Mercedes-AMG Celebrates its 50th anniversary with Mercedes-AMG GT
May 1, 2017
As part of its 50th anniversary this year, Mercedes-AMG is celebrating its successful past and present but, above all, is looking forward. Through its Mercedes-AMG GT Concept, the sports car and performance brand is giving an indication of the alternative drive configurations AMG is designing. Over and above this, the four-door coupé heralds the further extension of the AMG GT family. Tobias Moers, chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-AMG Fast forward GmbH, says,
“We are giving a preview of our third completely autonomously developed sports car. Impressive driving dynamics coupled with high efficiency, resulting from an innovative drive system and tailored to the vehicle segment in question.
“With our AMG GT Concept that means a combination of an ultramodern V8 petrol engine and a high-performance electric motor. Both intelligently networked and with a modular battery concept with a combination of extremely powerful yet light batteries. This performance hybrid powertrain offers an impressive electric range and the opportunity to generate a system output of up to 600 kW in its last level of development. It covers the sprint from 0-100kph in less than three seconds – which corresponds to a super sports car level.”
