Mercedes-Benz AMG GT vs Lexus LC500

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Mercedes-Benz AMG GT
Mercedes-Benz AMG GT

$249,900 - $418,900

2025 price

Lexus LC500
Lexus LC500

2021 price

Summary

2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT
2021 Lexus LC500
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Bi Turbo V8, 4.0L

V8, 5.0L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Premium Unleaded Petrol
Fuel Efficiency
14.6L/100km (combined)

12.7L/100km (combined)
Seating
4

4
Dislikes
  • Firm ride
  • Road/tyre noise intrusion
  • No spare wheel

  • Disconnect from the drive experience
  • Lexus trackpad tech persists
  • Thirsty
2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT Summary

Once upon a time, people would dream about owning a Mercedes-Benz 450SLC – the C107 sports/luxury coupe flagship of the 1970s.

Sexy, stylish, secure and incredibly solid, it embodied the brand’s ‘Engineered Like No Other Car' mantra of the era.

Today’s all-new, second-generation, C192 AMG GT Coupe is something of an indirect descendant of this sort of thinking, changing tack from its supercar-esque 2014 C190 predecessor, with more space, more seats, more sensibility and, conversely, even more steak and sizzle from its glorious V8.

A modern-day SLC? The Porsche 911, Aston Martin DB12, Maserati GranTurismo and Bentley Continental GT’s worst nightmare? Or something else entirely?

These questions and more are answered below.

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2021 Lexus LC500 Summary

Being a true Jack of all trades in the car world is rare. 

Generally speaking, a vehicle is either capable or comfortable. Attractive or aerodynamic. Practical or performance orientated. And problems arise when cars try to do all those things well, all at the same time.

Which make the Lexus LC 500 Convertible such an interesting proposition. Because it is, without doubt, stylish, and lavishly equipped. It’s also rather large and rather heavy. All of which is perfect for cruising the Bondi foreshore.

But it’s also equipped with a thumping V8 engine and a throaty exhaust that sounds like bricks in a blender on the overrun. It’s stiffer than the LFA supercar, and plenty powerful, which should deliver one of Lexus’ sportiest-ever drives. 

So can the LC 500 really do it all? Let’s find out. 

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