---
title: "Mercedes-AMG GT R Teased Ahead of Its Debut Next Week"
description: "Super sports car will finally show its face at the Goodwood Festival of Speed."
date: "2016-06-17"
modified: "2016-06-17"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/4035/mercedes-amg-gt-r-teased-ahead-of-its-debut-next-week"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "GT-R"
  - "Mercedes-AMG"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
---

# Mercedes-AMG GT R Teased Ahead of Its Debut Next Week

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Mercedes-Benz—sorry, Mercedes-AMG—[has released a new teaser video for the sharp-edged GT R super sports car it plans on debuting this summer](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowL1Sg8Hao>). Spoiler alert: It will be offered in green.

Other than the verdant paint job slathered across its bulging bodywork, the clip doesn't reveal much we didn't already know from [the plethora of spy footage captured at](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/3082/chevrolet-corvette-z06-vs-mercedes-amg-gt-r-at-the-n-rburgring>) [and around the Nürburgring Nordschleife](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/3667/listen-to-the-2017-mercedes-amg-gt-r-burble-down-the-road>). There's a sleek, understated fixed spoiler rising from the trunk, harsh racing seats, plenty of contrasting stitching, and...that's about all we have to work with.

Luckily, we already know a fair amount about this new, more powerful version of AMG's bespoke sports car. [AMG's Tobias Moers has stated the car will be more powerful than the GT-S, and that it'll fly around race tracks even faster than the SLS Black Series](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/2788/mercedes-amg-gt-r-caught-hot-lapping-the-n-rburgring>). And even the car's shrink-wrapped camouflage can't conceal the fact that the car has an aerodynamically-inspired underbite and a central tailpipe arrangement.

We don't have to wait long to find out all the details on Mercedes's new monster. According to the video, the Mercedes-AMG GT R will be revealed on June 24—the second day of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. We can hold out until then...though we'll probably wind up watching this video quite a few more times

https://youtube.com/embed/aowL1Sg8Hao

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

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