• The 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT coupe will go on sale early subsequent 12 months in two trim ranges: the 469-hp GT55 and the 577-hp GT63.
• The brand new GT shares a lot of its mechanicals and expertise with the newest SL roadster.
• For the primary time, the GT options normal all-wheel drive and out there rear seats.

Over time, two-door Mercedes-AMG sports activities automobiles—from the SLS Gullwing to the first-generation GT, and even the Benz-branded SLR McLaren earlier than them—all have combined flamboyance and efficiency to hedonistic levels. However the firm’s go-fast wizards appear to have taken a broader method with the redesigned 2024 GT coupe, which in borrowing closely from the newest SL roadster, embraces extra of the grand-touring aspect of the spectrum.

Higher Seems, Improved Aerodynamics

Elegantly sculpted with a plunging snout and bulging haunches, the brand new C192-series GT nonetheless seems to be the a part of a six-figure rocket but is simpler on the eyes than earlier than. Its construction consists of an aluminum area body with metal, magnesium, and carbon-fiber components, and general dimensions have elevated barely over its predecessor. It’s now 7.1 inches longer, 1.6 inches wider, and carries a further 2.8 inches between its axles. Energetic aerodynamic programs may be discovered within the entrance underbody in addition to with the lively rear spoiler; an non-compulsory Aerodynamics package deal will deliver extra entrance air deflectors, a extra pronounced rear diffuser, and a hard and fast rear wing.

AMG says the overriding mission of the GT’s redesign is to fulfill current prospects who’ve requested for larger practicality with no drop in efficiency. To that finish, the outgoing automobile’s rear-wheel-drive structure is gone, changed by an ordinary variable all-wheel-drive system that may route as much as 50 p.c of the engine’s torque to the entrance wheels or one hundred pc to the rear axle. That engine is AMG’s acquainted twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8, which is able to pump out 469 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque within the GT55 mannequin and 577 horses and 590 pound-feet within the GT63. Nonetheless, the brand new automobile’s transmission—a nine-speed automated with a clutch pack instead of a torque converter—is located straight behind the engine, somewhat than positioned in again as with the earlier GT’s rear-mounted dual-clutch transaxle. Because of this, the blown V-8 now sits atop the entrance axle line, somewhat than behind it—a compromise that advantages inside area on the possible expense of front-to-rear weight distribution.

Further mechanical highlights embrace rear-wheel steering, an electronically managed limited-slip rear differential, an non-compulsory nose-lift system that may increase the entrance finish 1.2 inches, and a semi-active hydraulically linked suspension with adaptive dampers. As you’d anticipate, AMG’s Dynamic Choose system presents quite a lot of drive modes, in addition to a Race Begin launch-control program. Although curb weights possible will enhance past the two-ton mark, the GT63 ought to have the ability to hit 60 mph in round three seconds. Standard cast-iron brake rotors will probably be normal, whereas carbon-ceramic items spanning 16.5 inches up entrance will probably be non-compulsory. The instance we noticed sat on Michelin Pilot Sport S5 summer time tires mounted on 21-inch cast aluminum wheels (20s are normal). Whereas the mannequin vary will initially embody the GT55 and GT63, the high-load HL score of the brand new automobile’s rear tires, mixed with sightings of growth mules with charging ports, point out {that a} more-powerful plug-in hybrid mannequin will probably be added down the highway.

In comparison with the previous GT, the brand new automobile’s cabin is extra luxurious, spacious, and simpler to see out of, particularly with the non-compulsory panoramic glass roof. From its turbine-like round air vents to its 11.9-inch heart touchscreen interface, the inside is an attractively high-tech setting that will probably be instantly acquainted to anybody who’s peered inside a brand new SL. Enveloping sport seats with an out there therapeutic massage perform will probably be normal and may be upgraded to extra aggressively bolstered efficiency seats. Considerably, extra room behind the entrance seats makes for helpful area to stash stuff, or the fitment of non-compulsory fold-down rear seats for 2 additional passengers—supplied they lack heads.

Further comfort may be discovered round again, with the hands-free power-actuated rear hatch opening to disclose a beneficiant cargo space that ought to accommodate two golf baggage. And also you’ll wish to go for the collapsible rear soar seats in case you plan to maximise the GT’s cargo capability, as fashions with out them get a hard and fast bulkhead behind the passenger compartment.

With all-wheel drive, extra function content material, and a larger deal with general usability, the brand new GT seems squarely centered on competing with at the moment’s quintessential on a regular basis supercar, the Porsche 911 Turbo. Although traditionalists might lament AMG’s choice to steer the GT away from pure sports-car territory, we’ll quickly have a greater concept of its tradeoffs as soon as we get behind the wheel. Pricing has but to be introduced, however we anticipate it to fall comparatively near the present SL55 and SL63’s entry factors—$142,350 and $184,050, respectively—when it goes on sale within the first half of subsequent 12 months.

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Mike Sutton is an editor, author, check driver, and common automobile nerd who has contributed to Automotive and Driver‘s reverent and irreverent ardour for the auto since 2008. A local Michigander from suburban Detroit, he enjoys the outside and complaining in regards to the climate, has an affection for off-road autos, and believes in federal safety for naturally aspirated engines.