The AMG GT black, will set you back $800,000, and 28 of them are coming Down Under.
This is the AMG GT Pro, there's only 15 of these coming to Australia. But we've got one,
we've got Phillip Island racetrack, and we're gonna make a bit of noise.
The GT is AMG's flagship model, it's a bespoke platform and gets a unique dry-sump version of
the Mach's muscular twin turbo 4.0-litre V8, and a transaxle dual-clutch gearbox.
It's purpose-built as a sports car and has quickly gathered a global following, thanks to a number of
road and track versions. Despite being a road car, it lays claim to be even racier than the AMG GT4
race car, you can buy. It's also one of the rarest AMG's to ever come Down Under.
The AMG GT pro is to Mercedes what the GT3 RS is to Porsche. But by dint of only 750 being built,
it's a much rarer car. It's a very, very focused track-ready car.
But $450,000, it's actually more expensive than the AMG GT4 race car. But in actuality, it's also
probably a bit quicker. It's got more horsepower than a GT4, it's got the same horsepower
as a GTR. 430 kW, and it is plenty fast enough to get your attention
here, but feel violent. There's merely a change in between the GTR and the GTR Pro.
The focus of these are on the suspension and the aerodynamics, but there's also bigger breaks,
carbon on all four corners, and the gearbox programming
has been fettled to be better on the track.
There's full adjustability in this car, so bump and rebound on the dampers,
ride hard, and also adjustable roll bars. Now, they're not adjustable in the car like a race car,
so they are a mechanical adjustment that you require. But it gives people or drivers,
keen drivers and keen owners, the ability to fiddle with the car and tune it how they want.
Obviously, AMG will give you a bunch of settings as a base on, but it's nice,
given that track day bikes' fees have had full adjustability. But you can now get
a street legal high-performance car from AMG that will allow you to make a whole bunch of changes...
Now I'm chasing Sam Bravo, with the name I brought him, he's definitely a better driver than I am,
and yet this car is just making it easy to at least keep him honest. I can see that the GT Pro
is more stable in the corners, It's got more drive after corners.
In fact, it's clear that the AMG GTR Pro is just a little bit
better than its standard counterpart everywhere it counts. Well, it has to justify that $85,000
price premium somehow. But perhaps I'm being unfair, a little too focused on the numbers,
AMG-insiders who know this car intimately insist that driven to its full capabilities,
the GTR Pro is closer in feel to the $1,000,000 GT3 racer than it has any right to be. With just
a brief taste of Phillip Island and only one set of undies, we'll have to take their word for it.
The AMG GT Pro is one of those rare cars that brings the racetrack experience to the road,
it might cost $453,000 but I'd like to think of it
as getting 350 grands worth of change from a GT black.