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With just a couple of months or so until Mercedes-AMG finally lifts the camouflage veils off of their their upcoming GT model, the Affalterbach skunkworks team recently held a private test driving event with some pre-production prototypes of the model and invited a handful of car journalists around the world to experience it from the passenger seat.
Even though we already know the horsepower and torque figures of its powerplant, while the interior keeps pretty much nothing hidden from the world any longer, there are still a number of details about the AMG GT which were still a mystery until today.
After having a thorough read of Top Gear's “review” of their encounter with the upcoming sports car, we managed to learn about at least two bombshells regarding the model.
The biggest surprise for us was the fact that the first variant of the Mercedes-AMG GT to be launched will actually sport the GT S moniker, sort of like the E 63 and CLS 63 AMG S-Model versions.
In other words, the AMG GT S will allegedly be the one to sport the recently-detailed M178 engine with 510 hp and 650 Nm (479 lb ft) of torque, while the later-appearing AMG GT model will probably get the same engine variant as the upcoming C 63 AMG W205.
While we don't necessarily doubt Top Gear's words, especially since we weren't the ones riding shotgun with AMG boss Tobias Moers behind the wheel, the GT and GT S variants above seem a bit peculiar to us.
In fact, we have a pretty strong hunch that it is the GT who will use the 510 hp and 650 Nm (479 lb ft) of torque version of the M178, while the GT S model should probably get more firepower. Time will tell.
The second bombshell to hit our brains was the fact that both the engine and the transaxle transmission will get active mounts (two for the engine and two for the gearbox), which in theory should counterbalance their masses during cornering and make for a pretty awesome driving experience on the track.
Last, but not least, for those fearing that the soundtrack of the engine will be a bit too muffled down compared with the M156/M159 carnage, it seems that Top Gear left with a pretty good opinion about the AMG GT's valve-controlled exhaust.
All in all, the upcoming AMG land missile may very well turn out to be another success story for the peeps in Affalterbach, and even though it is not a direct successor of the fabulous SLS AMG or the fantastic SLR McLaren, it will have enough strong points for capturing at least as many hearts as its predecessors.
After having a thorough read of Top Gear's “review” of their encounter with the upcoming sports car, we managed to learn about at least two bombshells regarding the model.
The biggest surprise for us was the fact that the first variant of the Mercedes-AMG GT to be launched will actually sport the GT S moniker, sort of like the E 63 and CLS 63 AMG S-Model versions.
In other words, the AMG GT S will allegedly be the one to sport the recently-detailed M178 engine with 510 hp and 650 Nm (479 lb ft) of torque, while the later-appearing AMG GT model will probably get the same engine variant as the upcoming C 63 AMG W205.
While we don't necessarily doubt Top Gear's words, especially since we weren't the ones riding shotgun with AMG boss Tobias Moers behind the wheel, the GT and GT S variants above seem a bit peculiar to us.
In fact, we have a pretty strong hunch that it is the GT who will use the 510 hp and 650 Nm (479 lb ft) of torque version of the M178, while the GT S model should probably get more firepower. Time will tell.
The second bombshell to hit our brains was the fact that both the engine and the transaxle transmission will get active mounts (two for the engine and two for the gearbox), which in theory should counterbalance their masses during cornering and make for a pretty awesome driving experience on the track.
Last, but not least, for those fearing that the soundtrack of the engine will be a bit too muffled down compared with the M156/M159 carnage, it seems that Top Gear left with a pretty good opinion about the AMG GT's valve-controlled exhaust.
All in all, the upcoming AMG land missile may very well turn out to be another success story for the peeps in Affalterbach, and even though it is not a direct successor of the fabulous SLS AMG or the fantastic SLR McLaren, it will have enough strong points for capturing at least as many hearts as its predecessors.
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