• losteye_enthusiast@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Looks like a perfect car for someone in their 50’s that wants a nice driver, but doesn’t care about anything that’s appealing when it comes to the 911.

  • alfaman0001@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    All you guys sound so old this car is fucking sexy and fast off the line regardless if it’s heavy.

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    1 year ago

    Its very hard to compete with porsche if you’re going after the enthusiast market. And then when you get to 150-200k you had the Audi R8 and GT3 to compete with. unless you’re a die hard mercedes fan, you’d pick the GT3 or R8 over the equivalent AMG GTR.

    It is interesting they kept the AMG GT around and are now marketing it as a lc500 or 8 series competitor. i can’t imagine those cars have high profit margins for the company. they hardly sell any.

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      1 year ago

      R8 is gone, NSX is gone, 570S replacement is a lot more money, and the Vantage is long in tooth, so there is a market opportunity there.

      But I think you hit the nail on the head, why move the formula towards two cars that don’t sell very well? Because some customers complained that the GT was too stiff or too loud or something?

  • blackashi@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    ITT: An entire sub forgetting that only 2 sports cars exist today that weigh less than 3k and they’re both slow as shit.

    Yes, the GT is HEAVIER but it was never a serious sports car, just a fast GT. you never see these at track days.

    • noodlecrap@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      What cars are you talking about?

      And anyway, heavy cars are only fast on a straight line. As soon as you turn, the “slow as shit” light cars gap them.

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    1 year ago

    Yassified BMW Z4

    dawg I can’t even with this article, this is too funny 😭😭

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    1 year ago

    Jesus, 4400 lbs for a small 2 seater coupe… also awd only… the previous gen GT is lookin mighty fine right about now

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      1 year ago

      4400

      Fun fact… it’s heavier than a Model Y RWD Suv. Or a Model 3 dual motor. Mercedes should be ashamed of themselves but then again the C class weighs 4600lb somehow so this is normal for them

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    1 year ago

    I have bought 2 AMG GTs (GTC and now GTR) and I gotta say this is a good “DAILY” GT. It is very clear to me this is a completely different car than the Gen 1 for many reasons.

    Mercedes clearly didn’t sell enough Gen 1 GTs to continue the formula of a mid-front engined, RWD, 2 seater. They want to go after the 911 buyers, which is fine, but this is 100% a different car for a different crowd. I can see guys who want an E/S class coupe, LC500, M4, M8 who will love this.

    For the “R” version to get me back on board, it’s gonna take a lot of changes lol.

    • GVIrish@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yeah this car seems like it was made for an entirely different customer than the 1st gen and I suspect MB will find out that it will be very difficult to find enough of those.

      The 8 series does not sell very well. Mercedes already has the E class and S class coupes. It just doesn’t seem like the market is asking for another heavy 2+2 GT in that price segment.

      I can see where Mercedes probably did their market research on why some of their typical customers may not have bought the first gen GT. But sometimes chasing the people that didn’t like your car is a fool’s errand. They’re certainly not going to win over 911 customers with this car.

      Ultimately maybe the big thing here is platform sharing. Maybe MB knows they’ll lose some buyers but this car costed a lot less to develop.

    • OldSchoolSpyMain@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Yup. LC500 and M8 especially.

      Most in the market for a 911 want “a pro athlete with a suit on” vs “a well-dressed guy that works out a lot” (LC500).

      What gets Porsche drivers going is knowing that they could take their cars to the track…if they wanted to. [whispers] 99.9999% never will.

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      1 year ago

      “Absolutely not. Second, maybe. Or third. Part of me does wish it were edgier—permanently rear-driven, lighter, louder, less insulation between my hands and the road—but, as it sits, this Boy Scout can throw down.”

      You just described a 911. I love the first gen AMG GT but didn’t get one because it wasn’t practical for me without a rear seat. I saw spy photos of this and got really excited esp with the addition of a rear seat I thought the rest would be the same or better. I still don’t understand the difference between this an and SL. To me the 911 922 is still perfect, lighter, less digital with that stupid iPad in the middle, and I can get it with rear wheel drive and a manual.

    • NotPumba420@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Exactly this. I think it makes for an awesome one car solution for people who don‘t have a family.

      Much better daily driver, much worse sports car. For me if I had way too much money it would be perfect.

      Also imo it looks fucking amazing - pretty much the best mercedes design since the s coupe.

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      1 year ago

      They want to go after the 911 buyers, which is fine

      Hope not with this thing, cause it ain’t happening. Did you mean they wanted to go after with the 1st gen?

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    1 year ago

    After reading it, it says what everybody else been saying about damn near every sports car that’s not the 911. Heavier and less driving feel, no hard buttons. Stuff I don’t particular feel any type of anyway about.

    I’d never buy one but car is nice. I’m more of a M8 Competition fan but these are nice.

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    1 year ago

    I hate this trend of manufacturers making cars heavier and trying to offset it by giving the car more power.

    Lightweight cars are so underrated.

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    1 year ago

    They should’ve just not called this a GT at all. Nobody would be complaining if it was just badged as an SL (which I get it, in their lineup thats basically what this is now), but people who liked the previous gen liked it for reasons that have all been axed from this new one, and there isn’t really a successor to the gen 1 anymore.