The Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster Is £30,000 More Expensive Than The Coupe
The Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster has gone on sale and costs £178,675, a whopping £30,000 more than its hard-top sibling. That huge price puts the Roadster closer in value to the ultimate AMG GT, the £188,425 GT R Pro.
When you give Mercedes an extra £39,750, on top of the £148,675 for a regular AMG GT R, for a Pro you get a set of adjustable coilovers, a carbonfibre front and steel rear antiroll bar (again, all adjustable), carbonfibre bracing, a carbonfibre roof, carbon-ceramic brakes (a £5,995 option on the normal GT R), forged wheels, a roll cage, four-point harnesses and a fire extinguisher. Despite the addition of the safety equipment, the Pro is 14kg lighter than the AMG GT R.
The Pro also has a more comprehensive aero package, including front arch vents, a larger front splitter and gurney flap on the rear wing. It’s easy to see where all that money goes.
The only difference between the GT R Roadster and the cheaper coupe, however, is a three-layered electronically retracting fabric roof and a host of strengthening elements to compensate for the lack of a hardtop. All that results in an increase of 80kg over the coupe.
Yes, the Roadster has the same 4-litre twin-turbo hot-V V8 that puts out 572bhp and 516lb ft of torque as the GT R and Pro version. And, despite the extra weight, it can even match the 0-62mph time of its R stablemates with 3.6 seconds and is only 1mph shy of their 198mph top speed.
But with nothing like the changes that the Pro pack brings, the AMG GT R Roadster seems a tad expensive. Especially as the Roadster versions of the GT and GT S are just £11,305 more than the hardtop, while the GT C drop-top is only £9,115 more than the coupe.
Would you have one over the tin top?
Comments
Save yourself £29,975.01
This car makes no sense. A convertible track car? That’s like Porsche making a convertible GT3, or even worse, a GT3 RS.
Even worse a convertible Gt-2 Rs
Well, this kind of cars very rarely see track use anyways… people use these to get to Harrods or, at most, cars&coffee. Hence all the open-top versions of Huracan Perfomante, 488 Pista etc.
All the trackdays I’ve been to are dominated by stripped-out hatchbacks, Lotuses/Caterhams/Radicals and Porsches (depending on the price of the trackday). Never seen a single AMG GT
Maybe it’s for the people who wanted to make their bad hair day worse?
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The GT R isn’t really a track car though. In fact, reviewers of the coupe said that it was actually MORE daily-driveable than a GT S because of the chassis upgrades.
Lol what a rip off and the convertible looks a bit ugly then his other brother the hard top
Imagine unironically paying this for that ugly thing
And also it can make you go backrupt lol
Probs a bit overpriced
That makes the rear end look so much better than the regular coupe
People will still buy it .
It’s a lot of money, and I’d probably stick with the coupe, but if the regular GT R is anything to go by, it’ll be a bloody good car. A bit pricier than a 570S Spider, but probably more useable and less attention-attracting.
All “roadsters” should henceforth be valued in the number of Miatas (MX5s) you could’ve otherwise purchased.
This particular German-notmiata costs a total of 7.932 Club Spec ND2s. Feel free to update your article to reflect this more accurate sum. I’ll wait.