Affalterbach reveals the 1,169 hp Mercedes-AMG GT SUV

The legacy of Affalterbach was written in V8 rumble, supercharged whine, and clouds of vaporized rear Michelins. It used to be simple – if you wanted a fast Mercedes SUV, AMG’s recipe was unsubtle: take a practical family car, shoehorn a hand-built twin-turbo V8 beneath the bonnet, stiffen the suspension until your fillings rattled, and let the exhaust wake the dead. But the whole world has moved on, and after years of watching the competition, AMG has done something it has never attempted in its 59-year history. They have built an SUV in-house from a clean sheet of paper – and they have decided to skip internal combustion altogether. The result is the new Mercedes-AMG GT SUV, and it is so unhinged that it makes the old AMGs look timid.

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