Mercedes-AMG reveals 1,153 hp electric GT 4-Door Coupe
Mercedes-AMG's electric GT 4-Door Coupe packs 1,153 hp, 600-kW charging and a 2.0-second 0-60 sprint, with U.S. sales due later in 2026.
Mercedes-AMG has turned its electric performance ambitions into a production plan, unveiling the new AMG GT 4-Door Coupe with up to 1,153 horsepower, 1,475 lb-ft of torque and a claimed 0-60 mph time of 2.0 seconds. Built on the AMG.EA high-performance architecture, the sedan is the first series-production electric vehicle to use axial-flux motors, a technology Mercedes developed with YASA.
The company says the car uses three axial-flux motors and an 800-volt battery pack with directly cooled cylindrical cells designed for repeated, sustained performance. Its charging capability is equally aggressive: Mercedes says the car can accept up to 600 kW, adding about 460 kilometers of WLTP range in as little as 10 minutes. For AMG, the message is clear. The brand is trying to show that an electric sedan can deliver the kind of acceleration, thermal management and charging speed that once belonged only to combustion-powered halo cars.
Mercedes is also leaning hard on the emotional side of the formula. The AMG GT 4-Door Coupe will offer AMG ACTIVE RIDE CONTROL, active aerodynamics and a synthetic V8-style sound experience meant to preserve part of the brand’s traditional character in an electric era. That combination of spectacle and engineering signals how Mercedes-AMG sees its next chapter: not as a retreat from performance identity, but as a redefinition of it.
The production model follows the CONCEPT AMG GT XX, which Mercedes says covered 40,075 kilometers, or 24,901 miles, in 7 days, 13 hours, 24 minutes and 7 seconds at Nardò in southern Italy. That endurance run, which took place from August 16 to 25, 2025, set 25 long-distance records, averaged around 5,300 kilometers per day and relied on average charging power of roughly 850 kW during short stops. The concept’s drag coefficient of 0.198 helped frame the prototype as more than a styling exercise.
Mercedes-Benz says U.S. dealerships will receive the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe later in 2026, beginning with the Mercedes-AMG GT 55 4-Door Coupe, followed by the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4-Door Coupe in early 2027. Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG are promoting the launch with Brad Pitt and George Russell, underscoring how central the model is to the company’s electric future.
The broader question goes beyond Affalterbach. Mercedes is placing its most advanced EV technology in a luxury performance flagship, at a moment when mainstream buyers still care just as much about price, charging access and everyday usability as they do about headline horsepower. The new AMG suggests the premium end of the market is still setting the pace, even as the industry waits to see how much of that innovation will filter down.
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