International launch
Beast of the Green Hell roadster loves the sun
Sportiest Mercedes-AMG sheds its lid
Mercedes-AMG has crowned its open-top sports car range with the new AMG GT R Roadster, and only 750 units of the limited-edition cars will be made. It is the sun-loving version of the GT R coupe launched back in 2017, the most track-focused car yet offered by Mercedes-AMG and nicknamed the “Beast of the Green Hell” after the Nurburgring, where much of its development took place. Like its fixed-roof stablemate, the Roadster is gunned along by a front-mounted V8 biturbo engine which puts out 430kW and 700Nm. Powering the rear wheels through an AMG Speedshift DCT 7G transmission with Race Start, it enables the rear-wheel-drive car to blast the 0-100km/h sprint in a claimed 3.6 seconds and reach a hair-ruffling 317km/h top speed — the same figures as the coupe. The ballistic Benz offers six drive modes including a RACE setting that optimally adjusts the shift strategy of the dual clutch transmission for racetrack usage, with short shift speeds and liberating an even more emotive exhaust...
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