Anyone that believes a proper AMG Mercedes should only be powered by a big, loud V8 engine, look away now, as this is a news story about the high-performance brand's first-ever full EV. It's called the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe and there's a lot to unpack.
It looks familiar...
Indeed, while the new GT 4-Door is unlike anything else in the Mercedes lineup today, it was preceded by the Concept GT XX of 2025, and it certainly retains that vehicle's overall shape, including the unusual six rear lights.
The showroom model has far more aggressive detailing, though, such as the big scowling grille up front, not to mention a rear window you can see out of. It's still undeniably a dramatic-looking car, if perhaps not what you'd label beautiful.
Mercedes-AMG refers to the new GT 4-Door's active aerodynamics as 'AeroKinetics'. There are two hidden active elements under the car shaped to make use of the Venturi effect, for a start, using the airflow to suck the car down, to the benefit of stability and high-speed cornering.
More obvious (well, if it's deployed) is the active rear spoiler. This is neatly integrated with the smooth bodywork at lower speeds, but from 80km/h on its angle adjusts to suit the situation and driving settings, either offering maximum downforce or low aerodynamic drag. The driver may put it into its most prominent position at the touch of a button on the steering wheel if they wish.
The front grille - allowing air in to cool the battery pack - and the brake-cooling inlets either side also feature active elements that are controlled over nine discrete steps depending on the temperature of certain components and the speed of the car.
Working with all these measures is air suspension that adjusts the ride height in two stages to reduce drag and the centre of gravity, while buyers can even specify aerodynamically optimised alloy wheels.
Mercedes-AMG claims that one of the 21-inch rim designs increases the GT 4-Door's WLTP range by 14 kilometres, while fitting certain tyres can increase it by 30km.
Does the AMG GT 4-Door go far on a charge?
There are two different versions of the car at launch - the GT 63 and the GT 55. Both use the same 106kWh battery pack (that's the usable energy figure), actively liquid cooled. For the 63, the WLTP range is 596-696km depending on specification, and the GT 55 is roughly the same at 597-700km.
More newsworthy is this car's peak DC-charging speed, which is quoted as 600kW. And yes, we know there aren't any such chargers in Ireland today, but they do exist elsewhere in the world. Use one of them and, in theory, the AMG GT can take in 460km of range in 10 minutes.
It can manage 11kW on three-phase AC chargers, too, though good luck achieving those range figures with the temptation of all the performance on tap...
Ah yes, does this car really have over 1,000hp?!
Yes, though it's not as simple as that. Both variants of the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe use three axial-flux electric motors, which are renowned for their power and torque density. In the GT 55, the motors can produce a total 510hp continuously, peaking to 816hp for up to 55 seconds at a time.
A maximum torque figure of 1,800Nm is quoted, as is a 0-100km/h time of just 2.8 seconds. And this is the 'slower' model...
The GT 63's continuous peak power output is 721hp, peaking to the headline-grabbing 1,169hp for up to 63 seconds (see what they did there?), while the motors can put out up to 2,000Nm in this car as well.
Mercedes-AMG publishes a 0-100km/h time of as little as 2.1 seconds for the 63, although that's using the "one-foot-rollout” method not usually quoted in this part of the world. Still, a proper 0-100km/h time of 2.4 seconds is hardly unimpressive, is it?
Quite. And how will the chassis cope?
We won't know for sure until we get to drive the car, but AMG has thrown its full expertise at the GT 4-Door. Of the three motors, two of them are on the rear axle, one for each wheel. They're not joined so there's no need for a traditional differential, while their individual operation means advanced torque vectoring is made possible.
AMG Active Ride Control suspension with semi-active roll stabilisation is fitted as standard, too. This means air springs that allow for three different ride heights, with adjustable damping as well. What's more, the shock absorbers come with interconnected hydraulic elements that obviate the need for anti-roll bars, actively adjusting the roll stiffness depending on a variety of factors.
Helping with a feeling of agility (and reducing the turning circle) at lower speeds is active rear-axle steering, turning the back wheels up to six degrees in the opposite direction to the fronts at up to 80km/h, then just a single degree in the same direction as the front wheels above that to aid stability. Unusually the front brakes in the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe are carbon-ceramic while the rears are steel.
Can the driver tweak the way the car drives?
As ever in a modern AMG car, the driver has a wealth of settings to adjust, allowing them set up the car to their preferences at any given moment, and the GT 4-Door gets a few new modes that need explaining.
The driving programmes we're used to are Comfort, Sport, Race, Slippery and Individual, while the GT 4-Door also features AMGForce Sport+ and Eco. All of them alter the brake-energy regeneration, sound, stability control, steering, suspension and response to the accelerator.
Most of them are self-explanatory, but it's worth delving into what happens in AMGForce Sport+, as this brings with it a "V8 experience.” Using recordings from the AMG GT R, a full soundscape was created for the GT 4-Door. This is played inside and outside the car while the electric powertrain simulates gear shifts. The driver can even choose to manually 'change gear' using the paddles behind the wheel.
Then there's launch control, which comes with its own build-up of sound and ambient lighting, while the seatbelts tighten to hold everyone in place and, bizarrely, the whole vehicle vibrates before you release the brake pedal for maximum acceleration.
If you've just rolled your eyes at all this, then perhaps the Race mode is for you, as it's designed to get the GT 4-Door around a racetrack as quickly as possible, without gimmickry. Via the AMG Track Pace system, drivers can choose from a Drift Mode, Drag Race or Track Race (ok, perhaps there is a little gimmickry), while the AMG Race Engineer Control Unit is enabled.
That means the three dials on the centre console, allowing the driver to customise their favourite levels of Response Control, Agility Control and Traction Control.
Can you talk us around the rest of the cabin?
The GT 4-Door's interior is clearly from the school of Mercedes design, but it's more lavishly trimmed than most of its siblings, with a strong focus on sportiness. The flat-bottomed steering wheel is part carbon fibre as pictured and retains the excellent AMG satellite control buttons to allow quick and easy tweaking of the car's dynamics.
Behind is a large digital dashboard with massive circular air vents either side. The driver's instruments and the central touchscreen are housed together and angled towards the driver, while the front-seat passenger gets a touchscreen of their own.
Between them is a high-set centre console with air vents, wireless charging pads, storage and cupholders, along with the AMG Race Engineer Control Unit detailed above. And the doors are particularly extravagant in their trim. Despite the large battery pack underneath, the seats are set quite low, while the doors use frameless glass.
In the back, there are just two sculpted seats, though the battery pack underneath was designed specifically to make room for rear-seat passengers' feet. These recesses are called "footgarages.”
On the subject of practicalities, the boot is accessed via an electrically opening tailgate and holds up to 415 litres of luggage, while there's a frunk as well in the nose, measuring 41 litres. Usefully, this can be popped opened by simply swiping your finger near it when the key is on your person.
So it's a practical family car as well?
We don't think that's what AMG was going for. The engineering and technical specifications suggest that the GT 4-Door is more a four-door sports car than it is a traditional Grand Tourer. It's of comparable size to the Polestar 5, for example, but has a more sporting bent, like the Porsche Taycan.
And as Mercedes-AMG has nothing else like it on its books, we have no idea how much it will cost in Ireland. Somewhere the wrong side of €200,000 seems appropriate. And yet we'd not be shocked if it turned out to be double or triple that.