2019 Mercedes-AMG GT C Coupe: Behind The Wheel

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Luckily for fans of AMG’s V-8

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00:00 I wish I had $117,000 because I love this car.

00:04 It's fantastic.

00:06 I'd like to bottle this sound and then spray it on myself

00:09 every morning in the shower.

00:12 It's so good.

00:13 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:23 You wish you were sitting where I'm sitting.

00:25 This thing is so good.

00:28 OK, right.

00:29 What is it?

00:29 Well, you're probably familiar with the AMG GT and the GTS.

00:33 The C, this guy, 550 horsepower.

00:37 It's the steroidal Goldilocks right in the middle.

00:40 It's the one you want.

00:41 Trust me.

00:41 So it's got that 550 horsepower, direct injected,

00:45 dry sump, twin turbo, hot V V8.

00:48 And because it's dry sumped, it sits super low down

00:51 in the chassis.

00:52 Also, this car is effectively mid-engine.

00:54 I mean, the engine is right here.

00:56 It's just right in the middle of the car.

01:01 All that power is transmitted via a carbon fiber drive

01:05 shaft to a dual clutch transaxle, which is in the

01:09 rear of the car.

01:09 Both the engine and the transmission

01:11 are on active mounts.

01:13 The car has four wheel steering.

01:15 It has a sports exhaust.

01:17 It has carbon ceramic brakes.

01:18 It has everything you want in a supercar.

01:21 And then it sounds like this.

01:23 [ENGINE REVVING]

01:26 I mean, come on.

01:29 I don't want to kill this biker.

01:31 Looks great.

01:32 Drives awesome.

01:33 Sounds triple awesome.

01:35 And it's not a Porsche.

01:37 So if you're looking to drop $180,000 on a sports car, you

01:42 can't do much better than this.

01:44 You really can't.

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