{"id":17140,"date":"2026-05-20T22:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/17140\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:08:49","slug":"mercedes-amg-gt-4-door-coupe-event-recap-brad-pitt-blink-182","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/17140\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-AMG GT 4\u2011Door Coup\u00e9 Event Recap: Brad Pitt, Blink-182"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pmc-ecomm-disclaimer\">\n\tIf you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEmotion is the biggest hurdle for any automaker releasing a new electric car. For a brand like Mercedes\u2011AMG, whose ethos is historically one of excitement and smiles-per-gallon, that\u2019s doubly true. It\u2019s also probably why Tuesday night\u2019s launch of Mercedes\u2011AMG\u2019s new electric GT 4\u2011Door Coup\u00e9 was literally a rock show, complete with smoking tires, pyrotechnics, A-listers, and a performance by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/product-recommendations\/lifestyle\/shop-vans-off-the-wall-sneakers-travis-barker-interview-1235532279\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Blink-182<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe event transformed L.A.\u2019s iconic Sixth Street Bridge into \u201can Autobahn,\u201d where roughly 600 guests gathered in a grandstand to watch the proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26C0166_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMercedes-Benz AG<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tGuests, who included stars like Jacob Elordi, Mercedes F1 driver Kimi Antonelli, and some of the car world\u2019s most recognizable faces, entered by walking past a collection of AMG classics. On the grandstand in the middle of the bridge, they watched a trio of GT 4\u2011Door Coup\u00e9s fly out, tires smoking, and race across the bridge into the sunset.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26C0166_056.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"683\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMercedes-Benz AG<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMaybe more notably, guests also heard the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/cars\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cars\" data-tag=\"cars\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cars<\/a> tearing up the makeshift Autobahn. In AMGFORCE Sport+ drive mode, the car emits a recording of AMG internal-combustion V-8 engines that adapts, in real time, to driving situations. That means you\u2019ll hear idle rumble, revving, and roaring at red line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe cars returned to the grandstands, and F1 driver George Russell and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-features\/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-sequel-everything-we-know-1235513348\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brad Pitt<\/a> stepped out. Pitt will serve as the ambassador of the GT 4\u2011Door Coup\u00e9 campaign. Speaking with Russell about the new car\u2019s driving experience, Mercedes-AMG boss Michael Schiebe remarked that it makes the driver wonder, \u201cwhat\u2019s my age again?\u201d This was (obviously) followed by a surprise performance by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/blink-182\/\" id=\"auto-tag_blink-182\" data-tag=\"blink-182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blink-182<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/26C0166_058-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"683\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMercedes-Benz AG<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, and Travis Barker emerged from the wings, kicking off the show with the teased song. The nine-song, 30-minute show covered other hits like Feeling This, I Miss You, The Rock Show, and Dammit to wrap up. And real fans needn\u2019t have worried: Despite it being a corporate event, the band delivered their usual vulgarity, from dick jokes to stories about handjobs in Mercedes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20951],"tags":[5068,20952,5354,3622,20953,20954],"class_list":["post-17140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mercedes-benz","tag-blink-182","tag-brad-pitt","tag-cars","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-noads","tag-rs-recommends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}