Photos of the Mercedes-AMG GT R has been unveiled. You can see that this souped up version of the Mercedes-AMG GT takes after the 1952 W194 300SL Gullwing race car that Juan Manuel Fangio once raced. You can see that in the way the front grille is designed, very much like the 1952 300SL race car with its vertical slats instead of the usual horizontal winged style which is common these days.
And since this is the souped up version of the AMG GT, it should get a big power bump. Reports say that the car has 577hp and 700nm torque from its upgraded 4.0liter twin turbo V8 engine. This is up from 502hp and 650nm. Aside from that there should be other goodies and stuff like more carbon fiber here and there over the standard GT. Bonnet, rear wing, etc. etc. So it is as usual, lighter and faster. And slightly more uglier from the front...or should I say, characterful. The rest of the car looks quite alright anyway.
Here is a picture of the Uhlenhaut designed original W194 racer for you to compare. The one pictured has a adjustable roof spoiler that could be adjusted. Most probably needed for Le Mans, which it actually was overall champion in 1952. It had 175hp and 207nm worth of torque from its 3.0liter SOHC Straight-6, triple carburetor engine. Such is progress. .Rudolph Uhlenhaut was the person who was in charge of the Mercedes Benz racing programme in the 1950s and was also responsible for the even more beautiful ultra rare road legal 300SLR (the Uhlenhaut Coupe). See? You get a whole lot more trivia here than most other autoblogs even though this article is quite short.
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