New all-electric Mercedes-AMG super-saloon set to arrive in June with up to 1,000bhp
Mercedes-AMG has confirmed it will reveal its first ground-up electric car in June as a super-saloon rival to the likes of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S and the Audi E-Tron GT RS Performance.
The yet-to-be-named car will serve as a replacement for the V8-engined GT 4-door coupe. Several of its design cues were first previewed by AMG in 2022 with its striking Vision 2025 concept, which outlined how the brand plans to differentiate its performance-focused EVs from those produced by parent company Mercedes-Benz.
Just recently, AMG posted an image on its social media channels of its upcoming super-saloon confirming that a full reveal will take place in June this year. A fixed date, however, was not given.
The upcoming car will be AMG’s fourth completely bespoke car, following in the footsteps of the SLS, the AMG GT, and the GT 4-Door. Based on the image on AMG’s social media channels, the extremely low-slung all-electric super-saloon benefits from muscular front and rear haunches, paired with an extensive bonnet and a generous rear overhang.
Moreover, spy shots show that the AMG super-saloon will also what appears to be an active spoiler and a Kamm tail, marking a break from the rounded rear-ends found on Mercedes since the mid/late-2000s. Up front, the nose gets aggressive vertical strakes, and Mercedes’ three-pointed star motif in the headlights. Meanwhile, 21-inch wheels leave no doubt about the car’s performance-focused character.
Overall, the all-electric AMG’s design almost resembles a contemporary take on the highly-regarded (in design terms, at least) Bruno Sacco-penned Mercedes AMG aloons of the 1990s.
AMG has been tight-lipped on the car’s underpinnings. However, it confirm that the super-saloon will be the first vehicle built on entirely bespoke electric architecture called AMG.EA, as opposed to borrowing its underpinnings from Mercedes’ AMG EQ models. AMG.EA uses cutting-edge technologies including power-dense, slimline axial flux motors developed by Mercedes-owned firm, Yasa.
Yasa confirmed that one of its single motors used in Mercedes’ production cars weighs 24kg and produces 590lb ft of torque and 480bhp. If the upcoming AMG super saloon gets its anticipated flat battery pack and dual-motor configuration, it can potentially be tuned to produce the same 1,000bhp and 1000lb ft of torque as the AMG One-Eleven supercar concept.
AMG has yet to confirm pricing, but its latest car is more than expected to start well within the six-figure range aligning with the equivalent Taycan Turbo S and the E-Tron GT RS Performance.
