Mercedes-amg GT 4-door
AMG’S four-door, the GT 53, is a beautiful performance limousine, with impressively smooth performance and a stirring soundtrack. Its evil twin is the GT 63 S: the most hardcore Mercedes-benz mix of performance, family car and bling we’ve ever encountered
THE VERY FIRST 100%
AMG CAR WAS THE MAGNIFICENT SLS Coupé with the legendary gullwing doors, paying homage to the iconic Mercedes 300 SL from 1955, accompanied by the beautiful SLS AMG convertible. Mercedes-benz built the stunning SLS in di erent versions between 2010 and 2014.
One year later, the slightly more ‘a ordable’ GT was the second pure AMG car. Several derivatives followed, including this silver performance limousine in front of me, the GT 53: the
rst four-door, four-seater AMG Coupé. e Porsche Panamera rival comes with a 48-volt electrical system, o ering what AMG calls an EQ boost, just to avoid the description ‘mild hybrid’ in connection with their brand. is starter generator between engine and gearbox o ers short bursts of an extra 16kw and 250Nm, pushing the maximum output to an impressive 336kw and 770Nm.
While from the front it looks very much like the GT, it’s not a two-door add-on – rather it’s a longer CLS with a larger boot lid and a di erent interior. e inline six develops gentle power and sounds inspiring, but you somehow wish this powerplant were in a smaller, lighter car.
And then you meet its evil twin.
e friendly looking silver is replaced by menacing black. is brute in a suit is the GT 63 S. Listening to its V8 heart, with the typical apocalyptic AMG bellow, you already adumbrate what you’re in for.
When I was beating the bends of Clarence Drive in this impressive monster from the small German village of A alterbach, it was the most powerful Mercedesbenz ever built.
en, shortly a erwards, AMG virtually launched the GT Black Series, based on their very successful GT3 race car. It has an incredible power output of 730hp (537kw), compared to the already mindblowing 639hp (477kw) of the
GT 63 S.
Surprisingly, the acceleration of the four-door limousine is the same: 3.2 seconds from
0 to 100km/h – making this frighteningly aggressive luxury sedan even more insane. It’s a championship wrestler in a suit, doing a bit of ballet around tight bends. While accelerating in and out of curves, the only drama comes from the relentless G-forces on your anatomy.
anks to surgically precise, rear-wheel steering the GT 63 S (which weighs 2.1 tons!) moves fast. Very fast. It’s relaxed power, always more than you ever need. How much longer will we be able to enjoy vehicles like this? Nowadays, V8 relics are outcasted more and more.
at’s why AMG is constantly perfecting their four-cylinder powerplant range.
e new AMG A-class is a brilliant example for that.
ey even mentioned a C 63 AMG with a four-cylinder. For now, I’ll put the
GT 63 S in Sport
Plus again and try to blast those thoughts away.
‘While from the front it looks very much like the GT, it’s not a two-door add-on – rather it’s a longer CLS with a larger boot lid and a different interior’