Why the AMG GT 4-Door is a Family-Friendly Supercar

Four-door tour de force

On select parts of the German autobahn, you can drive as fast as you like. German brands, such as Mercedes, build family cars with the high-speed capability of a supercar. The latest addition to that legacy is AMG’s new GT 4-door coupe.

With the silhouette of a four-door coupe, complete with the sloping roofline and tapered trunk, it retains 16 cubic feet of luggage space and seats a driver and three passengers in the utmost comfort. It also gets them where they need to go very quickly, indeed, if required. Replacement for the CLS63? Not quite…

Sideways fun for the entire family

Unlike AMG’s other four-door performance cars, the GT63 4-door isn’t related to a traditional Mercedes-Benz sedan platform.  It’s a repackaging marvel and adds sedan comfort without diluting the GT-series dynamics. The center of gravity is low and like the two-door AMG GT, this four-door variant also has trick aero bits, such as an active rear spoiler for improved aero.

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Two engine tunes - both phenomenal

The 63-series nameplate is synonymous with AMG’s most potent performance cars and although that number corresponds to only 4 liters of V8 engine capacity in 2018, the bi-turbocharged forced-induction regime means you get 577hp.

If that's not enough power, as with most AMGs, there’s an ‘S’ option too, which boosts power output to 630hp with all-wheel-drive. Not to worry, for rear-wheel purists, there is AMG’s selectable drift-mode, which disables all the driver-assistance systems and sends all 630 of those horses to the rear wheels.

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Red traditionally means fast. Yellow means safe at speed

If you drive a car with bright yellow brake calipers, it better be fast enough to justify the extravagance. AMG’s GT63 four-door is no exception. It’s a solid luxury car and weighs in at 4488 pounds, so considering the massive amounts of power, a performance braking system is definitely called for.

Capable of 0-60mph in a blink over three seconds (3.3 sec to be exact) and geared for a true top speed of 196mph, the 4-door coupe is a real autobahn stormer. Keeping the GT63 stable at speed and agile when going around corners, is a three-chamber air-suspension system with adaptive dampers.

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Data rich cabin for tailored for track days

The AMG GT 4-door cabin is part digital race car, part classic German luxury car. Comfort levels are high enough to attempt a coast-to-coast drive in one of these, but the really interesting bits are digital elements. Anchoring the interior architecture are twin 12.3-inch infotainment screens. Structurally, these are not new to the Mercedes-Benz product line, but in the GT 4-door they sport an additional AMG-specific mode, which includes a gear indicator prompt, goading to shift at the most appropriate engine power peak.

AMG expects its customers to attend track days and to ensure those GT 4-door owners have the most fulfilling experience, there is an AMG ‘Track Pace’ in the infotainment system, which allows access to a vast diversity of telemetry for high-performance driving.

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