Although Mercedes-Benz AMG has simply changed its GT Roadster with a redesigned 2022 SL, the coupe model of the GT sports activities automobile will stick round and shortly be redesigned itself.
The knowledge was confirmed by Mercedes-Benz design chief Gorden Wagener in an interview with Road & Track following final week’s reveal of the 2022 SL, a automobile that AMG was tasked with creating.
The SL rides on a newly developed platform often called the MSA (Modular Sports activities Structure), and this identical platform can even underpin the following GT.
2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL
There will probably be key variations between the 2 vehicles, although. For instance, the SL options the convertible prime and a pair of+2 seating. The GT will probably be a coupe solely this time round and will follow a two-seat cabin.
The GT also needs to function extra hardcore tuning than the SL which appeals extra to consumers in search of efficiency mixed with luxurious and luxury. In his interview, Wagener pointed to the brand new SL’s air suspension and hydraulic roll stabilization as being able to delivering a comfortable experience.
Wagener additionally steered that the GT’s inside will probably be completely different, and it’ll miss out on a few of the digital driver-assist options discovered within the SL.
2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL
The outside design can also be prone to be completely different. It is attainable the GT’s look will probably be influenced by AMG’s upcoming One hypercar, one thing that was maybe hinted at in a video released by Mercedes in 2019. Within the video, Mercedes Method One driver Lewis Hamilton was proven within the design studio serving to to form a clay mannequin for a sports activities automobile with comparable front-end styling to the AMG One.
Just like the SL, the GT ought to function a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-8. Nevertheless, it is sure that variants of the GT will supply extra energy (the SL tops out at 577 hp). The GT also needs to come normal with rear-wheel drive and have all-wheel drive as an possibility. Within the SL, all-wheel drive is normal.
There is no phrase on when the following GT will arrive however a debut in 2022 is a robust risk. AMG final yr launched the Black Series version of the current GT, a variant that sometimes comes proper on the very finish of the product cycle. Keep tuned.
