AMG’S ANGLERFISH
Merc’s hot EVs have a new design direction. And it’s... weird
‘AMG is reinventing itself,’ says its boss, Philipp Schiemer. Turns out it’s reinventing itself as a maker of pebble-smooth, aero-intensive machines like Merc’s EQXX prototype. This is the four-door Vision AMG, a slick concept penned by Gorden Wagener and his team. It previews AMG’s post-2025 aesthetic.
AERO IS KING
Taking many leaves out of the EQXX’s playbook of aerodynamic supremacy, the crease-less Vision AMG hides some clever tricks. The wheel rims are segmented, popping out to cool the brakes, while both front and rear splitters extend, to provide extra downforce and cut more cleanly through the air. Merc’s most classic colour combo is in full effect here, with teal blue touches highlighting AMG’s continued F1 presence and its motorsport history with the Silver Arrows.
LIGHT SHOW
AMG’s classic Panamericana grille arrangement is still present and correct, but it’s been evolved for the electric age, with illuminated bars. Those bars are accompanied by a headlight design that echoes the three-pointed star. At the rear, as well as a single illuminated bowline, six circular lights glow red like raging hot exhausts.
NOT ENTIRELY A PIPE DREAM Under the skin is AMG’s version of the MB.EA platform, appropriately renamed AMG.EA. Actual production cars spun off this platform will likely use the same battery chemistry as the EQXX prototype, as well as axial-flux electric motors (which have a higher power-to-weight ratio than radial-flux motors) with expertise and development from British-based Yasa, which was acquired by Mercedes in 2021.
‘We’re developing everything from scratch, and we’re going to take the performance EV to the next level,’ says Schiemer.