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AMG GT S : F
O
n a sunny Thursday in
August, I blasted up the
coast to G-Brothers at Mona
Vale in my Brabus K8 (SL55 base),
top down of course, listening to the
music of it’s supercharged V8 pop
and burble at low speeds, up to a roar
as my foot goes down, wondering
what the new Mercedes-AMG GTS is
like?
With a feeling of great anticipation
I drew up in their forecourt at
lunchtime, having been invited to
drive the new Mercedes-AMG GTS
around Church Point for a while.
Well, it went like this.
I was greeted by Richard Lewis, a
great sales guy in performance cars,
who ushered me in to the dealership
where we had a brief discussion and
then went upstairs to their AMG
section.
This is where I was told that
G-Brothers are one of five Australian
Mercedes-Benz dealers to carry
AMGs with a factory allocation. As
we walked along, there in front of me
was a sinister car looking more like
a glossy Batmobile than a Mercedes-
Benz.
Now I have to confess to being an
AMG fan and a total revhead, having
been driven very fast in a Mercedes-
Benz SLR McLaren, driving an SL55
AMG in anger under race supervision
at Mercedes-Benz World test track &
obstacle facility in Surrey, UK and
more recently by an F2 driver there
in the SLS - all breathtakingly fast.
So, what is the capability of the new
AMG GTS going to be in comparison to
the previous top of the line Mercedes-
Benz rockets? What about turbo lag?
Idid’nt need to worry.
This is the AMG GTS with the
Edition 1 package on board, so all the
telltale signs of a great car are there.
The mean stance is from alloy
performance rims with the pack on
low profile Michelin 265/35R 19 inch
tyres at the front and 295/30R 20
inch on the rear. The ‘attitude’ comes
from aero extras, including a carbon
fibre front apron, front flics and fixed
rear spoiler.
Stopping power comes from
the optional AMG ceramic high
performance composite brake
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