RE: Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster goes on sale

[Vocht]

I absolutely love this car! I do actually prefer the pre-facelift interior with actual 'v8 configuration' buttons though.

[E65Ross]

Sandpit Steve said:

Woo, topless safety car!

Hang on, HOW MUCH..?? That's well into 570S money, and the McLaren won't depreciate as much either.

Erm, are you sure about that?

[Gameface]

Chapppers said:

This is one of, if not the only cars out there where I much prefer the standard model to the cooking ones. Every time they add an appendage or a vent it makes this car worse in my eyes.

Agreed. Same with the V8 F-Type convertible.

A GTC is more or less perfect. This is borderline tacky especially with the passé matte paint.

[TheJimi]

Sandpit Steve said:

Woo, topless safety car!

Hang on, HOW MUCH..?? That's well into 570S money, and the McLaren won't depreciate as much either.

On looks alone, I wouldn't walk past this to get to the 570s. Not a huge fan of the wing but I could live with it.

Edit: I wouldn't have it in the matte black, as shown here - or any black, for that matter.

The green though? Oh

Edited by TheJimi on Wednesday 19th June 10:29

[Tuvra]

Gameface said:

Agreed. Same with the V8 F-Type convertible.

A GTC is more or less perfect. This is borderline tacky especially with the passé matte paint.

I think the matte paint looks fantastic, in fact the whole thing looks great.

It's strange that these and a lot of its competitors bomb yet the latest R8 seems pretty good? Gen 2 R8 Spiders were £129k new in 2016 and three years later the cheapest cars on AutoTrader are still £95k. Seems decent that when there are 3 year old (6k mile) 650S Spiders with a list price north of £250k listed on there for £119k

[foxhounduk]

I wonder how many they will sell
at that price

[B17NNS]

Chapppers said:

This is one of, if not the only cars out there where I much prefer the standard model to the cooking one.

A base/standard model is the cooking version isn’t it?

[seefarr]

B17NNS said:

Three year old coupes with next to no miles are in the mid 60’s.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Interesting. How come the previous SLS cars seem to all be lodged at ~£125k and these are depreciating?

[GranCab]

The SLS was built in far smaller numbers than the AMG GT family and did depreciate from new but is now seen as desirable/collectable with its old school n/a 6.2 L V8 etc. hence prices firming up.

Same sort of thing has happened with other exotica e.g. Ferrari 550 / 575.

[Sandpit Steve]

seefarr said:

Interesting. How come the previous SLS cars seem to all be lodged at ~£125k and these are depreciating?

The SLS were under £100k at one point, but they’re on the up again. Probably a realisation that we’re not going to see an engine like that ever again.

Whatever you do, don’t look at prices of SLRs They were close to £100k once too, now not under £200k

The bottom price seems to be when a new model gets announced and people trade in the old ones. Ferrari F12s and even 458s are heading back up now too.

[Jasandjules]

A bit tragic that a lot of the interior looks the same as my C Class though........

[Alpinestars]

Sandpit Steve said:

The SLS were under £100k at one point, but they’re on the up again. Probably a realisation that we’re not going to see an engine like that ever again.

Whatever you do, don’t look at prices of SLRs They were close to £100k once too, now not under £200k

The bottom price seems to be when a new model gets announced and people trade in the old ones. Ferrari F12s and even 458s are heading back up now too.

And the doors. Didn’t Merc say they wouldn’t be doing those doors again? Even if you don’t believe it, it adds some exotica.

[GranCab]

SLS n/a

SLR n/a

458 n/a

F12 n/a

550 /575 n/a

Bit of a coincidence ???

[E65Ross]

GranCab said:

SLS n/a

SLR n/a

458 n/a

F12 n/a

550 /575 n/a

Bit of a coincidence ???

F40 n/a.....Oh, wait.

[TheJimi]

E65Ross said:

GranCab said:

SLS n/a

SLR n/a

458 n/a

F12 n/a

550 /575 n/a

Bit of a coincidence ???

F40 n/a.....Oh, wait.

The F40 is exceptional in this argument, imo, and doesn't work as a counter to the point that GranCab is making.

[sidesauce]

TheJimi said:

The F40 is exceptional in this argument, imo, and doesn't work as a counter to the point that GranCab is making.

Why?

[sidesauce]

Alpinestars said:

Didn’t Merc say they wouldn’t be doing those doors again? Even if you don’t believe it, it adds some exotica.

They also add height to the centre of gravity and make visibility especially bad too. Exotic? Maybe. A bad idea for handling (in the case of the SLS)? Definitely.

[Alpinestars]

sidesauce said:

Alpinestars said:

Didn’t Merc say they wouldn’t be doing those doors again? Even if you don’t believe it, it adds some exotica.

They also add height to the centre of gravity and make visibility especially bad too. Exotic? Maybe. A bad idea for handling (in the case of the SLS)? Definitely.

Visibility bad? No.

And the handling traits of the car have nothing to do with the COG, which is supposed to be pretty low.

[GranCab]

sidesauce said:

TheJimi said:

The F40 is exceptional in this argument, imo, and doesn't work as a counter to the point that GranCab is making.

Why?

The F40 and the 288 GTO for that matter are both exceptional in this context.

I could have thrown a few more n/a exotica into the mix, older Lamborghinis for starters and the McLaren F1 for the main course.

[E65Ross]

GranCab said:

sidesauce said:

TheJimi said:

The F40 is exceptional in this argument, imo, and doesn't work as a counter to the point that GranCab is making.

Why?

The F40 and the 288 GTO for that matter are both exceptional in this context.

I could have thrown a few more n/a exotica into the mix, older Lamborghinis for starters and the McLaren F1 for the main course.