It is no longer a secret that Mercedes-AMG will use partly electric powertrains for its sporty cars. Now a little more is known about it, including the name of these partly electric versions.
Mercedes-AMG cannot escape electrification because of the ever-dropping ‘CO2 ceiling’, but makes a virtue of necessity. Thanks to its Formula 1 team, it has acquired knowledge about the optimal use of electrical power for extraordinary performance. It will be reflected in ‘E Performance’, a new label under which Mercedes-AMG is scoring its plug-in hybrid powerhouses. The Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door, which we see in these new photos, kicks off.
The prototype, clad in a special E Performance livery, is almost certainly the Mercedes-AMG GT ’73’ 4-Door Coupé. Mercedes itself was already looking ahead to that sporty plug-in hybrid at the beginning of this year and a little later he passed our spy photographer. The 73 4-Door Coupé is said to have a system power of over 800 hp, generated by the well-known 4.0 biturbo V8, which works together with an electric motor on the rear axle. This makes it the most powerful street-legal Mercedes ever in one fell swoop.
More E Performance versions will of course follow. In fact, now that the new C-class is only available with four-cylinders, we are already cautiously counting that the Mercedes-AMG versions of the ‘C’ may all become such an E Performance. The new C63 would combine the mild-hybrid four-cylinder with an electric motor to achieve at least comparable figures to the outgoing C63. A milder ‘C53’ would also follow that recipe. The new S-Class also does not escape an E Performance treatment at AMG. Recently, the Mercedes-AMG S63 (or S73) moved by with an extra flap for the loading opening.
Mercedes-AMG reports that a number of its employees have exchanged Affalterbach for the British Brixworth to work on this. After all, this is where the engine factory of the Mercedes Formula 1 team is located and the knowledge gained in Brixworth is used for the E Performance versions. Specifically, Brixworth shares its F1 expertise in “cell technology for high-performance batteries, as well as their cooling. Two examples of similarities between the Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 (the new F1 car, ed.) And road-legal performance. hybrids. “