Adk46

http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...s-porsche-911/

The reference is at the very end, so with this Spoiler Alert! I reproduce the last paragraph here:

"The AMG was clearly designed from the beginning to take the fight to the Porsche, from the faux center-lock lug-bolt covers (which, this being Mercedes, have an exact torque specification of 22 lb-ft) to the fastback body shape that looks deliberately 911-esque at a distance. I'm certain it will sway some 911 buyers the same way the Panamera has picked off stragglers from the S-class demographic. But it's no Nine Eleven. So what is it? In the course of enthusing about the AMG's virtues, my Marine aviator friend, Jim, happens to mention another German sports car he's always liked. All of a sudden the realization hits me. V-8 power, wide shoulders, self-shifting transmission, fastback profile . . . Now it makes sense. The 911 Carrera GTS is the best 911 I've seen in a while, and the Mercedes-AMG GT S is a near-perfect successor to a very different Porsche. As I recollect, they called it the 928. "

Black Sea RD

Same thought I had when I first saw this Mercedes. The engine is something else and sounds badass in person.

If only...

dr bob

If it wasn't for that darn poverty, I would have been a ski bum, and be saddled with a fleet that includes all these works of engineering art.

Mongo

The AMG GT is now a reason why I will NEVER buy a 911 in my lifetime. I have always been a GT type car guy - V8 or V12 in the front, 2+2 interior, lots of music out of the tailpipes. I couldn't be happier.

M. Requin

Oh wow, I get to call an Enzo! https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...928-988-a.html post #124. But I am glad to see the topic revived!

dr bob

The days of big IC engines and loud tailpipe music are numbered. Big Performance will come from hyper-efficient batteries and wheel motors. In twenty years, IC engines as prime movers in passenger cars will be history I'm afraid. We'll be following Nicole's lead, with an antique car on one side of the garage "to be seen in", and a much more practical electric 'chair' for regular DD duty.

Carbon will be taxed at the source, to a level that will make use for casual driving way prohibitive for all but the very rich and foolish. As the technology doubles every few years now, so much faster will our beautiful toys become museum pieces.

77tony

The 50th Anniversary is a essentially a GTS (X-51 Powerkit, etc). That being said, the 991 has grown to be a true GT car. The noise that comes from the tail pipes is different from a 928 V-8 but still sounds great in it's own way. The sound emitting from my old 94 GTS and current 80 928/LS3 sound great. Dr Bob is definitely onto something here. Wife & I just got back from San Francisco where we test drove a Tesla (dealership was just north in Corte Madera) and was very impressed. Tesla has gobs of torques right from the start and extremely linear throughout and we were driving the base model. The Tesla "S" in Ludicrous mode does 0-60 in 2.8 seconds-same as the new 580hp Porsche 991 Turbo S. T