AMG built its own SUV: 1,153 hp, three motors, and a recorded V8

Mercedes-AMG revealed the electric AMG GT SUV on the 17th, and it's a first: in 59 years, AMG had never built an SUV entirely in-house. Until now.

• The top GT 63 makes up to 1,153 hp from three axial-flux motors, with 0-60 in an estimated 2.4 seconds. That's the peak. It holds 711 hp continuously.
• Below it: a GT 55 with 805 hp and a GT 53 with 536.
• Charging tops out at 710 kW, 10 to 80% in about 12 minutes. Mercedes calls those figures preliminary.
• In AMGFORCE Sport+ it plays a V8 soundtrack. Mercedes says it's recorded from a real AMG V8, not synthesized, and it even simulates the gear changes.

It lands at US dealers in summer 2027 as a 2028 model.

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Photos: Mercedes-Benz AG. Figures from Mercedes-Benz USA's press release (17 October 2026).