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<\/a><\/p>\nAMG boss says work is under way to determine viability of an electric version of its Porsche 911 rival<\/p>\n
Mercedes-AMG<\/a> is exploring an electric version of the AMG GT<\/a> sports coup\u00e9\u00a0– but it needs to \u201cjustify the investment\u201d said the performance brand\u2019s boss.<\/p>\n AMG has already confirmed an electric successor to the\u00a0GT 4-door Coup\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0will arrive next year, previewed by the GT XX Concept<\/a>\u00a0(below). It will be the first car to sit on the 800V AMG.EA platform, which will also be used for the brand\u2019s incoming super-SUV due in 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now AMG boss Michael Schiebe has said work is underway to see if a battery-electric version of the two-door GT is viable.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is an emotional discussion and a rational discussion,\u201d said Schiebe said at the Munich motor show<\/a>. \u201dEmotionally, yes, we should do that. The question is whether there is a market that is big enough to justify the investment that is necessary, at least from a technology point of view, we know how to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n A key focus for AMG is which\u00a0customers the car will target. The ICE model (below) is currently bought mainly as a second car for \u201cthose who love driving\u201d, so the EV would need to focus on that also, said Schiebe.<\/p>\n But, he said, the brand hasn\u2019t put a timeframe on when they would bring it to market and is \u201cflexible\u201d on a launch date – for example, it could accelerate the programme if interest in electric performance cars suddenly rockets over the next few years.<\/p>\n He explained: \u201cWe are at the moment trying to understand what’s going on in the market. And then we define the target picture of that very specific car.\u201d<\/p>\n Mercedes has some form in this space, having previously built an electric version of the old AMG SLS<\/a>\u00a0– and used it to set an EV lap record at the N\u00fcrburgring<\/a>. However, it was only ever sold in extremely low numbers and was retired without a direct successor.<\/p>\n If green-lit, Scheibe said a new EV coup\u00e9 would\u00a0continue to be sold alongside the combustion model, which the brand will \u201ccontinue to invest in\u201d well into the next decade.<\/p>\n \u201cI would say we are very successful with our combustion-engined\u00a0GT 2-door,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we will focus on that first and then let’s see when the right point and time is there to launch a two-door EV.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWe want to be in terms of technology and performance successful, but also economically successful. We do whatever is, let’s say, worth investing the money. And at the moment, I would say we are more successful investing into our two door combustion engine platform than doing this on the electric side. But here we are flexible, so flexible because we are constantly reviewing our portfolio and looking into that.\u201d<\/p>\n Ultimately, Schiebe hinted that such a model\u00a0might be brought to market as a halo car, regardless of its commercial viability. \u201cSometimes you make a car which is not the most profitable one, but you do it because it’s so important for the brand, and it’s like, you need to do it because it’s a brand-shaper.”<\/p>\n If AMG does build an electric version of the GT, it could serve as the first direct rival to the Maserati Granturismo Folgore<\/a>, which is currently the only EV super-coup\u00e9 on sale. Rivals including the Porsche 911<\/a>, Aston Martin Vantage<\/a> and Ferrari Amalfi<\/a> remain exclusively combustion-powered – and will do for several years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,137],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/electric-cars-take-center-stage-as-amg-considers-high-performance-two-door-gt-coupe-1.jpg\")
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