Philipp Hagenburger, president and CEO, Mercedes-Benz Singapore, at the launch of the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe at Ritz-Carlton hotel.The BMW 8 Series Gran Coupe makes its world debut in Munich next week.MERCEDES-BENZ has a car for the highly successful, and it's called the S-Class. The sumptuous, stately sedan has been the brand's flagship since 1972. But plush limousines are no longer top dog at Mercedes, nor at arch-rival BMW.
With all that muscle under the bonnet, the GT 4-Door Coupe slingshots to 100km/h in just 3.2 seconds and can accelerate all the way to 315km/h, which should give its owner plenty to brag about. "The Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door Coupe is for the driven and ambitious," he told The Business Times."It appeals to the individual who shares the pursuit of every adventure with those closest and dearest to them."
The first such model to bear that model number and name, the new BMW is uncannily similar to Mercedes-AMG's GT 4-Door; it's roughly the same size, comes with all-wheel drive and four wheel steering, has a silhouette sporty enough to turn heads, and offers practical features such as four doors and five seats .
Uwe Greiner, the 8 Series product manager, told BT that fast four-door coupes are gaining popularity around the world."This idea works everywhere," he said. BMW also produces two-door versions of the 8 Series , but Mr Greiner expects the Gran Coupe to outsell both of those cars combined. While it's impossible to say whether buyers switched from BMW or Mercedes to Porsche, the Panamera sold 235,000 units in its first 10 years, a significant number at the top end of the market. In comparison, BMW sold 56,000 7 Series cars last year, down 12.9 per cent from 2017, while Mercedes sold 83,800 of the S-Class .