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  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S at Laguna Seca, first drive, November 2014

    This past year the auto industry offered up a smorgasbord of new or significantly updated luxury and performance cars. We drove them, we reviewed them, and we really loved several of them. As we considered the finalists for our annual Best Car To Buy award, we had to, reluctantly, leave several excellent cars off the list. However, seven cars did make the list, and over the last two weeks, we've taken a close look at six of them. Today we profile our final nominee, the Mercedes-AMG GT S. The case for the Ford Mercedes-AMG GT S Of all the cars we drove this past year, we were most pleasantly...

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    Mercedes-AMG GT S And Nissan GT-R NISMO Drag Race: Video

    The Mercedes-AMG GT S and Nissan GT-R NISMO have been designed to appeal to very different buyers, but it’s still awesome to see the two cars go head-to-head in a drag race. The drivers get a 31-mph rolling start and there are two separate runs featured in the video from GTBoard. MUST SEE...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S by Renntech
    Renntech Previews More Upgrades For The Mercedes-AMG GT

    Having already impressed us with its initial tuning for the Mercedes-AMG GT S, which we might add saw the car creep into the 10s over the quarter mile, America’s Renntech used the recent SEMA show to announce a new round of upgrades for the stunning sports car. CHECK OUT: Porsche To Build...

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    Track-Focused Mercedes-AMG GT To Be Called A GT R: Report

    Mercedes-AMG is working on a hardcore, track-focused version of its GT sports car. The car has already been spied in prototype form and is thought to have benefited from lessons learned in developing the dedicated racing version of the GT, the GT3, which is due to start competition next year...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S by Brabus
    Brabus Extracts 600 Horsepower From The Mercedes-AMG GT S

    Legendary Mercedes-Benz tuner Brabus has finally unveiled its first take on the stunning Mercedes-AMG GT S sports car, and already, even in this initial state of tune, the car is developing a meaty 600 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque. That, says Brabus, is enough for 0-62 mph acceleration...

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    Notes From The Driveway: 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S

    It's not very often that something as special as the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S comes rolling into my driveway, so I was excited to spend the last week piloting Mercedes' new Porsche 911 fighter. Prior to my test drive, I had only been behind the wheel for one glorious lap of the Road America road...

  • What car did Jeremy Clarkson use for his final lap on the Top Gear Test Track?

    With Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May set to star in a new show at a rival broadcaster, it means the BBC’s Top Gear will never be the same again. It also means that Clarkson and his cohorts will—most likely—never be testing cars again on the famous Top Gear Test Track, the 1.75-mile loop at the old Dunsfold Aerodrome in the U.K. MUST WATCH: LaFerrari Nearly Powerslides Right Into Oncoming Traffic: Video This is something Clarkson recently confirmed via Twitter. “My last ever lap of the Top Gear track is done,” he said in a post. “Bit sad...

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    America’s Renntech Builds World’s First 10-Second Mercedes-AMG GT: Video

    It’s been a while since we heard from Renntech but the Mercedes-Benz tuning specialist has been busy, having already amassed a series of upgrades for the all-new 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT. In fact, Renntech may have already built the world’s quickest GT. MORE: 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S...

  • AMG GT S Cigarette Boat
    Mercedes-AMG And Cigarette Racing Partnership Makes For Smoking Hot Boat

    If you're a Mercedes-Benz fan, you'd be forgiven for thinking that if an AMG product winds up in the drink, something has gone terribly wrong. But the three-pointed star's tuning wing has a history of working with uber-boat manufacturer Cigarette Racing, and over the years the partnership has...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3 race car at the Nürburgring
    2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3 hits the Nürburgring

    Mercedes-AMG has a new race car based on its stunning GT sports car to replace the hugely-successful SLS AMG GT3, which is being phased out at the end of the 2015 motorsport season. We got our first look at the new GT-based racer, aptly named a “GT3”, at the recent Geneva Motor Show...

  • Mercedes-AMG GT S official safety car for the 2015 Formula One World Championship
    Mercedes-AMG GT Is The New F1 Safety Car

    Mercedes-AMG’s new GT sports car will be taking over from the SLS AMG in official safety car duties for Formula One when the new season kicks off in a week’s time in Melbourne, Australia. Officials have picked the slightly more potent GT S model for the task, as it’s crucial the...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3 race car, 2015 Geneva Motor Show
    2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Race Car: Live Photos From Geneva Motor Show

    The new 2015 Mercedes-AMG GT and GT S are, undeniably, a pair of track-bred super sports cars any enthusiast would love to take home—but for the truly hardcore, it takes a race car to get the job done. This is that race car. MUST SEE: Hellcat Vs. Hellcat: Tires Shredded, Faces Melted...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT3 race car

    The Mercedes-AMG GT S is a truly brilliant entry into the high-end sports car market. It easily rivals the Porsche 911, a feat in itself. Soon it will literally rival the Porsche 911, as it evolves into FIA GT3 form. DON’T MISS: 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S First Drive These images tease the look of the car in GT3 form, and it’s as aggressive and impressive as you’d expect—particularly if you’d seen the awesomeness that was the SLS AMG GT3. With the Mercedes-AMG GT3, the company hopes to expand its customer racing program and earn titles in GT3-class competition...

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    Mercedes-AMG GT Overtakes Your Porsche Dream Car: Video

    Shots fired! ALSO SEE: Ferrari 488 GTB Revealed, Packs 660-HP Twin-Turbo V-8: Video Mercedes-Benz has a new ad that attacks your idea of a dream car. Well, maybe an attack on the idea that children still dream of the Porsche 911 and not, you know, seeing the new Spongebob movie. Regardless, the 911...

  • Scene from Mercedes’ ad for Super Bowl XLIX
    Mercedes-Benz May Have The Best Ad Of Super Bowl XLIX: Video

    The classic tale of the tortoise and the hare gets a fresh, modern spin in Mercedes-Benz’s ad for Super Bowl XLIX. The tortoise is still the winner, but this time he doesn’t rely on the hare falling asleep but rather the pace of the all-new 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT. MUST SEE: Valet Fired...

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    2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S Priced From $130,825, Tamer GT Variant Arriving Spring 2016

    The Mercedes-AMG GT sports car is almost here, with Mercedes-Benz confirming the car will go on sale in April of 2015 priced from $130,825, which includes a $925 destination charge. This is for the car’s GT S trim, which comes with a 503-horsepower version of Mercedes-AMG’s new...

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S at Laguna Seca, first drive, November 2014
    Chris Harris Hits The Track In The 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT: Video

    The 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT has only just hit the scene but it’s already one of our favorite cars here at Motor Authority—and after watching his latest video from his online channel Chris Harris on Cars it’s clear Chris Harris is also a huge fan. The British journo was down at Laguna...

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    Mercedes-Benz Celebrates 17 Million Facebook Fans: Video

    Mercedes-Benz celebrates 17 million Facebook fans with some sports car art.

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S at Laguna Seca, first drive, November 2014

    Mercedes-AMG has confirmed that a race car based on its new GT sports car will be launched in 2016 as a successor to the current SLS AMG GT3. The new race car will be known simply as the GT3 and will start testing sometime next year. We can also expect a road-going version of the new race car at some point, but it will feature a unique name since Mercedes-AMG isn’t keen to call at a GT3 as well. MUST SEE: 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Packs New V-8, Serious Track Upgrades: Video In the meantime, the SLS AMG GT3 will soldier on for one more year of motorsport. It’s been extremely...

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S at Laguna Seca, first drive, November 2014
    2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S first drive review

    It’s rare that a car aimed so squarely at a competitor does so much so differently and yet comes out with a very similar result. The Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S is just such a car. How so? Well, first of all, from the styling (look at that rear end), to the performance, to the pricing, the AMG GT...

  • 2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT world debut, Affalterbach, Germany, Sept 2014
    Mercedes-AMG GT To Spawn Both Track-Focused And Black Series Models

    We know Mercedes-AMG will eventually launch a high-performance Black Series version of its new GT sports car, but this won’t necessarily be the most track-focused model in the lineup. Mercedes-AMG is working on a successor for its SLS AMG GT3 race car that will be based on the new GT, and a...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S  -  2014 Paris Auto Show
    Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series Confirmed

    Although it was largely expected that Mercedes-AMG would eventually launch a high-performance Black Series version of its new GT sports car, the boss of the official Mercedes-Benz tuner has now confirmed the news. “Sooner or later there will be a Black Series version,” Mercedes-AMG boss...

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    Mercedes-AMG GT To Be A Multi-Generational Car

    The Mercedes-AMG GT has just burst onto the scene but already senior management in AMG’s headquarters in Affalterbach, Germany are talking about it being a multi-generational car and not a limited-production model like its gull-winged predecessor. Yes, while the SLS AMG was with us for just...

  • 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S  -  2014 Paris Auto Show
    2016 Mercedes-AMG GT, GT S Preview, Live Photos: Affalterbach’s New Super Coupe

    Sleek, stylish, and chock full of heritage, the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT has arrived. It’s the brand’s second bespoke car, and while it shares some of its DNA with the SLS that preceded it, as well as inspiration from Mercedes’ racing past, the GT is a car of its own. That's good...

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