# 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.
- Title: Mercedes-AMG's first ground-up SUV packs 1,150hp · The Verge
- Summary: 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…
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- Source: The Verge — https://theverge.com/transportation/1013088/mercedes-amg-gt-suv-price-specs-performance
- Author: Andrew J. Hawkins
- Published: 2026-10-17T17:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: mercedes-amg, gt suv, electric vehicles, performance suv, charging technology, luxury vehicles, technology, culture
## 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
## Key takeaway

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.