Mercedes-AMG's first ground-up SUV packs 1,150hp

The 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV combines sports-car handling with full-size practicality, arriving in the US next summer with three trims and ultra-fast charging.

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Oct 17, 2026

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Mercedes-AMG's first ground-up SUV packs 1,150hp

The 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV combines sports-car handling with full-size practicality, arriving in the US next summer with three trims and ultra-fast charging.

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The 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV combines sports-car handling with full-size practicality, arriving in the US next summer with three trims and ultra-fast charging. Mercedes-AMG launches its first ground-up full-size SUV with one thousand one hundred fifty horsepower, three trims, and eight hundred volt charging reaching…

AMG's first ground-up SUV

AMG's first ground-up SUV

Mercedes-AMG has built its first full-size SUV entirely in-house from the ground up. The two thousand twenty-eight Mercedes-AMG GT SUV marks a historic first for the performance brand's fifty-nine year history.

Three trims, one thousand one hundred fifty-three horsepower

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The SUV comes in three trims: GT fifty-three, GT fifty-five, and flagship GT sixty-three. The top model delivers one thousand one hundred fifty-three horsepower via three axial flux motors.

Ultra-fast charging at seven hundred ten kilowatts

Ultra-fast charging at seven hundred ten kilowatts

The eight hundred volt architecture supports charging up to seven hundred ten kilowatts on the one hundred twenty-eight kilowatt-hour battery. Drivers can charge ten to eighty percent in twelve minutes.

Range gains in ten minutes

Range gains in ten minutes

Drivers can gain up to four hundred fifty kilometres, around two hundred eighty miles, of WLTP range in just ten minutes.

Sports-car handling in an SUV

Sports-car handling in an SUV

Mercedes-AMG replaced traditional mechanical roll bars with active hydraulic suspension elements to eliminate pitch and roll during acceleration, braking, and cornering. Three-stage air springs and six-degree active rear-axle steering balance track precision with comfort.

Lighter than rivals despite size

Lighter than rivals despite size

The AMG GT sixty-three SUV weighs five thousand nine hundred forty-one pounds, slightly lighter than the Lotus Eletre R at six thousand seven pounds and nearly identical to the Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric at five…

Real engine sounds and AI inside

Real engine sounds and AI inside

The SUV pipes in recorded sounds of real AMG V eight and six-cylinder engines to preserve emotional identity.Inside, the MB.

“real engine sounds over synthetic EV tones”

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Mercedes-AMG launches its first ground-up full-size SUV with one thousand one hundred fifty horsepower, three trims, and eight hundred volt charging reaching seven hundred ten kilowatts.

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