Performmaster AMG GT
Can't wait for AMG's faster GT? This one is already beyond 600hp and 200mph...
10.2 seconds to 124mph...
This car comes from German company Performmaster and is described simply as a 'PEC tuning module'; it has always been suggested there is some tuning head room in the 'hot-V' 4.0-litre V8 and now we already have some proof. Through what appears little more than some electronic tinkering, the AMG GT can produce 612hp and 575lb ft. Which is rather a lot. Furthermore, the upgrade works the same effects on both the 'base' AMG GT and the GT S. For the former that means a 32 per cent increase in power. For both the peak power figure remains high in the rev band at 6,000rpm, although maximum torque arrives a little later: where the standard cars produce it from 1,600 (GT) and 1,750rpm (GT S), the Performmaster GT doesn't reach its peak until 3,750rpm. You suspect it will always be fast enough.
They'll do it for the C63 as well...
The catch? Er, we're struggling at the moment. It's even warrantied, for two years or 100,000km (62,000 miles) for European owners. It even states that "in case of a claim, without any upper limit or any causality proof to be furnished." Perhaps it will all come tumbling down when a price is announced, which isn't available yet...
Whatever, the news of a warrantied 610hp AMG GT should be enough to put a smile on anybody's face? And if that doesn't do it for you, Performmaster is working on a similar upgrade for the C63...
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