Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series to debut in 2020

Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series to debut in 2020

Mercedes-AMG has been pretty busy lately, and it looks like the company won’t be slowing down anytime soon. Following the debut of the GT 4-Door Coupe, word from company boss Tobias Moers is a new GT variant will arrive in 2020 wearing the well-known Black Series name.

Speaking to CarAdvice at the Geneva Motor Show, Moers said, “there is a GT variant still left… We are on the journey, we started the journey for Black Series.” By 2020, it would have been six years since the AMG GT first celebrated its global debut, and a Black Series model might be its swan song before a replacement comes along (if any).

As is tradition with previous Black Series models, more power is to be expected. The M178 4.0 litre twin-turbo V8 used in the flagship GT R makes 585 PS and 700 Nm of torque, but will likely be further increased for use in a GT Black Series.

Given the fact that the GT 4-Dour Coupe did not come with a hybrid powertrain (805 hp) like the one fitted on the GT Concept, we could see an electrified version of the AMG V8 being used in the GT Black Series. “The next Black Series done from the GT must be something really surprising,” said Moers, which is certainly a cryptic message to put forth.

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Comments

  • Oon Cool R Jizz on Mar 13, 2018 at 5:51 pm

    center console makes old man giddy LOL

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  • mercfan on Mar 13, 2018 at 5:58 pm

    AMG after AMG Mercedes models launched every now and then.
    Mercedes should permanently shut down all their boring and now useless Normal Mercedes-Benz model lineup except the B-class. Pointless to own them nowadays,when the rich can afford the AMG flagships instead of the slow entry level ones.
    Cant afford the discrimination, buy Mazda or Proton cars. Problem Solved.

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  • Another good news from the Mercedes-Benz. I hope it will quickly make its way to the roads

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  • westley on Mar 14, 2018 at 2:11 pm

    Thats totally correct bro. LOL
    I myself own one Mazda CX-3. No discrimination at all. No worries about driving a bulls*** wannabe fake Mercedes-AMG dressed up bodykit car instead of the real thing.
    At least Mazda’s CX-3 currently doesn’t have a top of the line MazdaSpeed model.
    There are many sore posers everywhere on the road driving fake M3’s, M5’s and fake A45 AMG’s and fake E63 AMG’s.
    All show,no go even though can afford a luxury German car. Foolish drivers indeed.

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    • Rajoo Selvam on Mar 18, 2018 at 9:45 pm

      You have poorly designed car which no car enthusiast would buy and no matter how it dressed up also doesn’t help

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