RE: 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT 63

[Krikkit]

mrclav said:

Black wheels help keep ones eye on the overall silhouette.

Personally I would class them as vaguely familiar in some aspects (around the rear maybe?) but proportionally, I don't think they're interchangeable mostly due to their respective engine layouts.

Agreed - up to the door handle in profile I can see why the comparison is valid, but forward from there no.

The rear shot in pictures is vaguely similar, but if you actually see one in person it's not really similar at all.

[cerb4.5lee]

Krikkit said:

mrclav said:

Black wheels help keep ones eye on the overall silhouette.

Personally I would class them as vaguely familiar in some aspects (around the rear maybe?) but proportionally, I don't think they're interchangeable mostly due to their respective engine layouts.

Agreed - up to the door handle in profile I can see why the comparison is valid, but forward from there no.

The rear shot in pictures is vaguely similar, but if you actually see one in person it's not really similar at all.

Not to mention that one of them has the engine in the correct place as well for me(the front!).

It took Porsche absolutely years to get the 911 "right", because the donkeys put the engine in the wrong place from the start in my view. I do still like the 911 though don't get me wrong.

[chrisironside]

Ray_Aber said:

Love the Glencoe backdrop. The car doesn't quite match the scenery.

1. As ever, I don't like the black wheels. They are vulgar. The car would look much more classy in silver alloys (maybe nick the ones from the pink BMW M3 convertible).
2. It's 911-esque from the rear and possibly rear 3/4, but nowhere else. The bonnet is far longer.
3. Lovely interior, let down by the iPad slab.
4. It's all very nice, but I'd rather have an Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

All of this!! I yet to see black wheels that look better on a car than silver or grey, and if they did ever it would be on a black car, not a silver one.
I'd prefer the face-lift Vantage (although you might have to consider it a different class).

[ArmaghMan]

Have owned 3 AMG's.
Still own one.
This does nothing for me at all.

[AmyRichardson]

Motormouth88 said:

Granted that rear quarter does look a lot like it but if you think the rear does you need new eyes

What I'm hearing is "any beetly-backed coupes without a well defined rear 3/4 look the same to me."

[CrippsCorner]

I mean... someone had to make an alternative to a Porsche, right? I would personally just buy a Porsche, but, if you didn't want a Porsche, you now have another option at least.

[pissonheads]

CrippsCorner said:

I mean... someone had to make an alternative to a Porsche, right? I would personally just buy a Porsche, but, if you didn't want a Porsche, you now have another option at least.

New vantage is looking a strong competitor to the 911 but granted its in the higher Turbo price bracket

[cayman-black]

Not a great looker imo I would have the Vantage over this.

[CG2020UK]

HighwayStar said:

While I’d most people outside Porsche demographics have no idea of the hierarchy but Porsche, high end Mercs and BMW’s are simply presumed to be expensive. My OH would have no idea how much the GT is… certainly wouldn’t think it anywhere near £180k.

Yeah agreed.

In fairness I think I’m starting to reach the stage I haven’t a clue what they cost.

If I win the lottery and had this kind of money I’d be in a Ferrari Roma.

[Tomatogti]

trevalvole said:

Article said:

On dry tarmac, its limits seem unsurprisingly distant given Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 rubber and the prodigious level of tech underwriting them, although Sport+ (and Race beyond) reveal what’s possible with even more hydraulic restraint applied to abrupt changes of direction. While the result is a bit too unremittingly for choppy B roads and short on nuance, it is worth noting that even at Defcon 5 the GT doesn’t entirely sacrifice its hard-won poise or its easy-to-like charm.

"Defcon levels 1 through 4 mean an elevated condition status, and alert level 5 means a current state of peace or low levels of military readiness or alertness." https://www.defconlevel.com/defcon-levels.php

Good point! The Led Zep reference was also confusing given "Stairway to heaven" starts gently whereas many of their other songs come in all guns blazing!

[fastfocus]

Not a fan of Mercedes's persistence with these scowling front end designs, most of their models now have this look, it spoils what is an otherwise good looking car. I know it's a trend to be all aggressive with fussy detailing but I prefer their older designs like the early previous generation AMG GT with the smiley grille.

[Wab1974uk]

Think I'd rather have a 911 GTS Carrera 4 with nice options and a manual gearbox.

[mwstewart]

I like the rear end but the rest isn't for me. Nice to see a V8 however.

[leef44]

Is the AMG GT the first Mercedes model to have a 63 name tag which has not had a 6.2 V8?

Why bother naming it 63 in the first place?

[Motorsport3]

How did they manage to get to 2-tones let alone the near 2-hundred pounds price...
Big no to the huge ipad too.

[Julian Scott]

yme402 said:

From a distance, this still looks like a Chinese knock-off 911 with a cheap and nasty interior.
Sadly AMG is now little more than a badge-engineering and marketing exercise.

You think?

Have you driven a modern AMG?

[Julian Scott]

9k rpm said:

Motormouth88 said:

Well I think it looks great, and I’m not really a fan of the stuff MB is pumping out these days. Also don’t really understand where people who keep rattling on about how much it looks like a 911, are coming from, it doesn’t.

Loose that dated and ugly iPad look and the interior is quite nice too

Nothing like a 911 you say?

They, like many other cars, have a sloping back. But to suggest that the who car looks the same is a long stretch IMO - the long muscle car-esque bonnet and stubby rear is still the predominant design feature of the GT, something the 911 doesn't have.

[Nish Gnackers]

Tomatogti said:

trevalvole said:

Article said:

On dry tarmac, its limits seem unsurprisingly distant given Michelin Pilot Sport S 5 rubber and the prodigious level of tech underwriting them, although Sport+ (and Race beyond) reveal what’s possible with even more hydraulic restraint applied to abrupt changes of direction. While the result is a bit too unremittingly for choppy B roads and short on nuance, it is worth noting that even at Defcon 5 the GT doesn’t entirely sacrifice its hard-won poise or its easy-to-like charm.

"Defcon levels 1 through 4 mean an elevated condition status, and alert level 5 means a current state of peace or low levels of military readiness or alertness." https://www.defconlevel.com/defcon-levels.php

Good point! The Led Zep reference was also confusing given "Stairway to heaven" starts gently whereas many of their other songs come in all guns blazing!

For the millionth time Cack-it mixes utter tripe (e.g. the Chinese astronauts analogy) with incorrect references (Defcon, Led Zep).

It's time he went to work at Woman's Own or Heat magazine.

Edited by Nish Gnackers on Wednesday 22 May 16:12

[thelostboy]

It looks good, but I don't get it as a proposition.

My dad has the outgoing AMG GTC. It's the antithesis of a 911 Turbo - it's burbly V8 makes a noise all of the time. It oozes character.

Likewise, being RWD, whereas a Turbo puts it power down with zero fuss or drama, the AMG will squirm at the merest provocation. It would get annihilated in any measurable test, but you get out of the AMG GT smiling, whereas the 911 Turbo gets a nod of appreciation.

All I see now is a car that's going to be less competent a 911 Turbo, with no more character. So wouldn't you just opt for the 911?

[cerb4.5lee]

thelostboy said:

All I see now is a car that's going to be less competent a 911 Turbo, with no more character. So wouldn't you just opt for the 911?

I like that it is a bit different though, whereas the 911 is always the obvious/predictable choice in comparison, and in some ways that makes the 911 a little bit less special I always think. Or maybe that's just me though?