This time on PowerDrift, there's rain!
Lots of it!
And Raunak tries to convince me that a modern supercar...
Can be simple...
And that I can leave my JDMs aside!
And also that the all-new Mercedes-AMG GT R
Can be fun!
Sure looks like it!
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Have the world is running around trying to make...
Cars more complicated.
And unnecessarily so!
Honestly, it's just overwhelming after a while.
And that is why I like older sports cars!
Because
Think about it, they're cheaper!
They're lighter...
They're easier to maintain.
Did I mention they're cheaper?
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And what if I told you that Mercedes has heard you!
They've actually made a car...
That will cater to your needs, basically.
I mean, my god, just look at it!
I think you're full of it, dude!
You do know it's yellow, right?
Yeah! well, so is my shoes!
Why am I not surprised?
Honestly...
It's not just the designers that had a filed day with this car!
The engineers jumped in...
And left no stone unturned...
To make this car as outrageous on the inside...
As it is on the outside!
So there's a 4-litre twin-turbo V8...
That puts out a ludicurous amount of power!
That rear-wheel steering that turns the rear wheels...
In the opposite direction to the fronts...
Under 100 kmph...
And in the same direction as the fronts...
Upto a maximum of 1.5 degrees once you're past a 100.
And on the top of all that...
There's a very weird-looking...
Yet cool-looking yellow dial over here...
That...
Very cool, but feels kind of an after thought-y...
Doesn't it?
Doesn't really feels like an afterthought but...
What it does is essentially...
It controls nine levels of traction...
Nine!
What other car do you get that in?
Despite all the tech and the complicated bits and bobs...
The AMG GT R has a very singluar motive...
As long as the car is running...
It's only interested in getting you to the end of your journey...
As fast as possible!
I just feel like it's pure...
It's hunkered down...
And it's just always ready to go!
And there are very few cars exactly like this one!
Because the moment you do...
You've struck a bond with it!
It's like a sort of acceptance...
Comes in between you and the GT R.
You constantly get the feeling that it won't indulge you...
When you ask it to go out of its way.
I suspect...
It would probably chuck coolent in your face...
If you took it to buy groceries.
Yo!
You know, the more I drive this car, the more I'm convinced...
That this thing was concieved...
Just to scare the pants off of you.
Speak for yourself.
One thin is for sure, I don't think...
Anybody is going to be robbing any banks...
In this thing anytime soon.
As you'll probably hear it before you see this thing.
Wait, but in this case...
You'll probably see it before you hear it.
No, but that's only because...
Well, I was driving in race mode.
Hence, it was so loud.
Speaking of race mode, you better bounce.
Yup, yup!
Before we go any further...
I've got one final thing...
I wanna try to try and convince you about this car!
Yeah!
Really?
Really!
Really?
Yup, we're here!
This is my last ditch attempt...
To try and make you like this car...
Or even get convinced my it even in the slightest.
What we're gonna do it that you're gonna get behind the wheel.
I wouldn't mind over here man!
He has to be absolutely nuts...
To not fall in love with a car like that!
Let's actually hope he does!
Wow!
HOLY SHI...
Ah, that sound!
The steering!
The way the car shrinks around you!
Yeah, looks like someone is having fun!
I think I get what he was saying...
This thing is restless at slow speeds.
And then there are those massive...
Massive carbon ceramic brakes.
Let's see if those things work.
My face is still on!
Modern sports cars can be fun, I guess.
But I'm not letting him know that.
The fact remains that the GT R...
Is a car for the ages.
It may look big and brutish and fearsome...
But at its core, it's just a child wanting to have a load of fun!
It's sort of like the friend you used to have...
That your parents warned you about.
But you said...
To hell with that!
And went along and had some fun anyway!
It's a potent reminder of the simpler times...
And I don't know about you...
But that's exactly the kind of car we all need.
One that the adult in you will acquire so that...
The child in you can have the purest of laughs...
Once again.
So, are you a believer?
Ah, no man. Didn't really enjoy but...
It's raining too much, we better get out of here.
Oh come on, man!
I guess that's it for Raunak and I...
And also for this crazy experiement.
But yeah, we gotta bounce so...
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