{"id":67994,"date":"2026-08-06T17:26:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/67994\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T17:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:26:30","slug":"the-mercedes-amg-gt-53-4-door-coupe-ev-seems-like-a-questionable-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/67994\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mercedes-AMG GT 53 4-Door Coupe EV Seems Like A Questionable Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that whenever a marque launches a flagship model these days, it\u2019s quickly followed up by a variant designed to draw people into showrooms with a cheaper asking price. Something less potent, less feature-rich, less headline-grabbing. This is the new Mercedes-AMG GT 53 4-Door Coupe, and although it\u2019s just as visually questionable as its quicker brother, it\u2019s going to take longer to leave your line of sight.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because while the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4-Door Coupe dishes out 1,153 horsepower and the AMG GT 55 4-Door Coupe serves up 805 horsepower, the latest base model uses dual motors to crank out a peak of 536 horsepower. That\u2019s less than half the output of the top trim, and such a reduction does have a meaningful effect on performance. Mercedes-AMG claims zero-to-62 mph in 3.5 seconds with one foot of rollout deducted, or zero-to-62 mph in 3.9 seconds if you aren\u2019t on a drag strip, testing for a magazine, or measuring from the taint. Quick, sure, but not earth-shatteringly so. A Hyundai Ioniq 5 N should be quicker, and a modestly-spec\u2019d Porsche Taycan 4S should be neck-and-neck with the Benz.<\/p>\n

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This is a bit underwhelming, because unlike the Hyundai and the Porsche, Mercedes-AMG\u2019s flagship electric car is the very definition of gopping<\/a>, having stolen the crown from some sort of deep-sea fish. The nose is still a jumbled clash of surfaces, but the rear end treatment has only grown more offensive over time. Who signed off on mounting a handful of tiny round taillights and a strip of LEDs from a frat house on a dinner table-sized mass of cheap, shiny black plastic? It\u2019s simply awful. Truly dreadful. In such poor taste that it almost disguises how Mercedes-AMG cheaped out and didn\u2019t put a black filler panel between the pano roof and the rear window to blend the greenhouse properly.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re able to look past the way the Mercedes-AMG GT 53 4-Door Coupe looks and its slightly anticlimactic power output, it does put out some figures that are impressive. Mercedes-AMG claims it will do 502 miles on a single charge during WLTP testing conditions. Or maybe as few as 423 miles, likely depending on wheel and tire package. Either way, once range is exhausted, you\u2019ll be able to DC fast charge the AMG GT 53 4-Door Coupe at up to 600 kW, assuming you\u2019re lucky enough to find an exceptionally rare 600 kW fast charger.<\/p>\n

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While you\u2019re DC fast charging, you\u2019ll have a moment to get acquainted with what Mercedes-AMG thinks luxury is now. Spoiler alert: It\u2019s a lot of screens and not many real buttons. The dashboard looks like the demo wall of televisions at a Best Buy, ambient lighting visible to the camera in the daytime seems excessive, and six spokes on the steering wheel? Really? It all seems like it would grow quite tiresome, particularly because it\u2019s just not as visually interesting as, say, BMW\u2019s new parallelogram-shaped iDrive system or Lincoln\u2019s slim pillar-to-pillar screen arrangement. Oh dear.<\/p>\n

Finally, we get to the really big problem: If you want a quick electric Mercedes-Benz, you\u2019d be foolish to buy the AMG GT 53 4-Door Coupe on paper. The new electric Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 makes 134 more horsepower, gets to 62 MPH nearly a second quicker, still has more than 416 miles of WLTP range, can still DC fast charge at an entirely reasonable 330 kW, and is going to cost less. A lot less. Likely tens of thousands of Euros less, or tens of thousands of dollars assuming both models make it to America. Like the AMG GT EV, the CLA 45 gets simulated gear changes and engine sounds, active aerodynamic elements, silicon carbide inverters, and an 800-volt architecture, except the CLA is less visually offensive. I\u2019ll admit, the front end still isn\u2019t great, but it has a normal rump, and that\u2019s something you can\u2019t say about the AMG GT 4-Door.<\/p>\n

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So, the Mercedes-AMG GT 53 4-Door Coupe isn\u2019t ideal for speed junkies, nor is it likely to appeal to traditionalists. It also doesn\u2019t look fantastic, so its usefulness for posing in posh areas is limited at best. While maximum WLTP range and peak DC fast charging figures are impressive, it\u2019s going to be a tough sell when a quicker, cheaper CLA 45 is sitting across the showroom. Anyway, expect the lease deals to be superb after a year or two on sale.<\/p>\n

Top graphic image: Mercedes-AMG<\/p>\n

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