Welcome to the teaser age. That time-honoured car reveal tradition where nothing is truly revealed, but you get enough dark images and vague silhouettes to make out that something fast is coming. This time, it's Mercedes-AMG’s first standalone electric saloon. A real one. And yes, it will make its full debut next month.
From what these newly released teaser images show, it’s clear the car will be gunning for the Porsche Taycan, the Audi RS e-tron GT and whatever the electric M3 decides to be when it grows up. As expected, the camouflage remains fairly determined to hide the good bits, but we’ve had a peek.
What we can make out is the classic performance EV saloon shape: low and sleek with a distinctly pointy shark-nose front that seems built to cut through air like a letter opener through junk mail. The front and rear lighting signatures show off Mercedes’ current obsession with embedding three-pointed stars into every design element. If you squint, they’re either stylish or a bit much.
Around the back, there’s a Kammtail-style rear, the sort that swirls up memories of the Vision AMG concept from 2022. Back then, it looked like a spaceship. Now, it looks like something that might actually show up on the road, though likely with a hefty price tag and an acceleration figure that’ll make your neck reconsider its employment status.
This electric AMG saloon will be the first car to ride on the AMG.EA platform. That’s a bespoke electric base developed just for AMG models, and not shared with your average EQB-driving dentist. Key highlights include axial flux motors — light, compact, and capable of ruining a set of tyres rather quickly — and a brand new performance battery that’s expected to prioritise power over polite range.
Exact figures remain under wraps, but the numbers floating around suggest performance in the region of 700 to 800bhp and torque somewhere close to or north of 1,000Nm. So, quick then. Very quick.
This four—door—sorry, four-door coupe — will be followed by an SUV on the same AMG.EA platform. That one’s still a bit further out, and likely to be a touch taller and more practical, though probably no less violent when you press the right pedal.
Until then, prepare for more teaser shots, more dim lighting, and perhaps a heavily produced cinematic clip of it rolling slowly through a misty tunnel. But at least now, we know what direction AMG’s electric ambitions are heading. And it seems they’re not crawling into the future, they’re arriving sideways.
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