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Title: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: 12,000 RPM on September 09, 2014, 01:29:20 PM
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/09/mercedes-benz-reveals-911-fighter/ (http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/09/mercedes-benz-reveals-911-fighter/)

(http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Mercedes-AMG-GT-46.jpg)
Title: Re: MB SLS Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: 68_427 on September 09, 2014, 01:31:42 PM
Hope it's less blobby and phallic IRL
Title: Re: MB SLS Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: SVT666 on September 09, 2014, 01:54:22 PM
This isn't the SLS.  This is a smaller car called the AMG GT.
Title: Re: MB SLS Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: SVT666 on September 09, 2014, 01:58:02 PM
(http://max.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/december2013/thumbnailsnew/2016-mercedes-benz-amg-gt-13_653.jpg)

(http://max.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/december2013/thumbnailsnew/2016-mercedes-benz-amg-gt-31_653.jpg)

(http://max.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/december2013/thumbnailsnew/2016-mercedes-benz-amg-gt-8_653.jpg)

(http://max.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/december2013/thumbnailsnew/2016-mercedes-benz-amg-gt-6_653.jpg)
Title: Re: MB SLS Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: 12,000 RPM on September 09, 2014, 02:05:12 PM
Quote from: SVT666 on September 09, 2014, 01:54:22 PM
This isn't the SLS.  This is a smaller car called the AMG GT.
Ugh name is doo doo. "Here is the 2015 Nissan Nismo SR"

Car is still hnggghghghhh though. Fuck the SLS. This is a legit 300 SL Gullwing successor.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: CALL_911 on September 09, 2014, 02:12:57 PM
Wow I'm down
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: Galaxy on September 09, 2014, 02:24:14 PM
(http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-17b88acb-806860.jpg)
(http://img1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-82b68538-806868.jpg)
(http://img3.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-282d1a96-806870.jpg)
(http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-518b823a-806873.jpg)
(http://img3.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-2ea11830-806893.jpg)
(http://img3.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-b1817e5a-806894.jpg)
(http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-1273cb96-806895.jpg)
(http://img3.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-2ad8bc50-806900.jpg)
(http://img1.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-d3d43638-806901.jpg)
(http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-52ac7ef0-806906.jpg)



It is a nice car. I find the styling bettter then the SLS. The question is if one would get it over the - excellent- competition?
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: 2o6 on September 09, 2014, 02:27:00 PM
So does this replace the SL?



It's a little odd from some angles, but overall I love it.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: SVT666 on September 09, 2014, 02:29:09 PM
It's pretty sweet, but the F-Type still has it beat in terms of styling.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: 12,000 RPM on September 09, 2014, 02:43:56 PM
Quote from: SVT666 on September 09, 2014, 02:29:09 PM
It's pretty sweet, but the F-Type still has it beat in terms of styling.
Hard to admit but yea. F-Type is pretty much perfect though, hardly a fair comparison.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: Galaxy on September 09, 2014, 02:53:58 PM
Quote from: 2o6 on September 09, 2014, 02:27:00 PM
So does this replace the SL?

No. According to a german car mag, a roadster version of this was aborted before birth to give the SL some breathing room.

Quote from: SVT666 on September 09, 2014, 02:29:09 PM
It's pretty sweet, but the F-Type still has it beat in terms of styling.

I would agree.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: Onslaught on September 09, 2014, 03:28:19 PM
Kind of ugly
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: MX793 on September 09, 2014, 03:44:08 PM
This is what the SLS should have looked like, IMO.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: SVT666 on September 09, 2014, 04:12:29 PM
Quote from: MX793 on September 09, 2014, 03:44:08 PM
This is what the SLS should have looked like, IMO.
This is also the size the SLS should have been.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: r0tor on September 09, 2014, 04:20:46 PM
Like... but not sure if its enough to beat the 911 or F Type on looks in my mind
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: FoMoJo on September 09, 2014, 06:15:48 PM
It's a beast...in a good way. 
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: MexicoCityM3 on September 09, 2014, 06:18:16 PM
I approve.

The rear, though, looks too similar to a 911. Why?
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: FoMoJo on September 09, 2014, 06:19:53 PM
Quote from: MexicoCityM3 on September 09, 2014, 06:18:16 PM
I approve.

The rear, though, looks too similar to a 911. Why?
Because it looks good.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: 12,000 RPM on September 10, 2014, 05:05:57 AM
Quote from: SVT666 on September 09, 2014, 04:12:29 PM
This is also the size the SLS should have been.
Yea I saw the SLS at a track day. This is a family website so I won't say what it looked like. But this tones that down.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: SVT666 on September 10, 2014, 11:02:49 AM
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on September 10, 2014, 05:05:57 AM
Yea I saw the SLS at a track day. This is a family website so I won't say what it looked like. But this tones that down.
No, it's not a family website.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: Submariner on September 11, 2014, 11:06:12 AM
Wow...that's sexy.

Still too bad that they ditched the 6.2 V8, but it's nice to see they managed to keep it under 3,400 lbs.  I imagine there will be a Black Series in the future with more power and less pounds.

It makes me excited to see what the SLS successor will be like. 
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: Tave on September 16, 2014, 08:52:33 PM
Not bad. Not sure it's a home run but not bad. What is happening on that center console? Those look like the controls to the Starship Enterprise.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: CALL_911 on September 16, 2014, 09:35:30 PM
^Ha, I dig it though
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: FoMoJo on September 17, 2014, 09:11:13 AM
Quote from: Galaxy on September 09, 2014, 02:24:14 PM
(http://img2.auto-motor-und-sport.de/Mercedes-AMG-GT-fotoshowImage-518b823a-806873.jpg)

M-B must've hired an Italian designer.  They, finally, got some passion in the design.
Title: Re: MB AMG GT Debut (bring wet naps)
Post by: Payman on September 30, 2014, 02:26:19 PM
Love it in this view...

(http://max.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/december2013/thumbnailsnew/2016-mercedes-benz-amg-gt-6_653.jpg)

... and I love the interior. As for the front... this might sound weird, but it looks too big or somehow out of proportion to the rest of the car.