Affalterbach adopts plug-in hybrid tech for its most powerful production model yet When Mercedes-AMG was celebrating its 50th anniversary at the Geneva show in 2017, it unwrapped what then boss Tobias Moers introduced as only its third “autonomously developed” sports car (following the SLS and GT).The name of the Mercedes-GT Concept wasn’t a great guide to its intended role within Affalterbach’s model range: it was to be the firm’s first four-door model. But what was most interesting about the car wasn’t its practicality but its powertrain. Rather than the hand-built V8 you normally associate with AMG, it had a performance hybrid powertrain offering four-wheel drive – and a little over 800bhp.Six years later, both Mercedes and its performance outpost feel like different companies. But finally, the super-hybrid we were promised before we had even seen the production version of what would become the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door has now gone on sale.Predating the more controversial new four-cylinder C63, the GT 63 S E Performance became AMG’s first- ever plug-in hybrid at market launch in 2022. It is nothing less than the most powerful series-production AMG road car yet made, and combines in-house-developed, high- performance battery technology with a hybrid drive concept unlike any seen elsewhere in the industry.The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 line-up at a glanceWith Affalterbach’s two-door sibling sports car off sale until the launch of the new-generation model later this year, the Mercedes-AMG GT line-up is currently greatly reduced.When the GT 63 four-door was introduced in 2018, it could be had in standard and S forms, but the lower-end version didn’t stay on sale for long. So today the choice is between the unelectrified GT 63 S, with its 630bhp, and this new E Performance hybrid range-topper.Options include special paint finishes and leather upholstery treatments, an aerodynamic bodystyling kit and Mercedes’ Driving Assistance Plus package.VersionpowerpriceGT 63 S 4Matic+630bhp£156,415GT 63 S E Performance831bhp£178,800
Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance 4dr Coupe
Affalterbach adopts plug-in hybrid tech for its most powerful production model yet
When Mercedes-AMG was celebrating its 50th anniversary at the Geneva show in 2017, it unwrapped what then boss Tobias Moers introduced as only its third “autonomously developed” sports car (following the SLS and GT).The name of the Mercedes-GT Concept wasn’t a great guide to its intended role within Affalterbach’s model range: it was to be the firm’s first four-door model. But what was most interesting about the car wasn’t its practicality but its powertrain. Rather than the hand-built V8 you normally associate with AMG, it had a performance hybrid powertrain offering four-wheel drive – and a little over 800bhp.Six years later, both Mercedes and its performance outpost feel like different companies. But finally, the super-hybrid we were promised before we had even seen the production version of what would become the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door has now gone on sale.Predating the more controversial new four-cylinder C63, the GT 63 S E Performance became AMG’s first- ever plug-in hybrid at market launch in 2022. It is nothing less than the most powerful series-production AMG road car yet made, and combines in-house-developed, high- performance battery technology with a hybrid drive concept unlike any seen elsewhere in the industry.The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 line-up at a glanceWith Affalterbach’s two-door sibling sports car off sale until the launch of the new-generation model later this year, the Mercedes-AMG GT line-up is currently greatly reduced.When the GT 63 four-door was introduced in 2018, it could be had in standard and S forms, but the lower-end version didn’t stay on sale for long. So today the choice is between the unelectrified GT 63 S, with its 630bhp, and this new E Performance hybrid range-topper.Options include special paint finishes and leather upholstery treatments, an aerodynamic bodystyling kit and Mercedes’ Driving Assistance Plus package.VersionpowerpriceGT 63 S 4Matic+630bhp£156,415GT 63 S E Performance831bhp£178,800