aero kit, it's more tasteful than most of the outfit's products.
Brabus reveals its 600-horsepower customized take on the Mercedes-AMG GT S, set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show with 200-mile-per-hour capability.
Mercedes-AMG released this video accompanied only by the short message that "something fast is coming." Just what that is, we don't know - but we can venture an educated guess.
Already setting the pace in Formula One, the Mercedes-AMG GT S has now been called in to serve as a safety car for Germany's fast-paced DTM touring car series.
Mercedes-Benz has taken a number of awards at the New York Auto Show this year, including the prestigious World Car of the Year award.
Affalterbach may or may not call it a Black Series model, but it's been spotted testing a more hardcore version of the Mercedes-AMG GT around the Nürburgring – so the Porsche 911 GT3 had better watch out.
Mercedes-Benz is once again supplying the safety and medical cars for the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship, donating a new AMG GT and C63 AMG Estate.
Mercedes isn't content taking on Porsche only on the road, hoping to take the fight to the GT circuit as well with its new AMG GT3, which is ready to debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.
Official photos of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 have leaked online, and they show one beautiful racecar with a rounded front end and massive wing at the rear.
Mercedes-AMG will introduce its new GT3-spec racer at the Geneva Motor Show, taking over from the highly decorated SLS GT3 that's made its mark on endurance and sports car racing around the world.
Mercedes-Benz takes on Aesop's Fables for its 2015 Super Bowl ad, lending the 503-hp AMG GT to Mr. Tortoise.
Mercedes-AMG partners with Cigarette Racing for a fifth time on a boat to tie in with the AMG GT. We don't have any details yet beyond the rendering, but come February 12 at the Miami Boat Show, you can expect another high-horsepower water-borne rocket to wear AMG branding.
Mercedes will start deliveries of the new AMG GT S supercar, the more powerful version of its awesome super coupe, before the less potent version, and has priced it aggressively against its rivals.
A leaked letter to dealers from Mercedes-Benz seems to indicate that the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S with a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 with 503 hp and 479 pound-feet starts at $129,900. Pricing for options would reportedly be released later.
After taking on the Porsche 911 with its new AMG GT, word has it that Mercedes is casting its eyes upwards at its rival's 918 Spyder, pondering a hybrid hypercar of its own.
Now that 2014 is officially in the books, it's time to look ahead. We're now setting our sights at the hot new metal that's coming our way in 2015, and here are the cars we're most looking forward to driving.
It's not every day that an automaker goes down a market segment and still comes off as even more ambitious, but that's exactly what Mercedes has done with the new AMG GT. While the SLS was bigger and more expensive, with the new GT, Mercedes has set its sights on one of the most iconic sports cars of all time.
Our life with the Mercedes-AMG GT has only just begun, and a full life it looks like it will be. The latest in preposterous two-doors from AMG is launching in GT and GT S flavors, but a few more branches of the family tree are already planned: a racing entry for the FIA GT3 championship is scheduled to appear in 2016, giving the current SLS AMG GT3 another year to gobble up victories before it takes a drive across the Styx.