The Four-Door Muscle Car From AMG Is Sticking Around For A While
We were worried a few weeks ago when we saw an obituary in UK magazine PistonHeads for the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe, the automaker's bombastic fastback with massive performance to go along with its massive cargo area and intimate seating for four lucky passengers. Thank goodness, then, when we reached out to Mercedes-Benz representatives and learned that the supercar-humbling pseudo-sedan was still in the cards for American consumption for the foreseeable future – sorry British gearheads.
The PistonHeads review seemed to confirm a suspicion we've had since we first learned of the existence of an AMG-branded, all-electric fastback sedan – that the existing model would be replaced by an EV. However, all versions of the AMG GT 4-Door Coupe (which is actually a five-door liftback sedan) remain in the automaker's lineup. That includes the four-cylinder GT 43, the inline-six–powered GT 53, and the mighty V8 GT 63 (available in both ICE-only and plug-in E Performance trims).
The automaker confirmed to CarBuzz that the fastback GT would remain in the US product portfolio for the 2026 model year, but it admitted that AMG regularly evaluates market demand and customer expectations, refining its offerings accordingly. That means that the internal-combustion version could be canceled in favor of the EV, but given everything right now in the US, we sort of doubt that.
Mercedes-Benz has faced meager demand for its electric cars for some time, and the company's attempt to downsize engines and electrify performance vehicles, as it did with the C 63 sport sedan, have been coolly received by AMG loyalists. In short, holding onto a butt-smacking V8 muscle machine could be the best thing for the German brand in America right now.
The flagship Mercedes-Benz performance sedan is a supremely radical performance vehicle. The flagship GT 63 E Performance, for example, musters up an incredible 831 horsepower and 1,031 pound-feet of torque thanks to its twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 and a rear-mounted electric motor. Despite weighing more than 5,000 pounds, the super-sedan scampers to 60 miles per hour in just 2.8 seconds, a number that rivals the likes of the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and Porsche 911 Carrera GTS.
At the bottom of the lineup is a four-cylinder GT 43 model, whose turbocharged 2.0-liter still puts out a handy 362 hp. However, we think the sweet spot is probably the GT 53 4-Door Coupe, which sports Mercedes' latest inline-six cylinder that's been turbocharged to the tune of 429 hp, allowing it to hit 60 mph in 4.1 seconds. The GT 53's smooth, torquey engine is a perfect match for the car's high-speed, long-distance Q-ship personality.
Although we're looking forward to driving the next-generation, fully electrified GT 4-Door Coupe, we're still glad that the internal-combustion model is sticking around for at least the foreseeable future. The sedan/coupe/hatchback is exactly our kind of performance vehicle, offering diverse powertrains and lots of performance for a variety of enthusiasts.