Mercedes-Benz is the oldest car brand in the world and is increasingly consolidating its leading position in the luxury car segment in our country. However, the three-pointed star brand does not attract much attention from customers for supercars and high-performance sports cars. Names like SLS AMG, AMG GT S, AMG GT S Edition 1 or even AMG GT R all have numbers that can only be counted on the fingers of one hand in the domestic market.
The Mercedes-AMG GT S appearing in the article is a typical example, this sports car model currently has only 2 units in Vietnam. Mercedes-AMG GT S is the successor to the SLS AMG, the car was officially “unveiled” at the Paris Motor Show in 2014. Not long after, the first AMG GT S was brought home through pictures. Genuine imported vehicle and up to now is still the only AMG GT S distributed through Mercedes-Benz Vietnam dealer, the remaining one is painted red and imported by a private enterprise.
After quite a long time being present at Mercedes-Benz Vietnam dealers, this AMG GT S with Solar Beam Yellow paint officially found its owner in June 2018 and since then, Domestic car lovers rarely have the opportunity to see this powerful sports car rolling on the streets. Most recently, the car was spotted appearing with its owner in the central area of Saigon.
Regarding the exterior, the AMG GT S has soft and attractive lines, clearly demonstrating the “Sensual Purity” design language that the German car company applies on all versions. The AMG GT has classic proportions, including a long nose, a strongly ribbed bonnet, a cockpit pushed as far back as possible and a rounded rear end that looks like a dynamic fastback. The car has overall dimensions including length x width x height of 4,546 x 1,939 x 1,288 (mm), wheelbase 2,630mm. To minimize the “weight” of the car, the German car company’s engineers used ultra-light aluminum alloys to make the car’s body, thanks to which the mass of the Mercedes-AMG GT S only stopped at 1,645 kg.
The front bumper has a matte black painted steering wheel and a horizontal chrome bar, with a large 3-pointed star logo placed in the center. The two air vents have an aggressive design and the lower brace is painted glossy black to create a highlight. The car’s lighting cluster has a beautiful shape and uses LED technology.
The car is equipped with multi-spoke wheels with an extremely strong design and personalized matte black paint, surrounded by a metal rim. Inside is a high-performance disc brake system with outstanding red painted AMG brake shackles. On both sides of the car is a quadrangular air vent with 2 horizontal metal spokes, interspersed with the words “V8 Biturbo” symbolizing the engine block used by this sports car. The Panorama glass roof is standard equipment on the car, and the round rearview mirror is integrated with turn signals.
The rear of the car is round with not many notable features, perhaps Mercedes aims for minimalism to improve performance as well as ensure the “Sensual Purity” design language is still expressed in the most attractive way possible. . The car is equipped with a small electrically adjustable spoiler, the “AMG” and “GT S” logos are mounted on both sides of the rear of the car, below is a shiny chrome-plated dual exhaust. A special point is that the owner of this Mercedes-AMG GT S spent hundreds of millions of Dong to upgrade the exhaust system with details from the Frequency Intelligent Exhaust brand from Taiwan. In the domestic market, Frequency Intelligent Exhaust is a brand chosen by a large number of car enthusiasts thanks to its reasonable price, custom exhaust pipes made from high-quality materials and providing a more powerful sound as well as as operating performance is significantly optimized.
The interior of the Mercedes-AMG GT S is covered with high-quality leather and racing-style seats with contrast stitching. The car’s sound system includes 11 speakers of the Burmester brand, with a capacity of 1,000 W. Some convenient features available on the AMG GT S: COMAND Online multimedia control system with DVD reader, color screen 8.4 inch TFT with 960 x 540 pixel resolution, radio receiver, SD card reader, 10 GB music storage memory (compatible with MP3/WMA/ACC format), Bluetooth connection, Internet browser . In addition, the car is also equipped with LINGUATRONIC voice control feature, GPS global satellite navigation and positioning system with integrated map, THERMOTRONIC multi-zone automatic climate control system,…
Mercedes-AMG GT S uses a twin-turbo V8 engine, with a capacity of 4.0 liters, producing maximum capacity of up to 510 horsepower at 6,250 rpm and maximum torque of 650 Nm. at the rpm range of 1,750 – 4,750 rpm. Thanks to the 7-speed AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT sports transmission and rear-wheel drive system, the AMG GT S sports car is capable of accelerating from 0-100 km/h in just 3.8 seconds, before reaching top speed. Maximum speed 310 km/h.
