Price: £330,000. Engine: 4.0-litre, twin-turbo V8. Power: 720bhp at 6,700rpm. Torque: 590lb ft. Top speed: 202mph. 0-62mph: 3.2 seconds.
The new Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series has a single purpose, says Jack Rix on Top Gear. “To push the boundaries of what a car wearing a number plate can do.” AMG, the “most hallowed badge” you can get on a Mercedes, gives its engineering muscle a “huge flex”, taking a car launched six years ago and “surgically enhancing it until it becomes the ultimate expression of speed”. The result is “the pinnacle” of what’s technically possible for a car made for the racetrack that can also be driven on public roads. It may seem very similar to the AMG GT R Pro, a “cover version of the same tune”, but the Black Series is “heavy metal to the Pro’s prog rock”. This car pushes the limits as far as AMG can legally, and “with a clear conscience”, go. “And at this rarefied end of the supercar market, that’s currency.”
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