A handful of new features enhance AMG's excellent sports car.
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| © Mercedes-AMG New styling cues, infotainment features, and dynamic enhancements improve AMG's already excellent sports car. |
By Daniel Golson, Car and Driver
Four years after the debut of the Mercedes-AMG GT,
the German performance brand has updated its two-seat sports car for
the second time. The 2020 model year brings improved dynamics, new tech,
and a bit of fresh styling to the GT lineup, which received a facelift
and gained the roadster body style and GT C variant in 2016. Also new
for 2020 is a track-oriented GT R Pro model.
As that last update brought major upgrades to the GT's engine lineup,
the car's powertrains are unchanged. Every version of the GT is powered
by a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch
automatic transmission. The base GT gets 469 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of
torque, while the mid-range GT C boosts that to 550 horses and 502
lb-ft. The range-topping GT R is the highest-performance version, with
577 horsepower and 516 lb-ft. The GT S model, which used to sit between
the GT and GT C, has been dropped for 2020.
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| © Mercedes-AMG 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe |
Since that 2016 facelift also brought some major styling changes to
the GT, updates to the design for the 2020 model year have been kept to a
minimum. At the front there are new LED headlights, and the LED
taillights have been slightly updated. The GT and GT C models have a new
rear diffuser, with the base model getting quad round tailpipes and the
GT C receiving quad rectangular pipes; both models previously had
trapezoidal dual exhaust. There are a few new wheel options, paint
colors, and interior color schemes, as well.
The interior of the GT gets the fresh center console that debuted on the GT 4-Door
earlier this year. It uses small touch-capacitive display buttons for
settings like driving modes and other performance features. A new
steering wheel uses similar buttons and a rotary dial for controlling
the GT's main functions. Now standard is a 10.3-inch central screen and a
configurable 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster, the former of which
features AMG's Track Pace telemetry app, which uses GPS and sensors to
record lap times and other data while on a track.
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| © Mercedes-AMG 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT coupe interior |
In terms of actual dynamic improvements, every GT now gets the AMG Dynamics system that first appeared on the new C63. The four settings—Basic, Advanced, Pro, and Master—are
tied to the GT's existing driving modes, and they further control the
stability-control system to improve handling without making the driver
feel like the car is driving them.
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