CAR WARS! Sports Car SHOWDOWN: Mercedes-AMG GT C vs. Porsche 911 Carrera T

Although everyone is getting all hot and bothered about sport-utility vehicles and trucks, I am still sticking to my guns. I adore sports cars.

And if you're in the market for one right now — lucky you — you're probably left scratching your head as you search for a real driver's car. It's tough to find one these days.

But as the keen folks at Autocar noted in this head-to-head showdown, there's still two vehicles available for drivers. That would be the Mercedes-AMG GT C and the Porsche 911 Carrera T.

To me this is going to be a helluva test. That's because they're sports cars that do things in a completely different fashion. Let's see: A grunty, front-mounted V8 with amenities to spare. Or, a more high strung six-cylinder hanging off the back of this more focused 911?

Let's see the verdict play out, below.



For the road, the GT C is the best version of Mercedes-AMG's V8 sports car. Is the Carrera T the sweet spot of the Porsche 911 range, too?

To find out, we drive both cars back-to-back on some of our favourite roads. In the process, we realise that sometimes less really is more.

MDarringer - 8/18/2018 6:39:13 PM

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I'd prefer the AMGGT because the engine is in the right place.

MBKing - 8/19/2018 6:19:51 PM

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Is the AMG GT mid-engined? That is rad!

MDarringer - 8/19/2018 8:24:47 PM

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No, dumbass. It's up front where God and nature intended it.

delan - 8/19/2018 9:49:30 PM

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Be kind.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 8/19/2018 10:16:12 PM

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@MD It is actually so far back in the AMG-GT chassis it is known as having front-mid engine configuration.

MDarringer - 8/19/2018 10:29:02 PM

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@CC it's still front engined and you only said that to attempt to appear to be more knowledgeable--and you most decidedly aren't, but you got esoteric and lost.

@delan Why? No one here is kind. Stop being a hypocrite.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 8/19/2018 10:50:36 PM

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@MD I actually posted to show that both you and @MBKing are correct. But once again you choose to be nasty instead of trying to get along with the group.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 8/19/2018 6:49:39 PM

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@Agent00R Thanks for posting. It is a good comparison. There is a convertible AMG-GT in my area. In white. It is so low and so very wide, it just screams exotic. I would not be unhappy with either car so long as I still could have a truck for my dog, 24hr MTB events and ski trips.