New Mercedes-AMG GT And GTS Hit the UK: Let The ‘Beast Wars’ Begin

The all-new Mercedes-AMG GT coupe is now available in the UK, with order books opening this week. 

The new hero car is a very special, very important model for Mercedes and its AMG performance arm. But, of course, this car, adding another high-performance halo to the brand, is 'business as usual'. 

Mercedes-Benz can claim a racing history going right back to its first car. 

Widely regarded as the car that defined the modern car, Wilhelm Maybach’s 1900 35hp ‘Mercedes’, (named after Mercedes Jellinek, the daughter of Emil Jellinek who had ordered the car), was built as a race car. 

It raced, and it won. And ‘Mercedes’ became the new brand for Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft. Fast forward 114 years and the Mercedes sporting heritage is as strong as it has ever been.