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Written by Stephen Dobie
Last week, TG was part of an exclusive audience with the new Mercedes-AMG GT R. It was a good chance to speak to the man who"s aided its creation, AMG chief Tobias Moers.Among his revelations? That its N rburgring lap time will be "minimum ten seconds" quicker than the standard AMG GT, which itself is around the 7:30 mark.Will AMG go publicly chasing rivals, like Ring regulars the Porsche 911 and Nissan GT-R? "No, we don"t do that," Moers tells us. "I think it"s sometimes a little bit ridiculous what people try to achieve with the lap times."He also confirmed that production numbers of the GT R won"t be limited. "We do have a certain capacity, though," he told us. "It"s not the one and only in the family for this year. Another companion is coming."That companion is a convertible, the AMG GT Roadster. Moers confirmed it "has left the drawing board" and will be with us by a next year, with an appearance likely this year. Our guess is a debut at either the Paris or LA motor show."It"s a convertible still in line with the GT," Moers said, "it"s a very sporty roadster. The torsional stiffness of a GT is outstanding. The body in white is stiff so we can use the suspension out of the GT and GT S as standard."That suggests two things: not too much of a weight gain over the (admittedly a little stocky) GT coupes, and also that we can expect both 456bhp GT and 503bhp GT S powerplants in the open-top version.It will be followed by an AMG GT4, a more customer-orientated version of the GT3 racer which took the top four positions at the N rburgring 24 Hours back in May.
Date written: 28 Jun 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4042
Last week, TG was part of an exclusive audience with the new Mercedes-AMG GT R. It was a good chance to speak to the man who"s aided its creation, AMG chief Tobias Moers.Among his revelations? That its N rburgring lap time will be "minimum ten seconds" quicker than the standard AMG GT, which itself is around the 7:30 mark.Will AMG go publicly chasing rivals, like Ring regulars the Porsche 911 and Nissan GT-R? "No, we don"t do that," Moers tells us. "I think it"s sometimes a little bit ridiculous what people try to achieve with the lap times."He also confirmed that production numbers of the GT R won"t be limited. "We do have a certain capacity, though," he told us. "It"s not the one and only in the family for this year. Another companion is coming."That companion is a convertible, the AMG GT Roadster. Moers confirmed it "has left the drawing board" and will be with us by a next year, with an appearance likely this year. Our guess is a debut at either the Paris or LA motor show."It"s a convertible still in line with the GT," Moers said, "it"s a very sporty roadster. The torsional stiffness of a GT is outstanding. The body in white is stiff so we can use the suspension out of the GT and GT S as standard."That suggests two things: not too much of a weight gain over the (admittedly a little stocky) GT coupes, and also that we can expect both 456bhp GT and 503bhp GT S powerplants in the open-top version.It will be followed by an AMG GT4, a more customer-orientated version of the GT3 racer which took the top four positions at the N rburgring 24 Hours back in May.
Date written: 28 Jun 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 4042
