Hang on a second, does the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door look better as an SUV?

Mercedes has finally revealed some images of the new AMG GT SUV, and - shock! horror! - we reckon it might actually look better than the low slung 4-Door Coupe.

Of course, it’s based on the same new AMG.EA platform as its saloon-ish sibling, and gets similar lighting treatments front and rear too. The face is improved by the lack of a full width lightbar, although you can of course illuminate the metallic struts on the grille and the Mercedes-Benz star should you so desire.

The rear is dominated by the same six circular turbine taillights, but the black panel behind them looks slightly less sad on the SUV. This isn’t the way round things are supposed to work, is it?

Although, we’re not entirely sure the folk in Affalterbach really wanted their first dedicated AMG SUV to be much of a, well, SUV. “A sporty seating position, low centre of gravity and low, dynamic silhouette define its character,” says Merc. Not exactly traits of a traditional off-roader.

Then again, trad SUVs don’t tend to have 1,153bhp. That’s what the top spec AMG GT 63 SUV is working with, although its ‘continuous output’ is only 711bhp from the three axial flux electric motors. Still, that boosted power figure (available for 63 seconds at a time) means that the 0-62mph sprint can be dispatched in just 2.7 seconds, while the top speed is 168mph if you spec the optional ‘Driver’s Package’. Standard carbon ceramic brakes on the 63 bring it all to a halt.

You can have the same 106kWh NCMA (Nickel/Cobalt/Manganese/Aluminium) battery as the supposed-coupe too, or you can make use of the SUV’s extra space to upgrade to a monster 128kWh unit. The former should allow for up to 364 miles of WLTP range, while the latter ups that to 435.

Oh, and both use an 800-volt architecture and F1 tech for their cooling, so you can rapid charge the 106kWh battery at 600kW to add 236 miles of range in just 10 minutes. Impressively, if you can find a plug with enough power, you can juice up the 128kWh battery at 710kW, so you’re looking at adding 280 miles in the same amount of time. A comprehensive 10 to 80 per cent charge takes just 12 minutes.

The single motor on the front axle actually only connects when necessary, and as you might expect there’s a huge amount of tech on board. We’re talking active rear-axle steering, targeted torque vectoring between the rear wheels, fully variable all-wheel drive, active aero, and something shouty called AMG ACTIVE RIDE CONTROL+. This is essentially three-stage adjustable air springs combined with active hydraulic shock absorbers that replace the traditional anti roll bars and look after both pitch and roll. Neat.

Much like the 4-Door Coupe, you also get seven different drive modes, fake V8 noises, simulated gearshifts, tech to track lap times and an AMG Race Engineer, although apparently we were wrong in thinking that the latter meant Bono on speed dial at all times. It actually refers to the three rotary controls on the centre console that allow you to adjust throttle responsiveness, cornering dynamics and traction control on the fly.

Elsewhere inside there’s a 14in infotainment screen, another 14in screen for the front passenger and a 10.2in digital dial display. There’s also the option of a Burmester 4D sound system and AMG Performance seats, and in the rear you get a three-seat bench as standard. Mercedes will also throw in a panoramic glass roof and not one, but three AI agents (ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing and Google Gemini). Just pray they all get along with each other.

Not all AMG GT SUVs will be equal though, because Merc has also released details of the lesser 55 and 53 variants. The 55 still gets three motors, the Race Engineer system and the option of carbon ceramic brakes, but max power drops to just 805bhp while torque falls from a faintly ridiculous 1,475lb ft to a… well, still ridiculous 1,372lb ft. The 0-62mph sprint takes 3.1 seconds and there’s the option of either battery pack for the same range figures as above.

The base spec GT 53 SUV makes do with standard steel brakes and just two motors that drive all four wheels with a puny 537bhp. There’s also just 590lb ft of torque, no access to Peter Bonnington, and the 0-62mph run takes a tortoise-like 4.2 seconds. Yawn. You can only have the 106kWh battery with that car too, although it does manage 415 miles of WLTP range.

Prices will start at €113,050 in Europe.