Mercedes AMG GT 4-Door Coupe ~1400 bhp?
Discussion
Another day, another stupidly rapid performance EV emerges.
It's actually odd to think we live in an increasingly risk averse world, all that government nannying, and somehow the world of motoring appear to have zero barriers when it comes to handing the urchins the keys (or fob) to car with well over 1000hp. But, here we are!
Shown here in concept form but AMG have developed the same basic car and it's going to release next year, this is close to what is coming and it's their answer to the Taycan:
And here is the 'actual' (near enough) car, shown off with high production values but the real thing has nearly twice the power on the rear axle than on the front, so if you wanted to recreate this, it shouldn't be too difficult...
Food for thought... One day this car will be ten years old, probably very affordable and still cheap to run, probably working just fine too. What's going to happen when the kids get these cars!?
Anyway, discuss this car and also the direction the performance car industry is heading now we have such powerful new cars to play around with
It's actually odd to think we live in an increasingly risk averse world, all that government nannying, and somehow the world of motoring appear to have zero barriers when it comes to handing the urchins the keys (or fob) to car with well over 1000hp. But, here we are!
Shown here in concept form but AMG have developed the same basic car and it's going to release next year, this is close to what is coming and it's their answer to the Taycan:
And here is the 'actual' (near enough) car, shown off with high production values but the real thing has nearly twice the power on the rear axle than on the front, so if you wanted to recreate this, it shouldn't be too difficult...
Food for thought... One day this car will be ten years old, probably very affordable and still cheap to run, probably working just fine too. What's going to happen when the kids get these cars!?
Anyway, discuss this car and also the direction the performance car industry is heading now we have such powerful new cars to play around with
Kawasicki said:
Only 1.4 kbhp. Disappoint.
Others have over 2!
Well, this is the crazy world we find ourselves in all of a sudden! 5 minutes ago everyone was clutching their tinkle when the Veyron landed with 1000bhp, now you can buy a practical and 'affordable' 4 door car with well over that power - there are thousands on the roads today!Others have over 2!
Who saw this coming!?
1400hp is probably enough for a daily though
Getting 1000bhp+ from an ICE was an impressive feat of engineering. With an EV, its more a case of putting in a bigger motor, extra motor, bigger battery pack. It feels a bit easy.
I would like to know what the usable range of this AMG will be. It must be stuffed with batteries to actually get anywhere....and back.
I dont see the 'value' in such a car being preserved. A Ferrari engine is a masterpiece. A motor and battery are not. Will that mean that these EVs do ultimately become affordable in the future, to levels that they fall into the wrong hands. I don't see them as appreciating assets or an investment.
The car market is increasingly changing its rules.
I would like to know what the usable range of this AMG will be. It must be stuffed with batteries to actually get anywhere....and back.
I dont see the 'value' in such a car being preserved. A Ferrari engine is a masterpiece. A motor and battery are not. Will that mean that these EVs do ultimately become affordable in the future, to levels that they fall into the wrong hands. I don't see them as appreciating assets or an investment.
The car market is increasingly changing its rules.
TheDeuce said:
Kawasicki said:
Only 1.4 kbhp. Disappoint.
Others have over 2!
Well, this is the crazy world we find ourselves in all of a sudden! 5 minutes ago everyone was clutching their tinkle when the Veyron landed with 1000bhp, now you can buy a practical and 'affordable' 4 door car with well over that power - there are thousands on the roads today!Others have over 2!
Who saw this coming!?
1400hp is probably enough for a daily though
TUS373 said:
Getting 1000bhp+ from an ICE was an impressive feat of engineering. With an EV, its more a case of putting in a bigger motor, extra motor, bigger battery pack. It feels a bit easy.
I would like to know what the usable range of this AMG will be. It must be stuffed with batteries to actually get anywhere....and back.
I dont see the 'value' in such a car being preserved. A Ferrari engine is a masterpiece. A motor and battery are not. Will that mean that these EVs do ultimately become affordable in the future, to levels that they fall into the wrong hands. I don't see them as appreciating assets or an investment.
The car market is increasingly changing its rules.
I think you are underestimating the tech involved here. EVs are inherently more efficient in generating power, but they are also more challenging to package in physical size and weight for a practical range. This one has a very low drag coefficient, along with next gen motors and battery tech. I would like to know what the usable range of this AMG will be. It must be stuffed with batteries to actually get anywhere....and back.
I dont see the 'value' in such a car being preserved. A Ferrari engine is a masterpiece. A motor and battery are not. Will that mean that these EVs do ultimately become affordable in the future, to levels that they fall into the wrong hands. I don't see them as appreciating assets or an investment.
The car market is increasingly changing its rules.
Simply putting in bigger motors and bigger batteries doesn’t work when weight is already a primary issue. The challenge here is to achieve more power and range with the same or less weight.
You could argue that maybe 1400 hp is far more than required for a road car and they should be focusing more on reducing weight and increasing range at this stage. But there are likely to be lesser powered variants which will achieve those aims too.
TUS373 said:
Getting 1000bhp+ from an ICE was an impressive feat of engineering. With an EV, its more a case of putting in a bigger motor, extra motor, bigger battery pack. It feels a bit easy.
I would like to know what the usable range of this AMG will be. It must be stuffed with batteries to actually get anywhere....and back.
I dont see the 'value' in such a car being preserved. A Ferrari engine is a masterpiece. A motor and battery are not. Will that mean that these EVs do ultimately become affordable in the future, to levels that they fall into the wrong hands. I don't see them as appreciating assets or an investment.
The car market is increasingly changing its rules.
You can get 1400 hp, or far higher, from the same size battery pack you'd find I'm a typical EV these days, they don't need to keep adding heavy batteries to get more power, just a slightly larger and heavier motor - we're talking a few kilos difference.I would like to know what the usable range of this AMG will be. It must be stuffed with batteries to actually get anywhere....and back.
I dont see the 'value' in such a car being preserved. A Ferrari engine is a masterpiece. A motor and battery are not. Will that mean that these EVs do ultimately become affordable in the future, to levels that they fall into the wrong hands. I don't see them as appreciating assets or an investment.
The car market is increasingly changing its rules.
As this is a new platform for Merc, I'd expect weight and range to be good, given what they've already achieved in the past and also taking into account that the petrol equivalent would be catastrophically inefficient and itself severely range limited.
A Bugatti Chiron has very similar top trump specs, you won't get more than 200 miles range from one of those even if you drive it fairly politely.
ChocolateFrog said:
Funny that it's only urchins when the £ per bhp comes down to a certain undefined ratio.
As long as it's only millionaires that can afford silly fast cars no one cares. Because somehow how much money you have in the bank directly correlates to how well you can drive.
Indeed. Plenty of absolute pricks come over to London from the Middle East in the summer, and spend their evenings hooning around Knightsbridge in supercars. For those guys, the price of something like this is chump change whatever its actual price is.As long as it's only millionaires that can afford silly fast cars no one cares. Because somehow how much money you have in the bank directly correlates to how well you can drive.
ChocolateFrog said:
As long as it's only millionaires that can afford silly fast cars no one cares. Because somehow how much money you have in the bank directly correlates to how well you can drive.
I'd argue there's probably a some correlation between wealth and common sense/brain power even if it's not a linear... Murph7355 said:
AB said:
I'd argue there's probably a some correlation between wealth and common sense/brain power even if it's not a linear...
Not sure that's a winning argument At best it'll be a wonky bell curve IME.
I suppose at the very high level intelligent people on balance make better life decisions and in a competitive environment it's really about making less mistakes than one's competitor.
As it happens I've just watched the Grand Prix and McLaren made the school boy error of not covering off the direct competition so even highly intelligent people make mistakes.
I also watched Dylan Fletcher and Hannah Mills earlier today with their team win the Sail GP Grand final after being last at the start where doing something different worked to amazing effect.
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