Mercedes electric GT with 1,360 horsepower and a V8 sound coming

Mercedes performance division has already had its problems when it left the proven and true recipe for the V8 engine, it broadcasts Telegragraphy.

Their four turbo-hibrid C63 engine was technically impressive, but has been widely criticised for the weight and lack of emotion.

The sales were weak, and even the CEO of AMG, Michael Schiebe, admitted that the company “could have explained” better to customers.

This time, AMG is not taking half full measures. On Wednesday, she discovered the GT concept XX a super limo with 1,360 horsepower and 360 km, which will be discovered as a preview of the first fully electric model AMG to be unveiled next year.

If her promises are met, Mercedes plans to be a serious competitor for models like Lucifer Air Sapphire and Porsche Taycan Turbo GT, with an AMG show dose.

Even though it is not yet a legitimate road production model as evidenced by GT3 racing seats with five points of AMG claims technology is already ready for production and will be part of future models based on its power architecture AMG (AMG.EA).

The GT XX design will not everyone likes it, but from the front, in the iknik orange color of the C111 supermacine, it looks powerful and undoubtedly Mercedes.

The AMG says the resistance cofficiency is only 0.098 that is extraordinary for a car with broad tires and classical side mirrors (for comparison, Lucifer Air has 0.197).

Special aerodynamic wheels help achieve this result in five carbon panels expand and withdraw electrically as needed, to cool brakes or optimial air flow.

They don't consume battery energy. They're powered by electric engines that “work” on the kinetic energy of the wheel rotation.

Mercedes says these wheels add only “to two kilograms of” of weight compared to those standards.

Inside the concept contains carbon seats with custom pillows based on a customer's body scan.

In the seating materials and interior decorations are made from older GT3 tyres evidently, a tire is enough for the entire car.

Orange details and environmental lighting dominate, and in front of the driver there's a big tablet-style screen and a “imate” that looks like the one in a racing car.

Below, GT XX uses an 800 volt system with an advanced battery package that can be chargeable by 850 kW. That's enough to fill 400 kilometers of autonomy in about five minutes.

Power is transmitted to all four wheels through two power units (EDU) with a total of three engines with axial flow two in the back and one in the front.

Total power: full of 1,360 horsepower, which is 109 more than Lucifer Air Saphire (1,251 horsepower), but less than Xiaomi SU7 Ultra with 1,548 horse power.

Lively cooled cylinder battery cells whose supplier has not been detected allow better heat management and greater stability during sports sessions.

Of course, it wouldn't be an AMG without a fairy show. The simulated sound of a V8 engine is already obedient when you first meet the concept.

Mercedes confirms that the car will have an artificial solar system, and Scheebe quoted an unidentified leader as saying it is the best “V8 we've ever developed”.

Two speakers are integrated into front lights, directing the sound around the vehicle.

Will it really reach AMG? GT XX in production? Some details, like an LED light tape in the back, may not pass the regulations. But if the performance of the concept is the basis for future models of AMG production, the Affalterbach team can seriously shake Lucifer and Porsche.

If AMG EV is built in Germany, it will face a 25% US fee, with additional increases in the price of battery components.

And Xiaomi SU7 Ultra already offers similar performances and is already on sale (in China).

However, it is refreshing to see a producer fully engaged in the development of an EV with performance instead of balancing hybrids as heavy as a studio apartment. An electric future full of V8 sounds awaits us. writesgraphy, I follow Periscope