Mercedes have released images and video footage of the new 2016 AMG GT.
Following the global success of the SLS AMG, the new Mercedes-AMG GT is the second sports car developed fully independently by Mercedes-AMG.
According to the German car manufacturer “the new Mercedes-AMG GT skillfully combines sportiness and emotion and makes not only hearts of sport car enthusiasts’ leaping for joy.”
AMG have taken the old SLS platform and have made a conscious effort to try and reign in what was previously a brutal beast, making this new car much more focused, which would offer the driver a more usable power plant.
Thie AMG GT will offer two different versions of their brand-new M178 twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 as the power plant.
Replacing the spectacular M156/M159 naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V-8, this new engine will also power a wide range of upcoming AMG models, including the next-gen C63 AMG, a crossover GLC63 AMG, and the next E63 AMG.
The AMG GT’s version makes 456 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 443 lb-ft of torque between 1600 to 5000 rpm. In the upgraded GT S model, the M178 produces 503 horsepower at 6250 rpm, although the peak moves to span 6000 to 6500 rpm when ordered with the optional AMG Dynamic Plus package.
Mercedes claims the standard GT reaches 60 mph in 3.9 seconds and a top speed of 189 mph; the sharper GT S will apparently take another 0.2 second from the sprint to 60 and is capable of 193 mph. The GT S is fitted as standard with active exhaust flaps, which are optional on the standard model. Also worth noting is the fact that AMG has hinted at a GT3 version will be offered somewhere down the line.
The top-spec Mercedes-AMG GT S is expected to reach the UK in the spring of 2015, while the lesser spec’d GT will follow the next year.
What are your thoughts on the new AMG GT, is it an improvement on the SLS?
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