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Written by Tom Harrison
To dismiss AMG"s new GT four-door Coupe" as a CLS 63 in all but name which, let"s face it, you"re doing right now is to do it a massive disservice. Because even though AMG isn"t going to 63 the new CLS, when it goes on sale in September this thing will effectively occupy that space in Mercedes" line-up. A four-door coupe with many horsepowers, designed to give Audi, Porsche and BMW and their best efforts the RS7, Panamera and M8 GC debilitating migraines. In the vain of the SLS and AMG GT, what we"re looking at here is a car "independently developed by Mercedes-AMG", not a hotted-up version of an existing Mercedes. So while it may look like the CLS, study the two side-by-side and you"ll easily spot the differences. You"ll see the GT has different headlights, that there"s a kink in the GT"s beltline where the CLS"s is flat, and that the GT"s roofline tapers more smoothly because it unlike the CLS is a hatchback. Underneath too. This, the CLS and E-Class share a platform, but under the GT lies much bespokery. Technical details remain scant, but we know its track is wider than the CLS"s, its wheelbase is shorter and there"s much in the way of, erm, suspension.
Date written: 6 Mar 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11086
To dismiss AMG"s new GT four-door Coupe" as a CLS 63 in all but name which, let"s face it, you"re doing right now is to do it a massive disservice. Because even though AMG isn"t going to 63 the new CLS, when it goes on sale in September this thing will effectively occupy that space in Mercedes" line-up. A four-door coupe with many horsepowers, designed to give Audi, Porsche and BMW and their best efforts the RS7, Panamera and M8 GC debilitating migraines. In the vain of the SLS and AMG GT, what we"re looking at here is a car "independently developed by Mercedes-AMG", not a hotted-up version of an existing Mercedes. So while it may look like the CLS, study the two side-by-side and you"ll easily spot the differences. You"ll see the GT has different headlights, that there"s a kink in the GT"s beltline where the CLS"s is flat, and that the GT"s roofline tapers more smoothly because it unlike the CLS is a hatchback. Underneath too. This, the CLS and E-Class share a platform, but under the GT lies much bespokery. Technical details remain scant, but we know its track is wider than the CLS"s, its wheelbase is shorter and there"s much in the way of, erm, suspension.
Date written: 6 Mar 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11086