Mercedes-AMG GT

Mercedes-AMG does not build many cars like the Mercedes-AMG GT with gasoline engine, built from 2014 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market.

The background

The Mercedes-AMG GT is a series of 2-door sports cars produced by German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-AMG. The car was introduced on 9 September 2014 and was officially unveiled to the public in October 2014 at the Paris Motor Show. While not directly replacing the SLS AMG (competing in a different segment), it is the second sports car developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG. The Mercedes-AMG GT went on sale in two variants (GT and GT S) in March 2015, while a GT3 racing variant of the car was introduced in 2015. A high performance variant called the GT R was introduced in 2016.

A GT4 racing variant, targeted at semi-professional drivers and based on the GT R variant, was introduced in 2017. In 2021, a new variant called the AMG GT R Black Series was released. All variants are assembled at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. In October 2021, Mercedes-Benz announced the new Mercedes-AMG R232 SL-Class as the direct successor for the roadster version. The second-generation coupe version of the GT, which was introduced nearly a year after the first-generation was discontinued, was redesigned on the same platform as the SL, but retains the name AMG GT.

The engineering

Under the skin sits gasoline engine. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.

Where it sits

Where it sits in Mercedes-AMG's history is not in doubt: it was built at Sindelfingen, Germany. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Ford Escort, the Chevrolet Camaro, the Infiniti Q50. Its Mercedes-AMG stablemates include the Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E Performance and the DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé.