THE AMG GT

The Mercedes-AMG GT was presented on September 9, 2014 and was officially unveiled to the public in October 2014 at the Paris Motor Show. The AMG GT serves as a replacement to the SLS AMG, making it the second sports car developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG. The car is produced in two performance variations, the GT and GT S with the GT S (C120) having a slightly higher performance. Its GT3 racing variant went on to give Mercedes its first ever win at the Nurburgring 24 Hours. A car can't be that successful without proper engineering and design, especially with a front-engine car.

To increase its handling potential, the GT uses a front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, with the engine inside the vehicle's wheelbase. Packing as much of the weight as possible between the wheelbase balances the car and puts less stress on the tires while corning because there is no weight beyond the axle to pull the car into understeer or oversteer situations. The spaceframe chassis and body are made out of aluminium alloys, while the boot lid is steel and the engine bonnet is made of extremely light magnesium (33% lighter than aluminum). Additionally, AMG has fitted double-wishbone suspension to the front and rear. 

The front-mid mounted M178 4L twin-turbo V8 features a "hot inside V" configuration, with the both turbochargers lodged inside the cylinder banks to reduce turbo lag. Its 469hp is sent to the rear wheels through a transaxle 7-speed AMG SPEEDSHIFT dual-clutch transmission and powers the car from 0-60 in just 4 seconds.