Mercedes-AMG gives glimpse of the future with GT Concept
High-performance car takes styling cues from the current AMG GT
Mercedes-AMG has given the world a look at its future direction with the GT Concept.
Unveiled at today’s Geneva Motor Show, the dramatic concept features muscular styling in keeping with the GT range of cars.
It is also being created entirely by AMG, at the company’s headquarters in Affalterbach.
Speaking about the car’s looks, Gorden Wagener, chief design officer at Daimler AG, said: “The GT Concept embodies the most extreme expression of our design idiom and underlines anew the autonomous profile of AMG as a performance brand.”
Slim main headlamps and a new ‘Panamericana’ grille helps give the GT Concept a sleek front-end look, while side air gills hint are a stylish touch.
Underneath the bonnet sits a 4.0-litre V8, coupled to what Mercedes calls “an additional powerful electric machine”, combining to give the GT Concept a claimed 0-60mph time of “less than three seconds”.
Tobias Moers, chariman of the board of management of Mercedes-AMG GmbH, said: “With the Mercedes-AMG GT Concept we are giving a preview of our third completely autonomously developed sports car, and extending the attractive AMG GT family to include a four-door variant. Plus, the GT Concept – like the AMG Hypercar, which we are presenting at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt – illustrates how we are defining performance of the future at AMG.
“Impressive driving dynamics coupled with high efficiency, resulting from an innovative drive system and tailored to the vehicle segment in question – that is Future Performance made by AMG.”
