Mercedes-AMG's GT 4-door Coupeà is priced from £121,350 in the UK, with deliveries starting in spring 2019. By comparison, the Porsche Panamera Turbo starts from £115,100, but has 542bhp - 34bhp down on the 577bhp entry-level Mercedes-AMG.
The 630bhp GT 63 S variant is aligned more with the plug-in Panamera Turbo S E Hybrid, at £135,550 to the Porsche's £137,140. It's less powerful than the 671bhp Panamera plug-in, though.
The GT 4-door Coupé, which made its UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, is avaiable to order, with a range-topping, £148,950 Edition 1 offered for 12 months only. First customer deliveries aren't until early 2019, though. This short-lived top model will use the same 630bhp twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8 petrol engine as the top-of-the-line GT63 S 4Matic+. It is capable of propelling the car to 62mph from rest in just 3.2sec and on to a top speed of 196mph.
Lesser models can be equipped with the £3,600 Premium Plus package, which adds massaging multicontour seats, a head-up display, soft door close and other comfort options, while £3695 equips the GT 63 with individual rear seats and a raft of extras for rear-seat passengers including a rear touchscreen infotainment system and wireless smartphone charging.
We've driven the GT63 - take a look at our full review
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AMG's Porsche Panamera rival will reach customers during the first quarter of 2019. Official pricing has yet to be revealed but a starting price of about £85,000 is likely for the normal car, with the Edition 1 to be priced well above that.
Like the first version of the two-door GT sports car, the Edition 1 will get more standard features, including the sportiest aerodynamics package, 21in AMG wheels and a bespoke grey and black scheme.
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CLS should be scrapped next time around.
This is so much better looking and has an identical chassis.
Not sure...
looks great at the front but, I’m not a fan of the interior or the rear end of the Car, the Dash instruments look like your flying a Plane and the rear just looks all wrong, like two different Cars welded together, sorry, but that my opinion.
A perfect midlife crisis car
A perfect midlife crisis car for when you want a coupe but need a 5 door hatch.
Count me in in a few years time....