Every car is an argument about what matters, and the DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé makes its case with gasoline engine and 460 hp (2012-2016) later over 500 hp (2017-2018) @ 7,500 rpm. Mercedes-AMG put it on sale and let the numbers do the talking. The shape is credited to Gerhard Ungar / Michael Weiss.
The story
The Mercedes-AMG C-Coupé DTM is a silhouette racing car designed by Mercedes-Benz for the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters championship. Mercedes-Benz chose the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt to present the new 2012 DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé.
It is the successor to the AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse race car which was permanently retired after the 2011 season. Since 2015 the car has been renamed Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM. The C-Coupé DTM was initially based on the C204 Mercedes-Benz C-Coupé; for the 2016 season it was updated to reflect the new C205 Mercedes-Benz C-Coupé body style.
What is underneath
The engine is gasoline engine; the output is 460 hp (2012-2016) later over 500 hp (2017-2018) @ 7,500 rpm. On the scales it comes to 1100 kg. That is roughly 418 horsepower per tonne: hypercar territory, where the limiting factor is the tyre, not the engine. The wheelbase is 2750 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
In the Mercedes-AMG line-up the DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé has a clear place: it replaced the Mercedes-Benz AMG C-Class W204 DTM; it handed the line to the Mercedes-AMG GT3. Nearby in the Mercedes-AMG catalogue sit the Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance and the Mercedes-AMG C190 GT R.