The Mercedes-AMG GT R Pro Is £40k More Than The 'Regular' Version
If the already rather hardcore Mercedes-AMG GT R doesn’t cut it for you, be warned: the extra pile of cash you’ll need to bring to the table for the new ‘GT R Pro’ is going to be quite large. Mercedes has now announced that the on-the-road price for the car is £188,345, just under £40,000 more than the price of the lightly updated GT R, which is £148,595.
But perhaps that’s not so bad. This is, after all, a car with significantly altered suspension derived from the AMG GT4 car. It also features a new aero kit featuring a new front apron, a bigger splitter with canards, louvres on the front wings to reduce front axle lift, and carbonfibre fins sprouting from the rear diffuser.
In case your track day takes a crashy turn, the GT R Pro also has a roll cage, a fire extinguisher, and four-point harnesses. These additions, along with the bucket seats, are part of the GT R’s ‘Track Package’, which is fitted as standard here.
Equipment is better than the standard GT R across the board, with the Pro gaining a carbon ceramic brakes, an AMG Carbon package, and keyless go, among other things. Oddly for a super-focused track-biased supercar, Mercedes has also fitted extra creature comforts in the form of the Premium package - which includes a Burmester sound system - and the ‘Parking package’.
Suddenly £188,345 doesn’t seem so bad, particularly when a McLaren 600LT is only slightly less and not as generously specced.
Mercedes has also now released pricing for the whole updated AMG GT range. If you want a coupe, that’ll set you back £104,195 for the base GT, £117,495 for a GT S and £132,695 for the GT C. In Roadster form, these three weigh in at £115,795, £129,095 and £144,295 respectively.
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£188,345 for a two door sports car in 2019… 10 years ago for the same price, you could get yourselves a base Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. Oh how time and inflation flies.
Well this isn’t just any two door sports car. For something with this much gear, it’s really not that bad. In fact given the choice between one of these and a LP700 Aventador (I guess today’s equivalent of the Murci), I’d have this.
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Ouch Shmee150
GT4 suspension, front wing canards . . . everything you need for cruising through central London at 8mph
40k extra for some graphics, a roll cage, tuned suspension, some slightly upgraded aero bits and no extra power. Not worth it.
Worth it on the truck
Did you read the piece? Premium pack, Track pack and carbon ceramic brakes are fitted as standard - these on their own would add £14k to the price of a ‘normal’ base GT R. Also has Night Pack and Carbon Pack fitted (struggling to find the prices for these). Dampers are pretty much GT 4 spec, and the aero changes are reasonably significant. £40k sounds about right to me…
They have gone mad with the price of those AMG models. Especially given that more than half of them comes from an E class.
Still rather have the gt3 rs