Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door Coupe is a Track Car for Four
All versions of the 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-door Coupe – especially the 63 S – can haul ass, four people, and 12.7 cubic feet of luggage.
Who said cars with four doors are dead? Sure, traditional sedans may not be as popular as they used to be because so many people have decided to buy crossovers and SUVs, but those who still want a Mercedes-Benz C-, E-, or S-Class can still get one. And now Mercedes-AMG even offers a 4-door Coupe version of its GT sports car.
The crew at MotorWeek recently got the chance to test the family-friendly GT at the Roebling Road Raceway, a two-mile track in Bloomingdale, Georgia. The 4-door Coupe is available in three levels of potency. The so-called “base” model is the $100,945 GT 53 with a turbocharged I6 and the EQ Boost system; output is 429 horsepower and 384 lb-ft of torque. In the middle, there’s the $141,250 GT 63, which is powered by a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 that generates 577 horsepower and 590 lb-ft.
The $162,200 GT 63 S model can scorch the road and the track with the same basic engine configuration tweaked to crank out figures of 630 and 664, respectively.
MotorWeek got plenty of seat time in the most powerful GT 4-door, which looks beautiful in designo Brilliant Blue Magno. Like many performance luxury vehicles, it’s almost infinitely configurable. Host John Davis says, “In addition to the usual AMG dynamics terms of Sport+ and Race, there are also Pro and Master.” Instead of dialing in every little feature to a particular level, MotorWeek‘s test driver just cranked every one of them up to their maximum level (we’re assuming they chose Master) and thundered away from the starting line.
Mercedes-AMG built the GT 63 S to be more than just a straight-line car, but its drag times are worth mentioning. The 4.0’s power combined with an AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT nine-speed transmission, AMG Performance 4MATIC+ all-wheel and launch control drive adds up to a 0-60 mph time of three seconds flat and an 11-second quarter mile at 128 mph. Even at that speed, Davis says the GT 63 S “felt like it was just getting started.”
The GT 63 S was just as impressive around Roebling Road’s nine turns. Davis says, “It’s very easy to place on track, turns in quickly, pulls its line well and allows you to feed in healthy amounts of power coming out of corners without getting out of shape.” Although the fully variable 4MATIC+ system can send up to 100 percent of available power to the rear wheels, MotorWeek‘s driver had trouble getting the GT 63 S to oversteer (that’s nothing that putting it into its Drift mode can’t fix, though.) Carbon-ceramic brakes with six-piston front calipers are available to keep the GT 63 S out of tire walls.
Public roads are where the GT 63 S’s other appealing features are easier to notice. Those include the Swiss watch-like interior with highly bolstered front seats, precise controls, and the two bucket seats in the back, which offer a surprising amount of headroom despite the fact that they’re under such a fast and swoopy roofline. Behind those is a 12.7-cubic-foot luggage compartment.
Given how SUV-crazy most people are these days and how saturated with AMG models Mercedes’s lineup is, it’s shocking the GT 4-door Coupe even exists. But we got over it. Now we’re just left with a feeling of happiness that it does.
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