Mercedes-AMG GT R Vs. Porsche 911 GT2 RS: The Numbers

Two stupidly powerful rear-wheel drive super-sports cars. But which wins the numbers game?

By: Victoria Parrott

Dec 29, 2017 at 7:20am ET

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Are they supercars? Are they sports cars? Well, who really knows, and who really cares about the semantics - they're both hilariously powerful rear-wheel drive coupes, and we want to know which one would win in a good old game of Top Trumps.

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The cars

The Mercedes-AMG GT R arrived in a lurid green flurry of extravagantly long bonnet and anti-social V8 savageness, and we love it. It's lairy without being terrifying, precise without being characterless. The Porsche 911 GT2 RS might have a two fewer cylinders, but the evergreen appeal of Porsche's rear-engined sports car is still strong in this bonkers take on the rear-engined icon. We've driven both, and neither is the widow-maker you might be expecting considering the amount of power going to the rear wheels, but here's how they stack up on the figures:

	Mercedes-AMG GT R	Porsche 911 GT2 RS
Price	$157,000	$293,200
Engine	Biturbocharged 4.0-Liter V8	Biturbocharged 3.8-Liter H6
Transmission	7-Speed DCT	7-Speed DCT
Drivetrain	Rear-wheel drive	Rear-wheel drive
Power	577 hp at 6,250rpm	690 hp at 7,000rpm
Torque	516 lb-ft at 1,900 - 5,500rpm	553 lb-ft at 2,500-4,500rpm
Power to weight	354 hp per tonne	447 hp per tonne
0-62mph	3.6 seconds	2.8 seconds
Top speed	198 mph (314 kph)	211 mph (340 kph)
CO2 emissions	259 g/km	269 g/km
Seats	2	2
Length	4,551 mm	4,549 mm
Width	2,075mm (inc. mirrors)	1,978mm (incl. mirrors)
Height	1,284 mm	1,297 mm
Wheelbase	2,630 mm	2,453 mm
Weight	3,594 lbs (1,630 kg)	3,406 lbs (1,545 kg)
Fuel tank capacity	85 liters	64 liters

Which one wins?

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Well, it's got to go to the Porsche. Truthfully, this is an unfair fight given the Porsche's much higher price and power output, but in spirit and execution there are a lot of similarities between these two hairy-chested rear-wheel drive coupes. In fact, the AMG GT-R held the Nurburgring lap record for rear-wheel drive production cars with a time of 7:10.9 minutes, until the Porsche 911 GT2 RS set an astonishing time of 6:47.3 minutes.