After a bit of over a 12 months’s absence from the US market, the Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe lastly returns. The second-generation GT is actually a hardtop model of the brand new SL, and each GT55 and GT63 are a pair thousand {dollars} cheaper than their equal roadsters. Mercedes introduced Monday that pricing for the 469-horsepower GT55 begins at $136,050 together with a $1,150 vacation spot charge. For the 577-hp GT63, MSRP climbs to $177,050.
The second-generation GT Coupe is much less of a hardcore sports activities automobile than the unique, and extra of, properly, a GT automobile. It now not has a bespoke platform, rear-mounted dual-clutch transaxle, dry-sump engine, or two-seat cabin. Now, the GT is a 2+2 with customary all-wheel drive. Each GT55 and GT63 are powered by a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 paired with a nine-speed multi-clutch computerized.
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Whereas the mission of the GT has modified a bit, its main rival remains to be the Porsche 911. Value sensible, the GT55 is a bit of cheaper than the $140,250 911 Carrera 4S, however as a result of the AMG weighs a lot—4,343 kilos—its efficiency ought to be extra according to the $123,350 Carrera 4. The GT63 slots in between the 911 Carrera 4 GTS and Turbo, however it’s most likely a better comparability to the previous fairly than the latter.
So far as different GT vehicles are involved, the Lexus LC500 is rather a lot cheaper at $100,300, however the brand new (and-far-more-powerful) Aston Martin Vantage shall be nearer to $200,000. In the meantime, the Aston Martin DB12, Bentley Continental GT, and Ferrari Roma are throughout $250,000.
Mercedes says the primary second-generation GTs ought to arrive at US sellers a while this spring.
