Tuesday 24th March 2020

AMG GT Black Series still testing, still brilliant

Stay at home, look after the vulnerable and don't meet your friends - the Black Series is back

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Who'd like to guess when 'AMG GT' and 'Black Series' first appeared together in a PistonHeads story? Nope, unfortunately you're completely wrong, because it was April 2015. Alright, so the spy shots seen then were of a far more modest AMG sports car, one that most likely went on to be the R or R Pro, but the point stands: this is an ongoing saga so drawn out it could have been on Corrie.

Could we now be one step closer, though? These images are the first we've seen of a GT BS since September last year, somehow looking quite a bit different again. Might be that new aero set-ups are being tested, or indeed being prepared as options for buyers. Or could this be the final configuration, following tests of the last one? Points of note compared to 2019's car include a spoiler that appears to be mounted differently, a much more serious - yes, really - diffuser/bumper arrangement between rearranged exhausts and vents that have moved position. And that's just the rear!

Moving forwards, the front wings have been altered to accommodate new vents (presumably to get air from the brakes), there are more pronounced slats in the arch cut-outs and less pronounced aero flics versus what was there before. Mercedes has even gone as far as to rework the bonnet, now with smaller intakes it seems. That in addition to the facelifted GT grille and lights. And you thought it was just another silly AMG prototype...

Still, despite the progress seemingly being made, we're still none the wiser, really, as to what the Black Series is actually going to be and when we might see it. The time it has taken and the different looks we've seen would suggest that making a 700hp, sub-seven-minute AMG GT is most certainly as difficult as it seems. But the potential of that spec, and the thought of seeing a car that looks like this made road legal, should make all the waiting worthwhile. Let's hope there's not too long left now...

Images | S.Baldauf/S.B.Medien

[Red6]

Would look awesome with side exhausts.

[C.MW]

Menace aplenty, but elegance like that of the McLaren SLR or SLS AMG is near non existent. Boy racer.

[AngryPartsBloke]

C.MW said:

Menace aplenty, but elegance like that of the McLaren SLR or SLS AMG is near non existent. Boy racer.

Daft comment, at least compare apples with apples. After all, SLS AMG had it's own, much more aggressive looking, Black series. Not to mention that there is an "entry level" AMG GT which is much more demure than the R or BS.

[dibblecorse]

Side on looks like a long nosed 997 .... looks menacing from every other angle though...... will be a weapon no doubt.

[Adrian W]

the text seems to say that the writer hasn't really got a clue, I wonder how much it will be when it does turn up.

[bigbaddom]

Looks like more than one car in those pictures.
Look at the size of the exhaust in pic 1 compared to pic4

[Red6]

dibblecorse said:

Side on looks like a long nosed 997 .... .

I see it too.

[Sandpit Steve]

Bernd Mayländer needs a faster company car for 2021.

[Vocht]

Here's a photo of it without disguise!

[Portrait]

Seen some footage of it testing on the ‘Ring on YouTube and it doesn’t sound very V8, more 6 cylinder. I wonder if this will feature a hybrid V6? Could be engine for the replacement GT I wonder

[pSyCoSiS]

One very good looking car.

[C.MW]

AngryPartsBloke said:

C.MW said:

Menace aplenty, but elegance like that of the McLaren SLR or SLS AMG is near non existent. Boy racer.

Daft comment, at least compare apples with apples. After all, SLS AMG had it's own, much more aggressive looking, Black series. Not to mention that there is an "entry level" AMG GT which is much more demure than the R or BS.

My comment does not just apply to this black series model but to the overall AMG GT line up. The SLS AMG, I would argue, still kept some of its elegance intact even in the black series form.

[flyingM3]

(New here 🙋🏼‍♂️) Even the GT division has too many models now surely GT, C, S, R, R-Pro and now Black? Whilst I don’t deny they’re all great cars to get a Black surely you’ve got have had previous history with Merc on your way up through the GT ranks!?