Mercedes-AMG has given its first in-house full-size SUV an order date. From 20 October 2026, buyers in Germany can order the battery-powered GT 53 SUV. Mercedes-Benz Media lists it at €113,050, which the company describes as a non-binding recommended price for Germany including 19% VAT. The faster GT 55 and GT 63 are not in that first order book. Mercedes says those two follow in spring 2027.
The new SUV is a battery vehicle. It is not the plug-in hybrid AMG GT 63 S E Performance already on the GetEVCar hybrid list, and it should not be shopped as a petrol-electric GT. Mercedes-AMG developed this one as a full-size SUV from the ground up, the second model on its AMG.EA architecture. The wider Mercedes-Benz range on the site still includes several electric and plug-in models that are different cars.
The lineup is three battery powertrains, not three trims of one motor. Mercedes quotes the GT 63 at 860 kW, written in its release as 1,169 hp, with 2,000 Nm from three axial-flux motors. The plain 0–100 km/h time in the same table is 2.7 seconds. A 2.5-second figure sits beside it and is explicitly a one-foot rollout time, so the first 30 centimetres are not counted. CAR magazine’s 0–62 mph time for the GT 63 is 2.7 seconds, which matches the standard measurement, and it converts the same 860 kW into 1,153 bhp. Those are two unit systems for one claim, not two different outputs. Mercedes also quotes 530 kW of continuous output on the GT 63.
The GT 55 uses the same three-motor layout at 600 kW (816 hp in Mercedes’ figure, about 805 bhp in CAR’s) and 1,860 Nm. Its standard 0–100 km/h time is 3.1 seconds, or 2.8 seconds with the rollout method. The GT 53 drops to two synchronous motors, one on each axle, at 400 kW (544 hp, 536 bhp in the British conversion) and 800 Nm. Mercedes lists 4.2 seconds for 0–100 km/h, and 3.8 seconds with rollout. With the Driver’s Package, Mercedes puts the GT 63 and GT 55 at 270 km/h and the GT 53 at 250 km/h.
Range and charging are still preliminary. Mercedes says the consumption and charging figures do not yet have type-approval values, so they can move. On the GT 63 and GT 55, the net battery choices are 106 kWh and 128 kWh. Combined WLTP range is listed as 525–585 km on the smaller pack and 620–700 km on the larger one. Peak DC power is quoted at 600 kW and 710 kW respectively, with a 10–80% charge in about 11 or 12 minutes. The GT 53 table publishes a single WLTP band, 597–668 km, rather than a pair. CAR reports that entry car on a 106 kWh pack with a maximum of 415 miles, which is the top of Mercedes’ kilometre band, and says the 128 kWh pack is offered on the 55 and 63. A ten-minute DC stop on the GT 53 is claimed to add about 440 km of WLTP range. Treat that, like the 710 kW peak, as a manufacturer target rather than a certified number.
Britain does not have a price a buyer can check against a Mercedes-Benz UK list. CAR, writing on 17 October, says the first GT SUVs should reach the UK later this year from £110,000. What Car?, updated the same day, has put the start at £95,000. Those reports do not agree, and neither figure is in the Affalterbach release. Anyone pricing a UK order should wait for an on-the-road number from Mercedes-Benz UK. There is no US price or US delivery date in the release either. The technical note does say the SUV is engineered for five DC standards, including NACS for the United States. That is a plug specification, not an announcement that American orders are open.
The body is about 5.08 metres long, 2.00 metres wide and 1.65 metres tall, on a 3,040 mm wheelbase. Mercedes lists the GT 63 at 5,084 × 2,001 × 1,656 mm and a kerb weight of 2,585 kg or 2,695 kg depending on battery. The GT 53 is slightly shorter and lighter, at 5,080 mm and 2,525 or 2,635 kg. Boot space is 607 litres with the rear seats in use and 1,740 litres folded, plus a 78-litre front trunk. Rear-axle steering can angle the back wheels by up to six degrees. Carbon-ceramic brakes are standard on the GT 63 and optional on the GT 55. Assembly is at Sindelfingen, in a hall Mercedes says was retooled for AMG.EA.
Shoppers comparing cars already listed should not land on the wrong AMG. The AMG EQE 53 SUV is a battery performance SUV Mercedes already sells, and it is a different model from this GT. Plug-in AMG SUVs stay on the hybrid side of the catalogue. The new GT SUV sits in the same broad SUV class, but it does not replace those pages.
Stefan Weckbach, chairman of Mercedes-AMG, described the brief in six words: “SUV by shape. GT by nature.” The part a buyer can act on this week is narrower than the horsepower. German orders for the GT 53 open on 20 October at €113,050. The 860 kW version is a spring 2027 car, and a confirmed pound or dollar price is still unpublished.
