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Monday 12 January 2015

See one of our Top 10 cars of the year

THE NEW MERCEDES-AMG GT. 
A new AMG high-performance automobile for its world premiere in the autumn of 2014.

The Mercedes-AMG GT

Is a 2-door, 2-seat sports car produced by Mercedes-AMG since 2014. It is the second sports car developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG after the SLS AMG.

The interior of the Mercedes-AMG GT was previewed on April 16, 2014. The car made its debut on September 9, 2014. At launch two models are available: the GT, with 340 kW (462 PS; 456 bhp), and the GT S with 375 kW (510 PS; 503 bhp). The GT has 600 N·m (443 lb·ft) of torque, and the GT S has 650 N·m (479 lb·ft) of torque.

Mercedes-AMG CEO Tobias Moers promised a Black Series variant of the Mercedes-AMG GT, as well as a GT3 racing and street version, to rival the Porsche 911 GT3.




The spaceframe chassis and body are made out of aluminium alloys, while the bootlid is steel and the engine bonnet magnesium. The suspensions are double wishbones front and rear, with forged aluminium wishbones and hub carriers.

The car is powered by a front-mid mounted M178 4-liter twin-turbo V8. This new V8 is in "hot inside V" configuration - with exhaust and turbochargers inside the cylinder banks - and uses dry-sump lubrication. Power is sent to the rear wheels through a transaxle 7-speed AMG Speedshift dual clutch gearbox; the GT S model employs an electronically controlled mechanical limited slip differential.

Source: mercedes-benz.co.uk, wikipedia

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