Mercedes-AMG has finally revealed what the Concept AMG GT Track Sport was hiding: two of the most extreme machines Affalterbach has ever produced, sharing one spectacular platform.
The new Mercedes-AMG GT3 and the future Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series arrive as siblings separated at birth — one destined for the racetrack, the other for roads that lead to racetracks. AMG chairman Michael Schiebe promises the Black Series will be the most radical in the brand’s history, which is saying something when your predecessors include the SLS AMG Black Series and the GT Black Series that still holds the Nurburgring production car record.
Since October last year, prototypes wearing camouflage in yellow-green and red have been pounding test tracks from Immendingen to Bilster Berg to Portimao. Those colours are now official: red represents the GT3 racing programme, yellow-green belongs to the Black Series.
The GT3: Next Generation Customer Racing
The new GT3 marks the next chapter in Mercedes-AMG’s Customer Racing programme, which began in 2010 and delivered its first full season with the SLS AMG GT3 in 2011. The current GT3 and its Evo version have dominated circuits worldwide since 2016.
AMG has established Affalterbach Racing GmbH specifically to develop and build the new racer. The goal is straightforward: continue winning. Head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport Christoph Sagemuller says the aim is to present a vehicle that sets the benchmark, and early testing has already delivered important insights.
The Black Series: Racing DNA Made Road Legal
The Black Series name has carried weight since 2006, when the SLK 55 AMG Black Series translated motorsport fury into something you could technically drive to the shops. The project ran internally under the working title “Track Sport” — the same name that appeared on last year’s concept.
Every Black Series has pushed further than the last. The CLK 63 Black Series brought a proper aero package. The C 63 Black Series offered a naturally aspirated V8 screaming to 6,800 rpm. The SLS Black Series stripped weight with surgical precision. And the GT Black Series became the fastest production car around the Nordschleife.
Whatever comes next will need to surpass all of them. AMG says it will.
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ABOVE: Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series and GT3 prototypes testing at the Nurburgring Nordschleife
One Platform, Two Missions
The Concept AMG GT Track Sport was always more than a motor show bauble. It served as a technology demonstrator for both programmes, proving that uncompromising track performance and barely compromised road capability can emerge from the same engineering foundation.
The road car acts as a homologation model for the GT3, meaning its design must satisfy both racing regulations and road registration requirements. That constraint typically produces some of the most focused machinery in any manufacturer’s lineup.
Testing on the Nordschleife has now begun. Given the GT Black Series record of 6:48.047, expect AMG to chase something even more aggressive.
Further details will come later. For now, AMG is content to let the prototypes do the talking — in yellow-green and red.
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