In the race to own the minds of couch-bound racers, Microsoft's Forza and Sony's Gran Turismo video game series have played a eight-year leapfrog match, with each new generation using ever-swelling oceans of polygons and physics simulators to create the most realistic worlds possible inside a game console.

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/mercedes-benz-amg-vision-gran-turismo-brings-video-122636534.html

What do you think?

I haven't made my mind up yet whether it's quite cool or quite ugly, but I think they have tried to design something modern inspired by this....

These supercars are just all the same and useless..

A good S class is just good enough !

^ I'd call it more of a fantasy car then a super car, ^^ This design is independently done by a video game design team not Mercedes so they had little influence on the final outcome, it just happens to be Mercedes Silver Arrow finish as that is Mercedes trademark..

It looks crazy....but I like it.

It certainly isn't lacking in flash.. Could you imagine driving this around Thailand? Well it's a bit too low for that but it'd be pretty cool..

It looks very 'Marcos LM500'...

If in real life you owned something like that it says to the World, I have a colossal ego !

IMO: The SLS shows an excellent level of Bling vs Restraint...

If you like the early Corvettes then you will like this.

^ I'd call it more of a fantasy car then a super car, ^^ This design is independently done by a video game design team not Mercedes so they had little influence on the final outcome, it just happens to be Mercedes Silver Arrow finish as that is Mercedes trademark..

MERCEDES-BENZ AMG VISION GRAN TURISMO (IMAGES) - For the new PlayStation® 3 racing game Gran Turismo® 6, the Mercedes-Benz designers have developed the visionary concept of a super sports car – the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo. Extreme proportions, sensual contours and intelligently implemented high tech blend to form a body that visually brings to life the breathtaking performance of 430 kW (585 hp) and 800 Nm of torque. As a 1:1-scale model, the Mercedes-Benz AMG V...ision Gran Turismo is celebrating its world premiere on 19 November 2013 at the opening of the new Mercedes Benz Research & Development Center in Sunnyvale, California. The super sports car with its hallmark Mercedes gullwing doors will be taking to the virtual racetrack when the new racing game goes on sale in December 2013 – as the first of the "Vision Gran Turismo" series of vehicles.

To mark the 15th birthday of the popular Gran Turismo® series this year, Kazunori Yamauchi, Producer of Gran Turismo series and President of Polyphony Digital Inc., called upon the world's leading automotive manufacturers and design studios to look forward into the future. Using the theme "Vision Gran Turismo", these creative teams were to develop concept models which give a unique insight into the further development of the automobile. As virtual vehicles that nonetheless function just like a real car, the visionary concepts will be gradually unveiled in and integrated into the new game Gran Turismo® 6 through online updates.

EXTREME PROPORTIONS AND VARIABLE LED RADIATOR GRILLE

"By virtue of its proportions and expressive appearance, the Mercedes-Benz AMG Vision Gran Turismo embodies the brand's defining design philosophy of sensual purity in a unique way. The design of this concept car reflects to extreme effect the perfect symbiosis between emotional, sensuous contours and intelligently presented high tech," says Gorden Wagener, Vice President Design Daimler AG.

Looks like the love child of a Dodge Viper, an Aston Martin and a Mazda prototype.

Heh, yeah I guess it does ..

The fantasy continues in a nice video here : http://www.carsguide.com.au/news-and-reviews/car-news/mercedes_amg_vision_gran_turismo_revealed_20131118?origin=hpspot