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Mercedes brushes the AMG GT completely on riot: As the Black Series, the Coupé becomes a record-breaking racing car with road approval and hits the bull's eye with rich people. But at one point they could go black.
There is a roar in the air and sensitive people feel a slight tremor in the ground - but where so much power is at work, such side effects are inevitable. Because in formation flight, half a dozen Mercedes AMG GT from the new "Black Series" are chasing over the Lausitzring at zero altitude. It was not without reason that the Swabians chose the racetrack for their maiden voyage. After all, the Black Series, which will go on sale this fall for prices starting at 335.240 euros, is not just the crowning glory of the GT series. The radical coupé with the pitch-black soul comes closer to a racing car than anything else that AMG currently has to offer with road approval.
Fast and strong
And there are records on top of that. The greatest superlative is under the hood. After a general overhaul with lots of new innards, the 4,0-liter V8 has increased its output by around a third and with 537 kW / 730 hp and 800 Nm becomes the most powerful eight-cylinder in AMG history to date. And when it catapults the Black Series from 3,2 to 0 in 100 seconds under the deafening roar of a new exhaust system and then further up to 325 km / h, it also leaves most of the models from the AMG chronicle far behind.
Lightweight
But power alone is not enough, and neither is the greedy response of the engine. At the same time as upgrading the eight-cylinder, AMG has also hardened the athletic body and therefore removed plenty of steel: the extra-wide fenders, the bonnet with the huge nostrils, the flat roof and the tailgate, for example, are baked from carbon.
And inside, too, the developers fought for every gram: the windshield, like the door trim, is thinner than usual, there are only loops instead of door handles and wherever you revel in paint and leather, the fast Swabians limit themselves to thin microfibres as upholstery fabric. And of course they build in slim bucket seats. On request, there is also a roll-over cage, four-point belts and fire extinguishers - after all, the Black Series not only wants to look like a racing car, it also wants to be used on the racetrack. Dodging for advanced riders, so to speak.
Guaranteed adrenaline
That's why the four belts click into the lock in front of the stomach, the mechanic lets the last of the air out of his lungs with a courageous lashing and the view falls over the endless bonnet onto the first curve behind the exit from the pit lane. The speed display has long since flickered in three digits and with it the driver's pulse. The Black Series rumbles noticeably more over the undulating surface of the track than a normal GT would, but that doesn't change the sheer iron bond between the car and the asphalt: Short, sharp chicanes, the long banked bend, the shortcut over the curbs and that Eternal interplay between full throttle and emergency braking - while the driver sweats, the transmission hammers, the ceramic discs of the brakes get hot like fireclay bricks in the oven and the LED of the adjustable traction control flicker like in a techno disco, this Silver Arrow keeps its course and always hits the mark .
Last but not least, the thoroughly revised aerodynamics help: the GT doesn't just tear open its radiator mouth so that more cold air can flow through the throat. The aprons reach lower down, the sills are wider, flics at the front divide the air, a powerful diffuser at the end of the fully clad underbody sucks the car onto the road and a double-deck rear wing with electronically controlled flaps increases the downforce. Up to 500 kilos of air then weighs on the rear at full throttle, keeping the car in perfect balance.
Power has its price
The GT races lap after lap over the Lausitzring, and with each time the driver gets faster, keeps his foot on the gas longer, steps harder on the iron and tears more strongly on the steering wheel, trusting that the tires have grip - Schwarzsehen rarely had that an optimistic aftertaste like in this car. And seldom has exhaustion felt more satisfying than after the frenzy in Lusatia.
Then the hardest test that fare dodgers at AMG have long been forgotten. The purchase. Because compared to the basic GT model, the Swabians have almost doubled the price for the Black Series. Even the richest speedster can go black.
Technical data
Two-door, two-seat coupe of the luxury class.
4,0-liter twin-turbo V8; 537 kW / 730 PS, maximum torque: 800 Nm at 2.000 - 6.000 rpm, rear-wheel drive, seven-speed double clutch, 0-100 km / h: 3,2 s, Vmax: 325 km / h, standard consumption: 12,8 liters / 100 kilometers, CO2 emissions: 292 g / km, emissions standard: Euro 6d, efficiency class: G, price: from 335.240 euros
In brief
Why because the buddies from the full-throttle group are black with envy
Why not because the price makes you black
What else Porsche 911 GT3 RS, McLaren 765 LT, Ferrari 488 track
When does he come in October / November
