Mercedes Benz AMG GT S REVIEW: Heart Of Darkness - The Motor Report
A long, long bonnet, 4. 0 litre bi-turbo V8 and crushing performance, the new AMG GT S is the baddest boy in town. It looks like it should be carrying a spiked club, but offers cosseting luxury inside, and an exclusive feature list. AMG, no risk, has Porsche in its sights with the new GT S… let the track hostilities begin. Engine/transmission: 3,982cc direct injection, bi-turbo V8 / AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-speed transmission. Fuel consumption: (claimed) 9. 1 l/100km | (tested) 11. 9 l/100km. OVERVIEW To look at the AMG GT S is like seeing sin – dark, brooding, filled with menace – a good kid gone off the rails, and now “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”. Immensely powerful, every stamp on the accelerator accompanied by a thunderous volley from the dual-pipe rear, Mercedes’ new AMG GT S rules the road like an apex predator. Strange then that it is so easy to drive, so accommodating, and – though it baulks and bumps and strains when poking through town, and that bonnet is so absurdly long – so light and manoeuvrable. What an amazing car it is. Cruel, really, that I would have to rob seven banks to buy it. Cruel, that you would likely have to do the same. Source: www.themotorreport.com.au
