Mercedes AMG GT Stealth Edition: By no means invisible

The Mercedes AMG GT, with its beefy muscle car charm, the legitimate successor to the Porsche 928, has been on the market for a few years. The model range has now been crowned with the spectacular Black Series, one of the best touring cars in the world. In addition to the hot racetrack monster, there is a new temptation in the USA – the AMG GT Stealth Edition. Everything in matt black, plus a carbon roof and fat wheels – naturally just as black as the brake calipers. With a bit of equipment, the Mercedes AMG GT Stealth costs $ 137,000. The white-haired senior also wants to know who asks you at the traffic lights near Long Beach Airport to shut down the window: “Great color – is this a special model? What does it cost?” Asks the proud pilot of a gleaming white Tesla Model S. In the USA you usually see combustion and electric cars casually side by side and why not drive a roaring sports car that AMG drives when you also have an electric car with a clean image?

Thanks to the latest power boost, the double-charged eight-cylinder engine under the endlessly long bonnet of the Affalterbacher has an impressive 390 kW / 530 hp and a maximum torque of 670 Nm. What that means on the road can be tested alone at night on the California coast – that’s where stealth mode comes in handy – you might think. Because already at the am / pm gas station, the first fans pull out the camera and take a large number of photos of the 4.54 meter long car. Okay that the AMG GT is well received here in the USA may not come as a surprise, but you should be getting to know the almost 1.7-ton 911 fighter. It stands out – and more than ever because of its Stealth Edition, which apparently should have exactly this reason. By the way, the matt black look fits the bolide perfectly. Only the broken streets and highways between the financially strong Bay Area and the greater Los Angeles area are bothering him, where Black Beauty makes new friends every minute.

However, you only really have fun with the gloomy AMG GT in the evening, when the sun is slowly waving its way towards the Pacific line. Then, with the temperatures dropping slightly, you can really enjoy yourself in the canyons. However, you are not alone in the canyons of the mountain region between Malibu, Calabasas and Thousands Oaks. Quite a few fans of Japanese and European sports cars indulge in the desire to curve as well as motorcyclists who appreciate the emptiness in the evening and celebrate every curve radius, just as one does with the Mercedes AMG GT Stealth. However, eyes and ears should not be focused exclusively on the lane, curve, oncoming traffic and any game crossing, because the local regulatory authorities are of course very familiar with the late evening leisure activities of motorists – and are only too happy to issue parking tickets in the Malibu Mountains.

This is where the AMG shows its strengths: a powerful V8 with a lot of steam from below and a sound that makes the rocks shake. It is best to use the individual program – because the sport modes may fit on a racetrack – here in the mountains of Malibu, the comfortable coordination of springs and dampers is exactly the right package. You can also do without more directness with the steering – the comfort mode fits perfectly and the throttle response can be sharpened in the individual mode. As is usually the case, it is the driver who is the limiting factor and not the car, which in the limit area likes to waggle in a calculable way and thus warms the driver’s feelings. Great: the handy Alcantara steering wheel and the perfect sports seats, which ideally can also be air-conditioned. So you can enjoy your evening on the Pacific even without the sea and there is always the perfect view towards the coast if the digital instruments should not be enough.

The contact to the police or state trooper is spared on this late evening and even when it is a little faster on Highway 101 south than during the day to Hollywood, officers are on the way, but they thunder easily in the three-digit miles range. If you only wanted ?? .. the AMG GT Stealth creates 195 mph – the equivalent of 310 km / h top. Better not get involved in an officer in his Dodge Charger. But you don’t care about yourself either. Before going to bed, there is a detour to Mel ‘s Drive-In, which has long since ceased to exist on Sunset Boulevard. But around the clock there are well-known American specialties, a free parking lot and peace and quiet – just right as a breather after the late shift in the automobile. But now off to bed.