Mercedes AMG GT: serious 911 rival?

Unfortunately, the Mercedes SLS is no longer in production. After a good number of years of being the super cool supercar, Mercedes has decided that enough is enough, and stopped production. And the car featured is its successor, the AMG GT. A car built from the ground up by AMG. The car you see is in disguise paint as it is not going to be released for another couple of month (probably November). It is not a supercar like the SLS, though. No, this is Merdedes' Porsche 911 rival, a sports car sitting at roughly £110,000 for the AMG GT S. As it is a sports car and carries a vague 'usable' tag, there are no gull wing doors sadly.

As a car it uses an evolved version of the SLS's chassis, and reduces physical proportions, although there is still the telltale long SLS style bonnet. The engine is the first of the new AMG motors that will power the next generation of Mercedes AMG. This is the first in line for the new 4.0 litre V8 bi-turbo engine, which has its turbos nestled between the V- a 'hot V' formation. The AMG GT S develops 501 bhp from this new engine, and delivers 479lb ft of torque from fairly low revs. Although no official figures have been released regarding top speed or acceleration, think about 180mph and 3.5seconds as an estimate. It promises to definitely take the fight to the 911. We'll just have to wait and see who comes out triumphant.

Nev