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THE MERCEDES AMG GT S is a very capable and appealing sports car. It is nimble and extremely quick and offers great road handling and driving fun to its owners.
Outside:
This two-door coupe has a long, shapely and assertively styled bonnet. It has bold front lights, LED daytime lights and a purposeful large grille. That classic coupe shape swoops down gracefully towards the rear, which has narrow brake lights and large twin exhaust pipes. It sits on 20-inch alloys.
Inside:
The cockpit is just as studied looking, with a large transmission tunnel which is home to eight driver function buttons that are laid out in a V shape. There is a wing-shaped dashboard, stylised air vents and centre console with AMG drive unit.
There are low-slung, sculpted electronically controlled AMG Sports seats and an AMG-performance leather multifunction steering wheel, which is fully adjustable.
The car is equipped with the COMAND Online multimedia system. Based around a dashboard-mounted 8.4-inch colour display, the system offers 3D map navigation, in-car internet access, hands-free capabilities, a wealth of music and video entertainment options, and an AUX jack and Bluetooth.
This car is finished in a striking two-tone red pepper and black Nappa leather.
The safety features on this car are substantial, as you would expect from Mercedes and include; multiple airbags, driver knee airbag, side airbag, side impact protection, traction control, cruise control, onboard computer, stop and start system, EPS, ABS, remote central locking, immobiliser and remote controlled alarm.
The lights, windows and mirrors are all automatic and the cabin comes with dual air-con and ISOFIX anchor points.
Under the hood:
This car is powered by a 4.0-litre bi-turbo engine that delivers a massive 520hp at 6,250rpm and peak torque of 650Nm arriving at 1,750rpm and staying until 4,750rpm.
The Mercedes AMG GT S has a top speed of 310km/h and goes 0 to 100km/h in 3.8 seconds. It has a combined fuel economy figure of 9.4 litres/100km and falls into tax band F, which means it is €1,200 to tax a year.
If this is your dream car, contact Ballsbridge Motors who will be happy to arrange a test drive and persuade you to part with the €249,950 asking price.
Well we can all sleep peacefully now that that’s sorted.
Not the best comparison really considering he retorted with a figure for the domestic market rather than all operated markets combined.
The greed of the music companies is line one endless stream. The artists complaints are a joke. Plays on Spotify are like having your ads paid for
Streams on Spotify are a pittance and a poor source of income for musicians. More power to her if she wants to remove her music from Spotify. She clearly doesn’t need it as she’s by far the best selling artist this year.
Taylor Swift and her record company are just in it for the prestige of record breaking sales and the history books, not people who listen to the music. Nowhere is questioned what is better for the consumer (or fans as they used to be known)?
Spotify has obviously not cannibalised the album buying public, as her album has one of the highest number of record sales, which is in addition to any income from streaming and video services.. Spotify replaces the radio, not albums sales, and it gives people to opportunity to spend a small amount to listen (not own) music for a low cost. But not low enough that If all you wanted to listen to was taylor swift, then you could buy her back catalogue for less than a few months of spotify.
What the record company don’t get is that the spotify income, small as it is compared to if everyone who listened to a track bought the album instead, is a top up from people who would just download it from a torrent, or listen to it on the radio. It is never about being paid for their work, as she has the highest income per effort in the world, but instead just making sure parents pay what a record company exec told her each fan was worth.
She is probably the most popular pop artist out there at the moment and she would only make €400k/year on Spotify? Most artists must only be making pennies on it
I like her songs.
don’t know why. but her and her songs really annoy me, even more than Cheryl cole
Oooooh no, she only earned €398,000 in the last 12 months. Boo focking Hoo.
Taylor Swift and music in the same sentence . . . ? Jaysus.
Nope.
Maybe?
Depends!
On?
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