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Mercedes-Benz AMG GT (C190) Caught Driving on Snow

The upcoming three-pointed star sports car is still in pre-production phase, with winter testing and benchmarking in the cold Sweden winter proceeding as planned.
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Yesterday we showed you three AMG GT (C190) cars being benchmarked against the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster and none other than the Porsche 911 Turbo S (991), while a bit later in the day it was a single AMG GT's turn to make us scratch our heads and speculate that it might have all-wheel drive.

Today it's time to give you another batch of spy photos of a solitary AMG GT pre-production prototype driving near a secluded testing area in Santa Claus' backyard.

As some of you already know, the new model is the second car ever to be completely developed by AMG from the ground up, no being based on any other Mercedes-Benz vehicle.

Powered by an all-new four-liter, twin-turbocharged V8 that is internally codename M178 in the AMG GT and M177 in the upcoming Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG (W205), the long-nosed sports car
should develop around 500 hp in its “base” version, with a probably S-Model version to offer approximately 50 hp more.

A Black Series variant later on isn't out of the question either, with at least 600 hp to be easily extracted from the M178.

If it wasn't common knowledge by now, the M178 engine is actually based on two M133 four-cylinders from the 45 AMG models bonded together to form a 90 degree V8. Its two twin-scroll turbochargers are situated inside the two cylinder lines, just like on the BMW S63 and the Audi 4.0 TFSI engines.

The AMG GT's platform is based on a shortened version of that from the soon-to-be-demised SLS AMG, meaning that it will keep the front mid-engine and transaxle transmission layout from the modern Gullwing while also offering a lower weight.

Mist recent reports suggest that the car will be unveiled at this year's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, on July 20, which would make sense if Mercedes-Benz also wants to offer it as a Formula 1 safety car instead of the current SLS AMG.
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project.
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