Impressive.   I fondly recall when the AMG Hammer preceded the Porsche variant too.  Car and Driver had a coupé version of the Hammer and I used to see it often around the U of M campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Little did I know that years later one of my business associates was the then head of CBS media and oversaw Car and Driver and Road & Track.  That car caused him much angst as it was a major hit to the budget.