Mercedes Confirms AMG GT R Is End For 2021

Mercedes Confirms AMG GT R Is End For 2021

Recently, there were gossipy tidbits drifting around that the Mercedes-AMG GT R would be ceased in the United States after the 2021 Model Year, according to a spilled email to vendors. 

We contacted the organization on the issue, with a Mercedes-Benz USA representative affirming the news. "The exceptionally foreseen new Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series will turn into the new lead for the GT two-entryway model reach, while the Mercedes-AMG GT R has been ceased for the U.S. market for the 2021 model year," the press rep told Carscoops. 

From what it seems like, Mercedes has decided to cease the GT R so as not to tear apart the deals of the Black Series, and is giving the other GT models updates to fill in the hole. That hole filling will be significant for Mercedes, since the Black arrangement costs twice as much as the GT R. 

Mercedes Confirms AMG GT R Is End For 2021

The GT Black Series, which will be the new lead of Mercedes-AMG's GT range, will show up sooner than expected 2021 and will cost $325,000 in the US. It includes a large group of new highlights over the GT models underneath it, with an all new body and air, an updated transmission, and an overhauled motor. 

The level plane wrench 4.0L twin-turbocharged V8 makes 720 hp (730 PS/537 kW) and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of force, and the vehicle to go from 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) in 3.2 seconds on its way to a maximum velocity of 202 mph (325 km/h). Furthermore, the GT Black Series has become the quickest creation vehicle to lap the Nürburgring, checking in at 6:43.616, or about 1.3 seconds quicker than the Lamborghini Aventador SVJ, its next nearest rival.

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