In Affalterbach, where speed feels less like a goal and more like a native language, Mercedes-AMG is preparing to redraw the limits of what its road and race cars can be. The promise is simple but audacious: the most extreme Black Series ever created, developed alongside a next-generation GT3 racer that aims to dominate customer racing grids around the world.
At the centre of this dual assault sits the CONCEPT AMG GT TRACK SPORT, a machine that was never meant to be a mere showpiece. Instead, it acts as a rolling laboratory, a testbed where engineering ambition is pushed to its logical extreme. What began as a concept has matured into the foundation for two very real performance weapons, each shaped by the same DNA but destined for different battlegrounds.
For the road-going Black Series, the philosophy remains unchanged yet intensified. This is not a car designed to flirt with performance, it is built to wrestle it into submission. The TRACK SPORT concept bridges the gap between racing purity and road legality, carrying forward a lineage that has defined the Black Series badge since its inception in 2006. From the early days of the SLK 55 AMG Black Series to today, the mission has always been to distil motorsport into something you can drive beyond the pit lane.
That lineage traces back even further, to the founding vision of Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher. Their ambition was never just to build fast cars, but to translate the relentless demands of racing into road machines that feel alive with intent. The upcoming Black Series appears ready to carry that torch with unprecedented intensity, shaped by lessons learned not only on test tracks but on some of Europe’s most punishing circuits.
Since late 2025, prototypes have been undergoing rigorous testing at venues like Immendingen, Bilster Berg, Portimão and Monteblanco, before moving onto the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the ultimate proving ground. Camouflaged in striking yellow-green and red accents, these development cars signal a clear visual identity for what lies ahead, with distinct colour coding separating the GT3 racer from its road-legal sibling.
While the Black Series channels racing aggression into a road-legal form, the new GT3 represents the next evolution of AMG’s customer racing ambitions. Built on years of success that began with the SLS AMG GT3 and continued through the current GT3 platform, the new model is being developed to raise the bar in performance, safety and competitiveness. The creation of Affalterbach Racing GmbH underscores just how serious AMG is about maintaining its edge in global GT competition.
Voices from within AMG reinforce the scale of ambition behind the project. Michael Schiebe has described the upcoming Black Series as the most extreme ever, while also positioning the GT3 successor as a future benchmark in motorsport. Meanwhile, Christoph Sagemüller has emphasised the importance of continuous testing and development, ensuring the new GT3 builds on AMG’s already formidable racing legacy.
What makes this moment particularly compelling is how tightly intertwined these two machines are. One exists to conquer lap times within the strict frameworks of GT3 regulations, the other to deliver an unfiltered slice of that same intensity to the road. Together, they represent a singular philosophy: performance without compromise, whether measured by trophies or by the visceral experience behind the wheel.
In many ways, the CONCEPT AMG GT TRACK SPORT is less a bridge and more a fuse, igniting a new chapter for Mercedes-AMG. One that suggests the future of performance will not be diluted by regulation or softened by expectation, but sharpened by it. The next Black Series and GT3 are not just evolutions, they are declarations, carved in carbon fibre and tested at the edge of possibility.
