Photo: X-Tomi Design
Earlier this week, Mercedes revealed the R version of the bespoke AMG super sportscar. Calling it that seems like an exaggeration, but the performance is out of this world.
My Youtube subscription feed is positively innundated with videos of the GT R. You can tell because it's the only car in green that's been launched in many years. Mercedes is also working on another AMG GT that's more reclusive and is getting almost no attention.
Like the SLS before it, the AMG GT is going to have a convertible version. It will have a regular fabric top, but what it will lack in sleekness, Mercedes will bring back in driving dynamics.
Of course, the GT Roadster hasn't even been discussed by company officials. So we are getting ahead of ourselves when saying that the GT R Roadster will happen.
Maybe there's a law that says you can't have two capital R's in the name of a German car. Maybe putting that much power in a convertible will make it twist like a wet rag. We just don't know for sure, and it will take several years to find out.
But just look at it! X-Tomi from Hungary made this rendering happen with a bit of computer graphics magic. The guy in the drive's seat seems to be enjoying it because he is smiling from one year to the other.
At face value, it doesn't make sense to make a convertible into a track car. But Mercedes has never been about being predictable. They are the guys who took an army truck, turned it into a luxury vehicle and then into a 6x6.
Heck, let's not forget that the Porshe 928, which was the AMG GT of its time, was turned into a 6-wheeled pickup. Oh, and did we mention Porsche is probably developing a 2-door Panamera? Yeah, AMG needs to offer something special.
Like the SLS before it, the AMG GT is going to have a convertible version. It will have a regular fabric top, but what it will lack in sleekness, Mercedes will bring back in driving dynamics.
Of course, the GT Roadster hasn't even been discussed by company officials. So we are getting ahead of ourselves when saying that the GT R Roadster will happen.
Maybe there's a law that says you can't have two capital R's in the name of a German car. Maybe putting that much power in a convertible will make it twist like a wet rag. We just don't know for sure, and it will take several years to find out.
But just look at it! X-Tomi from Hungary made this rendering happen with a bit of computer graphics magic. The guy in the drive's seat seems to be enjoying it because he is smiling from one year to the other.
At face value, it doesn't make sense to make a convertible into a track car. But Mercedes has never been about being predictable. They are the guys who took an army truck, turned it into a luxury vehicle and then into a 6x6.
Heck, let's not forget that the Porshe 928, which was the AMG GT of its time, was turned into a 6-wheeled pickup. Oh, and did we mention Porsche is probably developing a 2-door Panamera? Yeah, AMG needs to offer something special.
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