Lots of trends could be symbolic of the automotive industry in the 2020s. Maybe your mind goes to the mass electrification movement, or the way the entire industry quickly backed away from it when it became clear people weren't buying enough electric cars . Maybe you think of the all the screens that have covered an ever-growing share of new cars' interiors.
These aspects of modern car design (and many more) continue to be the butt of a lot of jokes and the subject of a lot of criticism. However, there's one other part of the car world in the 2020s that doesn't get talked about enough: the horsepower war. Everyone has been scrambling to squeeze ridiculous, unnecessary horsepower outputs from cars that don't need it, seemingly just for bragging rights.
This has been going on for quite some time, but it's now reaching new levels of ridiculousness. If you ask me, none of these cars need the heinous amounts of power their powertrains produce, regardless of the bragging power that those outputs come with. Let's have a look at some of the biggest offenders.
.. The Mercedes-AMG GT recently entered its second generation , sharing its platform with the latest SL-Class.
It has an attractive exterior, a twin-turbo V8 under the hood (surprisingly), and a huge central infotainment setup. The GT 63 offers up 577 hp from said V8, and the new GT 63 Pro bumps that up to 612 hp. That's plenty either way, but someone from the engineering team apparently thought "we need more.
" Enter the GT 63 E .