Your Audio Treat For The Day: AMG GT On-Board Audio From COTA
The Engine in Mercedes’ AMG GT3 race car is one of AMG’s best. But from the audio you’re about to hear, it’s not what you’d expect.
Racing rules are funny sometimes. Balance of performance (or BoP) is either loved or hated by fans and race teams alike, depending on which side of the naughty stick you’re on. For Mercedes-AMG, they’ve had an interesting birth with their AMG GT3, necessitating the use of the old M156 V8 instead of the smaller turbo V8 from the road-going AMG GT. What does that mean? Pure audio ecstasy, that’s what.
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With no pesky turbos to flounder the 6.3 V8’s baritone voice, it truly makes for a spine-tingling sound. We miss that AMG has parted ways with the madness of a big bore V8 for its road cars. But you can re-live it throughout this IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season in the AMG GT3. Recorded by the Marshall Pruitt podcast, nearly 30 minutes of pure in-car audio will give your speakers and headphones a thorough workout.
If you’re wondering what it’s like to ride inside the AMG GT3 at Circuit of the Americas, this is about as close as you’ll get. We’ve got this one saved for background noise on days when the heaviest of metal music just won’t do.
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