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The Mercedes - AMG GT 4 - Door isalready pretty fast , but Mercedes may be planning an even fast version . Autocarreports that the GT 4 - Door will get a sparking plug - in hybrid powertrain drop anchor by a twin - turbocharged V8 that makes an impressive 805 horsepower . The British magazine published purpose spy photo of this car , expected to be dubbed Mercedes - AMG GT 73 4Matic , undergo examination . AMG may have other high - carrying into action hack - in hybrids in the pipeline as well .
The plug - in hybrid powertrain could be a production variation of the one used in theoriginal GT conceptfrom the 2017 Geneva Motor Show , grant to Autocar . That motorcar get married a jade - in intercrossed arrangement with the 4.0 - liter twin - turbocharged V8 used in numerouscurrent Mercedes - AMG models . It also had all - wheel drive ( 4Matic , in Mercedes speak ) so the production version will in all likelihood have that , too . Autocar predicts an electric - only range of 31 miles , although that ’s likely based on the European WLTP examination bike , not the U.S. EPA cycle .
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The most coherent competition for the Mercedes - AMG GT 73 would be thePorsche Panamera Turbo S E - Hybrid — another fast cud - in hybrid four - doorway . The all - wheel drive Porsche has 680 hp and 626 pound - feet of torsion , does zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds ( with launch control condition ) , and has an EPA - rated electric - only kitchen stove of 14 miles . The most sinewy current version of the Mercedes — theAMG GT63 S — is 0.1 secondly slower from zero to 60 mph , but the plug - in hybrid could improve on that . Mercedes say the original wad - in hybrid GT construct could do zero to 60 mph in under three seconds , after all .
Mercedes brand three “ 73 ” model name — G73 , GLS73 , and S73 — in Europe in 2017 , and Canada and 2018 , notesAutoblog . That stand for additional models could be slated to get the 805 - horsepower plug - in hybrid powertrain after the AMG GT 4 - Door . Mercedes may also apply that powertrain in the next - generation SL , according to Autoblog . Mercedes fans know that the automaker antecedently used the “ 73 ” designation for the R129 - generationSL73 AMG , which was produced from 1999 to 2001 and boasted a 7.3 - liter V12 ( this was back when Mercedes model names corresponded to railway locomotive displacement ) . That locomotive was also used in thePagani Zondasupercar .
The addition of “ 73 ” nag - in intercrossed models to the card would add together yet another stratum to the Mercedes - AMG hierarchy . In recent times , AMG has mostly move downmarket with entry - degree “ 43 ” chance variable , the “ 53 ” mild - hybridmodels , and two tier ofcompact performance models . But sinewy plug - in hybrids would deplumate AMG back in the other direction , and fetch itback to its rootsof prioritizing bonkers force above all else .
