► AMG’s EV four0door is nearly here
► But first we have pictures of the inside
► Full reveal later this year
AMG has revealed new pictures of its forthcoming electric GT 4-Door Coupé, and it’s shaping up to be everything you’d expect from Affalterbach. Unfortunately, these pictures only show the interior for now, but there’s still a lot to learn. Inside, this car riffs on everything we’ve seen in modern AMGs – from huge touchscreens to intricate knobs and switchgear.
Mercedes describes the new interior as offering a ‘a quintessential AMG driving experience’ and we’d be hard pressed to argue. Designed by Affalterbach and not simply borrowed from an existing Mercedes design, it’s an interior that feels just as modern as the 4-Door Coupé’s electric powertrain.
‘In the new Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupé, we have consistently focused every interior detail on performance and implemented it with the highest precision,’ said AMG boss Michael Schiebe.
‘Even when stationary, the interior already showcases what the future GT 4-Door is capable of, making the vehicle’s driving dynamics immediately tangible. It creates maximum control and enables a typical AMG driving experience that gets the pulse racing – you immediately want to get in and drive off.’
The interior aims to be driver-focused, so you get a 10.2-inch instrument cluster and then a 14.0-inch screen for the infotainment – though that too, tilts to the driver. The air vents have been turned into a styling highlight, and the whole interior will be bathed in ambient light – even down to the cup holders.
You get sporty AMG seats, a sporty flat-bottomed wheel, as well as a ‘Sky Control’ roof that features huge floating AMG emblems…
The centre console features three driving dynamics controllers: that control slip, response and cornering behaviour. There’s a Response Control dial that simply ramps up the response of the AMG’s electric motors, while the Agility Control changes just how much stiffness and roll there is in the chassis. At the same time there’s also customisable traction control, which helps you dial in the required amount of slip. We’ll update this article when we know more.
When it’s revealed later this year, the four-door will be first production-spec car to use the AMG.EA. It’ll still have a four-door shape, but the grill looks a little higher up the front end of the car and the headlights include the three-pointed star motif.
The e-motors will be produced by Mercedes at its facility in Berlin, but their design and know-how originates in Oxford – home of the specialist supplier YASA, an R&D partner of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team, and a wholly-owned Mercedes subsidiary since 2021, although not confined to working for Mercedes.
AMG has gone for high-rpm axial-flow electric motors over radial-flux units for their compact dimensions, superior efficiency and weight – which should be less than 25kg per unit.
CAR understands the motors are smooth and quiet, with well-managed heat dissipation, high power density and reasonable costs. Together with a space-saving epicyclic transmission, a torque-vectoring device and a trick electronic control system, the motor is an integral part of the eATS 2.0 electric drive unit.
Curtis Moldrich is CAR magazine’s Digital Editor and has worked for the brand for the past five years. He’s responsible for online strategy, including CAR’s website, social media channels such as X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook, and helps on wider platform strategy as CAR magazine branches out on to Apple News+ and more.
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