740 HP (552 kW) Mercedes-AMG GT2 Pro Track Toy Revealed

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Mercedes-AMG already has a caller GT retired but that has not stopped the engineers from cooking up thing ultra-radical utilizing the older AMG GT.

Say hullo to the Mercedes-AMG GT2 Pro which is the astir almighty AMG GT ever.

It is based connected the AMG GT2 but this is not a homologated contention car truthful it volition not beryllium competing successful authoritative races but alternatively mounting immoderate extremist thigh times astatine your section circuit.

Under the hood sits the aforesaid 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 from the Black Series but successful this application, it tin propulsion retired arsenic overmuch arsenic 740 hp (552 kW) but that is lone disposable for abbreviated bursts utilizing the Push2Pass function.

The Push2Pass diagnostic developed exclusively for the GT2 PRO allows drivers to person adjacent much power connected their idiosyncratic way time performance. Power is transmitted via a sequential six-speed racing transmission with modified cogwheel ratios. As with each Mercedes-AMG racing vehicles, the transaxle transmission is mounted connected the rear axle and is connected to the motor successful a torsion and torque-resistant mode via a c fibre torque tube. The chassis has afloat adjustable four-way motorsport daze absorbers.

The Mercedes-AMG GT2 PRO has each the tried-and-tested information features of Mercedes-AMG lawsuit sports models. In the cockpit, these include, among different things, a c information compartment firmly connected to the chassis, a five-point harness, information nets, a occurrence extinguishing system, a information vessel and a rescue hatch.

The Mercedes-AMG GT2 Pro is not lone the astir almighty AMG GT ever, but besides the astir expensive. It has a terms tag of €479,000 (approx. R10m) excl. VAT.

Christoph Sagemüller, Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport: “We are precise arrogant that we person achieved the adjacent milestone successful lawsuit racing with the Mercedes-AMG GT2 PRO. The request for axenic way time vehicles has accrued importantly successful caller years, which is wherefore we are simultaneously responding to the enlargement of derivatization successful the way time and nine athletics segments. With its method refinements, including the caller Push2Pass function, the caller conveyance is the eventual way time instrumentality and truthful offers a unsocial driving experience. The GT2 PRO is highly agile, which makes the fascination of racing peculiarly tangible for amateurs, but besides for professionals.”