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2018 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT R – Cars.com - Duration: 3:23.
so what do you do when one of your friends shows up at your local track
date club with a new Porsche 911 gt3 you're not gonna go out and buy a 911
gt3 yourself that would just be kind of gauche
so what can you bring to the party how about this this is the new 2018 Mercedes
AMG GT r it is the racetrack ready version of the AMG GT lineup that lineup
starts with the bass GT which is a great grand tourer goes up to the s then the C
coupe and then you've got this the R it is race track ready it's got a bunch of
carbon-fiber bits it's got a more powerful engine it's got rear-wheel
steering it's got a traction control knob on the dash that you can dial in a
different amount of sideways slide if you want to let's see what makes this
thing tick I'm going to talk about a ticker check out the heart of the AMG GT
R this is a 4 liter twin-turbo 577 horsepower v8 it is massively powerful
and it's not that much different than the other 4 liter v8 that Mercedes has
and the rest of the GT lineup except that this one's been dialed up to 577
horsepower it is hand assembled by a guy named Norman and we're gonna have a look
at it later to see what it does on the track to see just how well norm did now
one thing that the AMG GTR has that the 911 gt3 does not is this gorgeous
interior you've got a lot of carbon fibre here you've got piano black trim
but you've also gotten this a really special traction control knob it's got
nine adjustable settings it's derived from the gt3 racecar and it allows you
to get a variable level of traction depending on your skill and the amount
of sideways fun that you want to have out on the track as nice as it isn't
here there are a couple of limitations in terms of headroom and view out it's
not as good as the 911 you've got a very low roof and so you're always going to
be looking up to see some stop lights and your forward vision is a little bit
limited you've got the mirror very low so in terms of what you can see it's
basically that and to the side a little bit
beyond the incredible engine you've got a lot of other great equipment in this
car to make it go fast you've got carbon fibers throughout including the front
fenders got carbon fiber in the roof you've got a carbon fiber rear wing as
well the mirror caps are carbon fiber as well but that doesn't really help you go
faster that much the car has rear steering as well it can actuate to the
rear wheels up to 1.5 degrees of towing now that's not enough to see and you
don't feel that around and slow speeds around town but when you're around the
curbs on a high speed track you will definitely feel it now we can't
guarantee that you're gonna be faster than your friend that shows up in a 911
gt3 at the track day a lot of that's going to depend on your skill as well
but this thing should certainly even the odds in that department plus everybody's
got a 911 you see them everywhere not everybody has an AMG GT that's because
this thing starts at 177 thousand dollars which yeah it's a lot of money
but frankly given the amount of equipment that this thing brings to the
party it's basically a race track ready vehicle right off the showroom floor you
can learn more about the AMG GT R at cars com
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