Mercedes-Benz unveils the powerful AMG GT 4-Door Coupe
The sports car comes with carbon-fibre backed seats, dual power-domes on the hood – and a custom, ‘sporty’ fragrance
At the Geneva Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the latest in its AMG line, the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe – and yes, that’s the full actual name. Mercedes is getting ultra-specific these days.
This is the first four-door sports coupe from Mercedes’ high-performance Affalterbach division. It’s also the latest car in a recent trend of automakers making and naming four-door vehicles “coupes”, a term that has historically referred to two-door contraptions.(BMW also debuted the M8 Gran Coupe concept, which also has four doors, in Geneva.)
Such introductions come in response to a slowed market for traditional sedans in the US market while consumer attention continues to gravitate toward crossover SUVs and smaller, sporty cars.
Mercedes executives say the coupe draws inspiration from the SLS and AMG GT models, two sports cars with excellent reputations in the coupe tradition. It has the low hood, long protruding front nose, dual “power-domes” on the hood, and muscular tight haunches of the AMG GT. Each side has frameless windows and a slanted windshield; the rear wing on the V8 version can be manually fixed for maximum boy-racer effect.
The slim LED rear lamps and bumper with an enhanced wing in the back are also signature AMG touches. Say what you will about the fast-and-loose nomenclature, the AMG GT Coupe does look like it belongs in this elite family of cars.
On the inside, the Coupe will have two high-resolution controls that are each more than a foot long, much like the excellent screens in the rest of its AMG line. The rear can be configured with two carbon-fibre backed seats (they’re sporty but they don’t recline) or a split-folding “executive” rear seat that comes with a touchpad screen to control entertainment and climate settings. The car even has the first AMG fragrance, which Mercedes characterises as a “sporty” scent.