2020 Mercedes-AMG GT R PRO: Affalterbach’s Hurricane
The 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT R PRO emerges as the latest in the AMG GT line.Â
The two-door AMG GT Coupes and Roadsters come with a unique driving control system.
Mercedes-AMG says everything about the new GT R PRO was modified for track performance.Â
I’m starting to think Mercedes is just messing with us now, especially when it comes to anything with the AMG badge glued to it. The German’s engineering prowess and cultural depth of knowledge is so profound, it’s like trying to argue with Wotan. “Oh, is that what you think,” comes the stentorian voice, booming from the clouds, “Then behold mortal! Witness the AMG GT!”
And now, witness the 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT R PRO.
Delivering The Goods
Yes, Mercedes-Benz is kind of stodgy and conservative in a engineering sense. They lack the design finesse and penchant for experimentality of Ferrari; have nowhere near the impudent glee of Porsche, or the British refinement and reserve of Aston Martin, but Land O’Goshen can they deliver the goods. The goods, in this case, being grip and braking and power; lots and lots and lots of power. Driving anything hot off the line from AMG means you know what Günther Rall must have felt rolling in on a stream of B-17s over Frankfurt.
Expanding The Family
In an odd way, Mercedes-Benz seems intent on making the GT a sub-brand within the AMG sub-brand itself, sort of a sub-sub-brand. There are, in point of fact, three Mercedes AMG GTs: The Mercedes-AMG GT...
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