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New Mercedes-AMG GT R owns the one ring to rule them all - the Nurburgring.
The most track focused road car from the German car maker has set a blistering time of 7:10.9 around the 21km Nurburgring track in Germany.
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This is the fastest time ever set by a rear-wheel drive road car. The only road cars to post a quicker time are the Porsche 918 Spyder, Lamborghini Aventador Superveloce and Nissan GT-R Nismo.
The time was set by German automotive magazine Sport Auto.
The Mercedes-AMG was revealed at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed and features unique active aerodynamics, rear-wheel steering, modified suspension and lightweight forged wheels shod with cup tyres over the regular GT.
Its 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine has had its output raised to 430kW and 700Nm - compared to 375kW and 650Nm found in the GT S - and is now capable of sprinting from 0-100km/h in just 3.6 seconds.
Mercedes-Benz has slated the GT R to hit local showrooms sometime in 2017 with pricing expected to sit about $400,000. It is expected to do battle with the Porsche 911 GT3 RS for the mantle of the fiercest road going racers.
Mercedes-AMG GT R specifications
On sale: Early 2017 (estimated)
Price: $400,000 plus on-road costs (estimated)
Engine: 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol
Power: 430kW at 6250rpm
Torque: 700Nm at 1900-5500rpm
Transmission: Seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, RWD
Fuel use: 11.4L/100km
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8 Comments
Yes, except the Porsche and Lambo are under 7mins, can't see the Merc getting under 7.
I would prefer to have the car that went past the AMG at about the 3 minute mark. I thought the AMG had parked up on the roadside
I wonder if he remembered to turn off the aircon...
Car at 3 min mark just could have been the GT Black in testing, its due in 2017 - so the GT is not getting under 7, hmmm lets see -:)
What the devil has Benz done with the radiator grill, it looks like something from the '50s? And 0-100 in 3.6 seconds!, that's about 0.7 seconds slower than the best Tesla run
This is the fastest time ever set by a rear-wheel drive road car. The only road cars to post a quicker time are the Porsche 918 Spyder, Lamborghini Aventador Superveloce and Nissan GT-R Nismo. I look forward to all the Merc-haters crawling out of the woodwork to claim that some Japanese or Korean car is better in some arbitrary way.... y'know, if you ignore the part where it says that the Merc just did the fastest lap time ever for a real wheel drive road car.
There is a dinosaur in the room named RWD?
It looks like Mercedes has failed to set a time attack record at arguably the worlds most famous public race track which is in their own backyard. This is a clear demonstration that Formula One winning championships are meaningless on a public race track despite all the hoarding of money into F1 which represents only the Big end of town form of motorsport.