The AMG in-house tuning store of Mercedes-Benz has an extended, storied racing historical past. So the automotive it considers its signature product goes to be a exact machine. However we didn’t count on it to return with a built-in driving teacher.
Mercedes this week took the wraps off the brand new flagship of the AMG line, the 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe.
New Again Seats. Kind Of.
The very first thing you’ll discover, when you’re aware of the automotive, is a slight identify change. Mercedes is asking this model the AMG GT Coupe, whereas earlier variations have been simply referred to as the AMG GT.
The second factor you’ll discover is the additional seats. The AMG GT Coupe is now a 2+2, that means there are rear seats for the primary time – although you wouldn’t wish to ask an grownup to fold herself into them when you might assist it.
Mercedes hasn’t revealed pricing. We count on a place to begin round $140,000.
Extra Rounded Look, Lively Aero
The look has advanced, however subtly. The AMG GT has all the time been outstanding for its easy design – no gaudy overemphasized aerodynamic bits, simply an aggressive tackle the basic Mercedes nostril and a pinched rear. The brand new design retains to that easy slice-the-air philosophy. However the fascia is rounder, and new, larger vents assist cool the entrance brakes.
We’d counsel {that a} extra pronounced, rounded shoulder line has hints of Porsche in it. However we wouldn’t wish to offend Mercedes designers.
Lively aerodynamics do a number of work right here. A retractable spoiler adjustments place to take advantage of airflow. Lively louvers contained in the entrance fascia are closed in regular operation. “Solely when sure temperatures have been reached on pre-defined parts and the demand for cooling air is especially excessive do the louvers open,” the corporate says, “and permit most cooling air to move to the warmth exchangers.” A second set opens solely at 112 mph.
4.0-Liter Biturbo V8, AWD
Beneath the hood waits the handcrafted 4.0-liter biturbo V8 that AMG designers love a lot. Right here, it’s tuned to place out 469 horsepower within the tamest model, the GT 55. The warmer GT 63 lays down 577. Mercedes says that model can leap from a standstill to 60 mph in 3.1 seconds.
An AMG SpeedShift MCT 9G transmission sends energy to all 4 wheels, and a moist start-off clutch replaces the torque converters. The all-wheel-drive system contains torque vectoring for extra exact steering. A limited-slip rear differential and lively rear-axle steering amplify the impact.
Augmented Actuality Lap Coach
Serving to you take advantage of all this precision driving tech is the automotive’s built-in racing teacher. No, it’s not an inflatable Lewis Hamilton within the glove field. But it surely would possibly as effectively be.
Mercedes explains, “Lap and sector instances are displayed on the multimedia show, head-up show, and within the instrument cluster, in addition to further coaching and evaluation instruments. The navigation within the head-up show reveals cornering angles and braking factors, serving to the driving force to search out the most effective racing line.”
Extremely, the tech is normal tools.
Sport Seats or Sportier Seats
An 11.9-inch touchscreen in portrait format dominates the dashboard however seems to be tastefully built-in between the signature turbine vents. A flat-bottom steering wheel is wrapped in Nappa leather-based or leather-based and microfiber at strategic factors for grip.
The usual sport seats “supply distinctive consolation and a excessive stage of lateral help,” Mercedes says. However non-obligatory AMG Efficiency seats “are even sportier and likewise characteristic built-in headrests and air flow openings within the seat backrests.”
Up entrance, that’s. AMG could have labored in a pair of rear seats this time, however Mercedes tactfully says they “are appropriate for occupants lower than 5 toes tall.”
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