Upcoming Mercedes Benz AMG GT, Launch, Prices, Features Reported

The upcoming Mercedes-Benz AMG GT to be launched in India during the festive month of November 2015, carrying a price tag from INR 2-2.50 crore. Let?s get closer to the details in this new term of Luxury. The car has not been formerly revealed by the brand, so the information is tentative.

Overview

Mercedes-Benz rolled out the AMG-GT globally during the previous year, while promot9ng the car and giving sits glance over the face book, twitter along with its pictures and videos ion their official company website. Post to the SLS AMG that is has been stopped for sales; the Mercedes-Benz AMG-GT is the second variant being developed completely in-house by the brand to arrive carrying a V8 engine. Given that Mercedes-Benz India has exhibited most of its performance oriented cars in the country, so certainly they are all geared up to launch the sports coupe for the domestic market, wooing its buyers here, yet another time.

Exterior

The auto maker has rolled out the different attractive color options available in the Mercedes-Benz AMG-GT. The new two-door coupe would arrive in black, yellow, two shades of red, silver, grey, white and blue. Talking about the body of the car, the automaker from Germany has worked thoughtfully on the car exteriors and it can be very well seen from its looks. Starting from its distinguishing style, to the technology, along with just the right weight, the brand Mercedes has captured most of the essentials that any Sports model lover could ask for.

The Mercedes-Benz AMG-GT is a result of the SLS AMG and borrows most of the styling prompts from its elder siblings, the SLS as well as the SLK55 AMG.

Interiors

While supporting and complementing to the fantastic though put in on the outside of the car, a similar effort can be seen well inside the cabin as well.

The leather is used broadly; the insides acquire a two tone color scheme. The red and black theme along with a matching red stitching adorns the dash, central console, door panels along with the seats. The manufacturer has used chrome and aluminum insets in abundance and it embellishes the center face too. Alike the dashboard, the big central console obtains circular control toggles with red light. This also equips the transmission and the control switches. One would get a high-end infotainment system that is inbuilt with control switches for audio, calls and the rest of the functions.

Engine and Transmission

The Mercedes-Benz AMG-GT acquires a mid-engine style at the front and would be out in two tunes for the engine. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-L V8 engine right beneath the hood of the GT-S model is adjusted to pull out 510bhp of power @ 6,250rpm and torque of 650Nm amid 1,750 rpm and 4,750rpm. This model would speed up from 0 to 100 kmph run in 3.8 seconds flat and carries a top speed of 310kmph. The regular GT extracts its power by a 4.0-L, twin-turbocharged V8 unit that produces 462bhp of power. This unit is Euro 6-compliant and is the most recent member of the Blue DIRECT engine cluster. This unit avers a great performance and efficiency. The engine in the Mercedes AMG-GT is positioned behind the front-axle and offers power to the rear-wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox.

Price and Competition

The Mercedes-Benz AMG-GT would be the descendant to its former SLS AMG and would arrive in our country through the CBU route. It is probable to be estimated in the range of INR 2 ? INR 2.5 Crore and would rival the high-end models of the Porsche 911 and the Audi R8.