2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Premium

This very potent car is in excellent overall condition – inside, outside and underneath – and has the benefit of an odometer showing just 30,000 miles.

We have driven this car and can attest to its tyre-shredding grunt, surprisingly light steering, and ability to produce a wall of deeply resonant burbling, snorting noise that sounds like a herd of bison stampeding through a Travis Perkins warehouse.

With the possible exceptions of a Ford GT or Pontiac GTO, we can’t think of anything we’ve driven that sounds better, and you’ll fail miserably in any attempt to suppress a grin when it starts popping, grunting and barking like a wild thing on downshifts.

The facts say that it hits 62mph in 4 seconds. It feels even faster than that.

With such a low mileage and obviously careful curation, its condition is far more a reflection of its limited use than its actual age.
 

We like the old-school, long-bonnet, squat-stance, muscular-haunches aesthetic of this car.

It harks back to a different age and looks like the kind of car the Meister Technikers of Sindelfingen might have built if they’d been given roughly the same brief as their Detroit counterparts when imagining the original Mustang.

Needless to say, the shut-lines and panel gaps are as crisp and exact as you’d expect of the finest Teutonic engineering.

The ‘Iridium Silver’ (775U) metallic finish really pops and sings in the sunshine and is largely untroubled by any significant aberrations other than a few entirely standard stone chips around the front valance, the leading edge of the bonnet and on the n/s/f wing.

Aside from those, we spotted a couple of very minor scuffs on the rear wheels and a small scuff beneath the o/s/r light cluster.

The wheels themselves are in very good order and the Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres look to have a decent amount of life left in them.

The lights, lenses, badging and other exterior fixtures and fittings are every bit as good as the rest of it, which is very good indeed. 
 

The interior is as old-school as its exterior counterpart, at least in the sense that its black, red and brushed aluminium aesthetic is unapologetically macho and focussed.

Yes, of course, it’s possessed of all manner of 2016-era digital gizmology and tech, but it hides it well.

You’re mostly aware of a big, fat steering wheel, a view of a bonnet that seems to go on for half a mile, and vistas out of the side windows that are almost entirely obscured by the car’s mahoosive wing mirrors.

You won’t be shocked to learn that the interior is every bit as impressively preserved as its exterior counterpart, and benefits from the light and airy ambience provided by the panoramic roof.

The black and red leather has yet to earn much more than a few light creases around the bolsters - we can all sympathise with that - and the seats are as supportive and purposeful as they are comfortable and welcoming.

The carpets and mats are beyond reproach, as is the headlining.

The door cards are fine, aside from a tiny blemish beneath the window on the driver’s side.

The steering wheel and other controls are in excellent order and, as far as we’re aware, every knob, button, dial and screen does what it’s supposed to do without deviation, hesitation or repetition.

We noticed a small scuff to the trim beneath the light control dial to the right of the dashboard.

The boot is every bit as good as the rest of it.  
 

Peering into the cowl-covered engine bay won’t tell you much, but it is an impressive-looking bit of kit and everything that’s visible appears to be in its right and proper place.

The engine, a small plaque tells us, was ‘handcrafted’ by a chap called Enrico Kahl.

We think he did a very good job.

The undersides of the car look as solid, sound and secure as you would hope and expect.

The car comes with a digital service history which shows that the first three services came via main dealer L&L Inc Ltd of Stevenage.

The others are courtesy of reputed marque specialists.

The car comes with a set of books, guides and manuals, full sets of keys, a recent HPI report, and a V5C.

There are also spec sheet print-outs listing all the various add-ons and options that come with the ‘Premium’ package.

The car’s MoT certificate is valid until 23.9.25 and comes with no advisories whatsoever.
 

This is a seriously impressive bit of kit, and we like it all the more because it successfully balances old old-school looks and cave-man manners with all manner of precision-focussed, high-tech ride and handling characteristics.

One thing is for sure.

You will never grow weary of listening to a masterpiece of an engine that has the guttural power and sonorous fury to make birds fall from the sky and grown men fall to their knees and make the sign of the cross.

Mercy.

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