Murder Junkie: Mercedes-AMG Teases Homicidal-Seeking New GT3 Racer

When we last spoke with Tobias Moers, the man at the helm of AMG, the charmingly gruff engineer confirmed that we would see a Black Series variant of the new AMG GT toward the finish of the model run. He also noted that in 2 years’ time, we’ll get a variant that sounds as if it’ll be a tougher-core automobile than the new GT S, but that Mercedes’ performance arm hadn’t decided no matter whether they would attempt a roadgoing automobile akin to Porsche’s 911 GT3.

If, however, such a machine comes down the pike, anticipate it to pull cues from this, the new Mercedes-AMG GT3 racer. Even though the GT characteristics a face that pulls inspiration from the original SL and its comply with-up, the impossibly lovely Pagoda, the GT3 approximates the GT’s visage as applied to a meaty pig knuckle. If your schweinshaxe abruptly happens to sprout dive planes, you may well be consuming an AMG GT3 sandwich.

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We took the liberty of tweaking the supplied teaser image to bring out particulars buried in the shadows. We mainly identified a tow hook and a preponderance of wire-mesh grillework. AMG is mum on further information, other than to note that the car will be accessible to American teams. The new racer will be completely unwrapped at next month’s Geneva Auto Show, at which time we’ll probably blubber and drool additional. Won’t you?

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Murder Junkie: Mercedes-AMG Teases Homicidal-Seeking New GT3 Racer

The Mario Crew Gets a Taste of the Excellent Life: 300SL and Silver Arrow Racer Offered for Mario Kart eight

Nintendo must be in a Pebble Beach state of mind—the higher-dollar, suede-underpants concours is just more than a week away—or its product-placement deal with Mercedes-Benz for the Mario Kart franchise is just genuinely, really properly-timed. That’s simply because in Mario Kart 8, players will have the alternative to download 2 extra Mercedes-Benzes to drive, and let’s just say the 2 historic rides bring a heavy dose of class to the Mushroom Kingdom. 

Nintendo’s mashup with Mercedes initially brought forth a downloadable GLA-class crossover that players could race in MK8. While that product drop came off as forced—and, in Japan, resulted in an unsettling commercial—the addition of the classic 1934 W25 Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow race automobile and the timeless 1957 300SL roadster is just plain awesome.

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Certainly, have been we attempting to save the princess, we’d skip the goofy go-kart choices and jump appropriate into our multimillion-dollar vintage German machine to save the day in style. Or shoot spiny shells at our buddies. Either way, they’re funds. Catch the vehicles in action in the video released by Nintendo below:

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The Mario Crew Gets a Taste of the Excellent Life: 300SL and Silver Arrow Racer Offered for Mario Kart eight

Porsche’s Museum Deep Cuts Series Continues with Incredible 911 East African Safari Racer

Some of our favourite Porsche 911s of all time are the epic “safari” rally racers, so of course we fell all more than ourselves watching Porsche’s most recent video from its museum archives. The automaker has been highlighting distinctive models lengthy lost to its museum storage—such as a V-8–powered 911 prototype, an early Boxster mule in 911 disguise, and more—and it has turned its lens on the 911 that competed in the 1978 East African Rally. 

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Watch Porsche’s video beneath for awesome period driving shots and the history of this 1978 rally vehicle. What’s most exciting—for us, anyway—is that Porsche may well just be thinking about a production Safari 911 model. All we can say is, the Cayenne wasn’t the brand’s initial off-roader—and it definitely isn’t the coolest.

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Audi’s R18 e-tron Le Mans Racer Leaves Residue on Porsche’s Doorstep [Video]

The 24 Heures du Mans is virtually upon us, and the masters of the Sarthe over in Ingolstadt have a message for Porsche: “Welcome back.” This message, mind you, was delivered with a wholesome level of professionalism and decorum—by writing it by means of R18 e-tron burnout near Porsche’s facilities. 

Porsche, of course, has won the darn issue with almost everything from the McQueen-dream 917K to the silhouette-racer 935 to the nominally-a-Neunelfer 911 GT1. And that is just the all round stuff. They’ve been racking up class victories since Ferdinand Piëch was in engineer’s short pants.

In reality, Porsche tends to make its Le Mans–dominant VW Group counterparts at Audi appear like relative neophytes in comparison. This year, ultimately, the 2 favored sons of Ferd go head-to-head on the storied Circuit de la Sarthe course in the LMP1 class.

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To celebrate the entry of Porsche’s 919 Hybrid into the top-class fray, Audi’s produced a cute tiny video in which an R18 e-tron quattro winds its way from Bavaria to Baden-Württemburg, surprising passerby on the way. A runner gets a start off. An old Porsche tractor gets passed. A deer inexplicably does not run out in front of the vehicle. Then the Audi lays the automotive equivalent of a flaming bag of canine feces at Porsche’s doorstep. Watch and get pleasure from.

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