All-New Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Reveals Its Cabin As It Goes Electric

Since late last year, Mercedes-AMG has been teasing its latest take on the luxury high-performance four-door “coupe,” the AMG GT 4-Door, and while we already have a good idea of what to expect from the exterior thanks to the Concept AMG GT XX and various spy shots, the cabin of the concept was clearly too extreme to ever make production without being toned down heavily. Affaltberbach has now revealed the interior of its first n-house EV, and it’s a clear bridge between present and future AMG. It’s also attention-grabbing in a way that the interior of a Porsche Taycan, arguably its chief rival, is not, with plenty of contrasting colors and elements. However, it’s not necessarily perfect.

2027 AMG GT 4-Door Is Big on Screens

As an EV and a new product, it’s no surprise to see that the cabin is festooned with screens, though AMG has used metal in several places to try imbue the interior with an analog feel. The one that immediately grabs attention is the curved display atop the dash, made up of a 10.2-inch driver cluster and a 14-inch MBUX infotainment screen with new AI-powered MB.OS software. We’ve seen this sort of slab-like screen setup in various older BMW products (the latest iX3 does away with a one-piece dual display) and in the new Audi RS 5, so it’s nothing new. As in the Concept AMG GT XX, the main display is angled toward the driver to create a sportier ambiance, and like the abovementioned Audi, a separate display is available for the passenger, measuring 14 inches. Different themes, including AMG Special, AMG Track Pace with telemetry data and acceleration info, and Classic, alter the mood.

On either end of the dashboard, round galvanized air vents bridge the gap to previous AMG products, while the center vents sit atop the console and ahead of a pair of wireless charging pads. Presumably, these outlets will also help keep devices cool and also allow one to rest their hand when operating the climate control functions on the screen. Physical controls would have been better, of course.

Behind these pads are two illuminated cupholders, which tie in with the dash vents, and further back, the armrest hides a storage area. To the left of the cupholders, we finally find a physical means of interacting with the car’s brain, with three knobs in a similar red-and-silver knurled finish to the vents. These handle Response Control, changing how the electric motors react to accelerator pedal inputs so that one can have typically electric acceleration or more relaxed motivation, Agility Control, which handles cornering behavior, and Traction Control, with nine stages.

Finally, the flat-bottom steering wheel (available in leather, carbon fiber, or microfiber) also offers some analog interactions with rockers and rollers, as well as the usual pair of round AMG Drive Unit buttons (with another screen each) for adjusting drive programs and other functions. Behind the wheel, paddles adjust the level of energy recuperation under deceleration.

2027 Mercedes-AMG GT Offers Unique Interior Ambiance

From the comfort-oriented standard front seats or the optional AMG Performance seats pictured here, plenty of ambient lighting bathes the cabin in a warm glow of color, which can be modified; you don’t need to stick with red and black, and that applies to the seats themselves, too, which will be available in various colors, including a number of Manufaktur Exclusive options. The same goes for the seatbelts. The rear perches are also available in two configurations, with two individual seats as standard or a three-seat bench as an option. Either way, the rear backrests fold, and behind the front seats, recesses in the floor offer more legroom. Cargo capacity hasn’t been announced yet, so it’s probably not immense. Batteries take up space, after all.

Yet another screen appears behind the center console, allowing those in the back to control their own climate settings, but the highlight of the interior space is the one-piece panoramic glass roof, which extends all the way to the rear windshield and can switch between transparent and opaque settings. Optionally, Sky Control will divide the panel into individually switchable segments to control how much light enters the cabin, and customers can also opt to have lighting in here, with illuminated AMG emblems and striping that will match the selected ambient lighting color.

Finally, we have to talk about the door cards, which feature floating armrests. The contrast stitching design evokes old racecars, and the chair-shaped seat controls are a clean refresh on a Mercedes classic, while the mix of leather, carbon fiber and, with the Burmester 3D Surround Sound System, stainless steel, but it may take a little while to grow accustomed to the hidden door pulls, and many occupants will likely reach for the seat controls the first few times they try to emerge from the car. This brings us to a problem: ergonomics.

Autoblog’s Take

While we admire how Mercedes has tried something different by putting the powertrain controls on the driver’s side of the center console as a means of making the electric underpinnings more engaging, and we concede that the doors will become second nature, the fact that, besides a few controls behind the wireless charging pads for things like emergency hazards, suspension, and volume control, this is yet another heavily digital interior experience, and it’s going to require something special in the powertrain and cosmetics departments for AMG’s first in-house EV to stand out in a sea of high-performance, screen-rich electric offerings. Ferrari knows this and has chosen to rely heavily on physical controls for its first EV, the Luce. With a trio of lightweight axial-flux motors expected and a direct-cooled battery for repeatable performance, AMG’s 800-volt system will doubtless offer incredible figures, likely around 1,341 horsepower, but will customers care? A reveal date and an on-sale period are yet to be announced, but we’ll surely find out soon enough.

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