Awesome car even though it no longer has its own platform
Its very hard to compete with porsche if you’re going after the enthusiast market. And then when you get to 150-200k you had the Audi R8 and GT3 to compete with. unless you’re a die hard mercedes fan, you’d pick the GT3 or R8 over the equivalent AMG GTR.
It is interesting they kept the AMG GT around and are now marketing it as a lc500 or 8 series competitor. i can’t imagine those cars have high profit margins for the company. they hardly sell any.
R8 is gone, NSX is gone, 570S replacement is a lot more money, and the Vantage is long in tooth, so there is a market opportunity there.
But I think you hit the nail on the head, why move the formula towards two cars that don’t sell very well? Because some customers complained that the GT was too stiff or too loud or something?
I have bought 2 AMG GTs (GTC and now GTR) and I gotta say this is a good “DAILY” GT. It is very clear to me this is a completely different car than the Gen 1 for many reasons.
Mercedes clearly didn’t sell enough Gen 1 GTs to continue the formula of a mid-front engined, RWD, 2 seater. They want to go after the 911 buyers, which is fine, but this is 100% a different car for a different crowd. I can see guys who want an E/S class coupe, LC500, M4, M8 who will love this.
For the “R” version to get me back on board, it’s gonna take a lot of changes lol.
Yeah this car seems like it was made for an entirely different customer than the 1st gen and I suspect MB will find out that it will be very difficult to find enough of those.
The 8 series does not sell very well. Mercedes already has the E class and S class coupes. It just doesn’t seem like the market is asking for another heavy 2+2 GT in that price segment.
I can see where Mercedes probably did their market research on why some of their typical customers may not have bought the first gen GT. But sometimes chasing the people that didn’t like your car is a fool’s errand. They’re certainly not going to win over 911 customers with this car.
Ultimately maybe the big thing here is platform sharing. Maybe MB knows they’ll lose some buyers but this car costed a lot less to develop.
It’s a worse Maserati Granturismo.
Better
After reading it, it says what everybody else been saying about damn near every sports car that’s not the 911. Heavier and less driving feel, no hard buttons. Stuff I don’t particular feel any type of anyway about.
I’d never buy one but car is nice. I’m more of a M8 Competition fan but these are nice.
Could u even afford one?
No but I still wouldn’t buy one if I could because they’re not for me. Can you?
Yes I can
I hate this trend of manufacturers making cars heavier and trying to offset it by giving the car more power.
Lightweight cars are so underrated.
F50 GT. 750HP. <1000 kg.
They should’ve just not called this a GT at all. Nobody would be complaining if it was just badged as an SL (which I get it, in their lineup thats basically what this is now), but people who liked the previous gen liked it for reasons that have all been axed from this new one, and there isn’t really a successor to the gen 1 anymore.
SLC or SLS would have worked out fine.
The SLC is severely weaker and severely less nicer then a SL, would’ve been one of their worst decisions in a long time.
All you guys sound so old this car is fucking sexy and fast off the line regardless if it’s heavy.
And the Yota boys claiming the LC500 has a better interior is killing me.
Delusion! One thing Lexus ain’t doing is having a nice interior 😂