Present Mercedes-AMG GT3 race automobile bows out with particular version

Mercedes-Benz AMG used 2024 Monterey Automotive Week at present underway in California to bid farewell to its vastly profitable GT3 race automobile primarily based on the previous AMG GT sports activities automobile.

The AMG GT3 Version 130Y Motorsport was rolled out on Friday in Monterey, and confirmed by AMG as its final naturally aspirated GT3 race automobile.

The automobile additionally celebrates this 12 months’s one hundred and thirtieth anniversary of Mercedes-Benz’s participation in motorsports, a legacy that began when a number of vehicles together with the winner competed within the 1894 Paris to Rouen race utilizing engines provided by Daimler, the corporate that might later develop into Mercedes-Benz.

Simply 13 examples of the AMG GT3 Version 130Y Motorsport might be constructed. They don’t seem to be homologated for any explicit race collection, that means they’re designed merely as monitor toys. It additionally means they may very well be fitted with options not usually allowed in sanctioned racing collection.

These options embrace an unrestricted model of AMG’s 6.3-liter V-8 which on this software delivers 671 hp. The vehicles additionally get a novel aerodynamics package deal that helps improve downforce by 15% in comparison with the usual AMG GT3. The package deal features a new entrance splitter, new vents within the entrance fenders, and modifications to the aspect skirts, underbody, and rear diffuser. The rear wing was additionally redesigned and features a drag discount system. The system additionally contains the entrance splitter which may be additional prolonged, and allows the automobile to succeed in speeds of over 196 mph together with a excessive degree of downforce.

Particulars not associated to efficiency additionally characteristic on the automobile. These embrace a livery impressed by a design used on a W194 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing race automobile from 1952, the automaker’s first fixed-roof race automobile. The inside in the meantime was impressed by a Mercedes-Benz SLR 300 race automobile from 1955, and contains blue checkered cloth seat upholstery, brown leather-based headrest upholstery and door loops, and a bespoke steering wheel with walnut wooden handles.

The value of the AMG GT3 Version 130Y Motorsport begins at 1.03 million euros (roughly $1.135 million).

Though the present AMG GT3 with its naturally aspirated engine is on its means out, a turbocharged successor has already been introduced, primarily based on the new GT Coupe. The brand new race is being developed by Affalterbach Racing, AMG’s newly established division for buyer racing, and needs to be prepared in time for the 2025 motorsports season.