---
title: "2019 Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster: A Hardcore Soft-Top for Nürburgring Addicts"
description: "Mercedes-AMG plans to build just 750 of this 577-horsepower, active-aero convertible."
date: "2019-03-04"
modified: "2019-03-04"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/26746/2019-mercedes-amg-gt-r-roadster-a-hardcore-soft-top-for-nrburgring-addicts"
categories:
  - "Mercedes-Benz News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "AMG GT R"
  - "Convertible"
  - "GT Roadster"
  - "luxury"
  - "Mercedes-AMG"
  - "Mercedes-AMG"
  - "Roadsters"
  - "sports car"
  - "Supercars"
---

# 2019 Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster: A Hardcore Soft-Top for Nürburgring Addicts

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2019/03/19C0118_003.jpg>)
*\<em\>www.thedrive.com</em>*

**Year, Make, Model**: 2019 Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster.

**Topline**: Mercedes-AMG's [brutally quick GT R sports coupe](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/12896/2018-mercedes-amg-gt-r-review-drivers-prepare-to-laugh-hysterically>) sheds its roof so people can see who's passing their [AMG GT C Roadster](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/23546/2018-mercedes-amg-gt-c-roadster-test-drive-review-the-benz-convertible-sports-car-is-more-than-you-need>) on the outside of Karussell.

![message-editor%2F1551717646583-19c0118\_011.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1551717646583-19c0118_011.jpg>)
*2019 Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster., *Daimler**

**What's New**: The Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster is limited-run, folding-roof derivative of the company's hardcore hardtop, the GT R. Its roof has been designed with minimum weight, yet maximum durability in mind, and as such has a frame made from a mixture of steel, aluminum, and magnesium, and a canopy made from triple-layered fabric. To excuse stowing the roof on all of the year's 365 days is a combination of a heated "airscarf" neck vent and climate-controlled seats, which can heat or cool the driver's behind depending on outside temperature.

Thanks to the car's 4.0-liter twin-turbo AMG V8, minimal performance is lost in the transition from coupe to roadster. A total of 577 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque propel the GT R Roadster from zero to 60 in 3.6 seconds, just a tenth slower than the coupe. With enough straight road, it'll manage 197 mph, just one short of the coupe's top speed. Lap times will predictably come in a tad slower than the coupe's 7:10.92, but not by a margin large enough to make oneself the laughingstock of the country club—this AMG still has the coupe's active aerodynamics and rear axle steering.

![message-editor%2F1551717774478-19c0118\_050.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1551717774478-19c0118_050.jpg>)
**Daimler**

**Quotable**: "The new AMG GT R Roadster is far more than the combination of the thrilling vehicle dynamics of the GT R with the special flair of our GT Roadsters," said Tobias Moers, chairman of the board for Mercedes-AMG. "It is the essence of two worlds, blending to deliver our brand pledge, Driving Performance, in a very special way. With our GT R Roadster we have without doubt once again developed a brand-defining sports car. It too embodies Mercedes-AMG in form, function and vehicle dynamics and enriches our GT family with a highly exclusive variant limited to 750 units."

![message-editor%2F1551717791008-19c0118\_019.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1551717791008-19c0118_019.jpg>)
**Daimler**

**What You Need to Know**: Mercedes-AMG hasn't specified what the GT R Roadster will cost, but it's fair to expect the model to slot in above the $159,350 GT R coupe. Production of the GT R Roadster will be limited to 750 cars, all with plaques denoting their build number. If Mercedes builds an [AMG GT R Pro](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25142/2020-mercedes-amg-gt-r-pro-tightened-lightened-and-limited>) Roadster, expect numbers to be limited further, and prices higher.

![2019 Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1551717809469-19c0118_042.jpg>)
*2019 Mercedes-AMG GT R Roadster*

*, *Daimler**

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)