The lengthy anticipate the second-generation Mercedes-Benz AMG GT is nearly over.
Mercedes on Thursday confirmed the debut of the redesigned sports activities automobile will happen subsequent week throughout 2023 Monterey Automotive Week in California.
Prototypes have been testing in public for greater than a 12 months, with the newest check autos carrying barely any camouflage gear.
The design is hardly a shock as the brand new GT is the coupe counterpart to the redesigned SL-Class convertible that arrived for 2022, with distinctive lights and fascia designs used to assist separate them, along with the fastened roof for the GT.
Each vehicles are primarily based on the identical AMG-developed platform, with the SL-Class basically taking on the position beforehand held by AMG’s GT Roadster.
2023 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class
The shut relationship between the brand new GT and SL-Class has resulted within the former rising barely in comparison with its predecessor. The larger dimension has enabled the GT to undertake a 2+2 seating configuration as a substitute of the predecessor’s twin seats.
Just like the SL-Class, the GT ought to function a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 and 9-speed automated as commonplace. Nevertheless, it is sure that variants of the GT will supply extra energy than the SL-Class, which at the moment tops out at 577 hp. The GT must also come commonplace with rear-wheel drive and have all-wheel drive as an choice. Within the SL-Class, all-wheel drive is commonplace.
Plug-in hybrid powertrains are additionally considered deliberate, with the range-topper (till a brand new Black Collection arrives) prone to be a brand new GT 63 S E Efficiency grade, presumably with greater than 800 hp.
Although it is but to be confirmed, extremely bespoke, limited-edition variations of the GT could also be launched as a part of Mercedes’ new Mythos sequence. Mercedes has already confirmed a novel SL-Class speedster for the sequence, in addition to a Maybach-enhanced SL-Class. A special-edition SL-Class can also be confirmed to debut in Monterey, although it is not clear if it is going to be the speedster or Maybach model, or one thing else.
This 12 months’s Monterey Automotive Week runs August 11-20 and continues the custom of culminating with the distinguished Pebble Seashore Concours d’Magnificence.
