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Mercedes-AMG is determined to market its new flagship, the GT R, as a so-called Beat of the Green Hell". A N rburgring king. The racecar that inspired it already is the AMG GT3 won the N24 outright earlier in 2016. But the GT R road car, besides being painted in Kermit livery, hasn"t really had a pub fact to back up the trash talk. Until now. Germany"s Sport Auto magazine subjected the 577bhp bi-turbo V8 Benz to its Nordschleife lap time test, and the apparently standard car achieved a verified time of 7m 10.9s. That makes it Radical lightweights excepted the fastest street-legal rear-wheel drive car ever around the Ring. It"s a monstrous ten seconds quicker than the Ferrari 488 GTB rocketship, and just behind the Nissan GT-R Nismo, which deployed all-wheel drive and a dash more power to record a 7min 8.06sec in 2014. Anyone up for a rematch when the mooted AMG GT Black Series pops up?Before you ask, no, this isn"t an official" AMG lap time. AMG didn"t use one of its racing drivers it was Sport Auto"s Christian Gebhardt behind the suede wheel. Why? Because as AMG boss Tobias Moers told TG.com in November: "I don"t see value in doing lap records. Yes, we did one with the SLS Electric Drive, but that was a standard car. I always have some doubts if a manufacturer announces a new record". You can read the complete interview and a counterpoint from the boss of Nissan Nismo by clicking or tapping on these blue words. It"s like magic.If that"s whetted your whistle for some more AMG GT R hoonery, then stay tuned to TG.comShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 9 Dec 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6074
Mercedes-AMG is determined to market its new flagship, the GT R, as a so-called Beat of the Green Hell". A N rburgring king. The racecar that inspired it already is the AMG GT3 won the N24 outright earlier in 2016. But the GT R road car, besides being painted in Kermit livery, hasn"t really had a pub fact to back up the trash talk. Until now. Germany"s Sport Auto magazine subjected the 577bhp bi-turbo V8 Benz to its Nordschleife lap time test, and the apparently standard car achieved a verified time of 7m 10.9s. That makes it Radical lightweights excepted the fastest street-legal rear-wheel drive car ever around the Ring. It"s a monstrous ten seconds quicker than the Ferrari 488 GTB rocketship, and just behind the Nissan GT-R Nismo, which deployed all-wheel drive and a dash more power to record a 7min 8.06sec in 2014. Anyone up for a rematch when the mooted AMG GT Black Series pops up?Before you ask, no, this isn"t an official" AMG lap time. AMG didn"t use one of its racing drivers it was Sport Auto"s Christian Gebhardt behind the suede wheel. Why? Because as AMG boss Tobias Moers told TG.com in November: "I don"t see value in doing lap records. Yes, we did one with the SLS Electric Drive, but that was a standard car. I always have some doubts if a manufacturer announces a new record". You can read the complete interview and a counterpoint from the boss of Nissan Nismo by clicking or tapping on these blue words. It"s like magic.If that"s whetted your whistle for some more AMG GT R hoonery, then stay tuned to TG.comShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 9 Dec 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 6074
