Meet Tomorrow’s Electric AMG
Vision AMG Previews a Standalone Electric Performance Saloon
Mercedes-AMG is limbering up to deliver its electric performance future, if the recent reveal of its future electric power saloon is anything to go by. Slated to soon rival the likes of the Porsche Taycan and one or two other electric sports saloon is anything, the sleek concept said to predict a 2025 production car. It will also be the first AMG model ride on Mercedes’ dedicated performance AMG.EA electric platform.
Vision AMG Takes a Fresh Styling Approach
The Mercedes Vision AMG is built around a new compact battery pack to deliver a lower and more sporting shape than Benz’s existing EVA electric platform allows in the taller Mercedes EQS and EQE saloons, this new solution now allows for a new range of sleeker, lower Mercedes EVs. This first electric AMG is just the start.
“Our new design and proportions take full advantage this new platform,” Mercedes-Benz exterior design boss Robert Lešnik points out. “Vision AMG shows what we are planning in a low and sleek saloon with outstanding aerodynamics and the space. “It will accommodate four adults in comfort. “The AMG.EA platform gives us freedom of design with no need to fit an internal combustion engine in front, so we made the bonnet low with larger fenders too.”
Sleek & Low All-New Platform
The new Vision AMG’s new EA platform ditches Merc’s regular the EVA structure’s completely flat floor. It is designed to accommodate footwells in the rear and battery elements beneath and around the rear seat. “This allows for greater space and comfort in the rear,” Lešnik concludes. “We have created a very low car but with the long wheelbase, it will also be a proper four-seater.”
Vision AMG borrows from Benz’ sleek Vision EQXX saloon concept that drove 1,000 km from Stuttgart to Nice on one charge. The newcomer gets a low nose around a faux 10 lit bar signature AMG Panamericana grille. It also has a curved roofline, and an integrated spoiler. Add a paint job saluting Mercedes-AMG’s 2022 F1 race car. And at the back, six red taillights sit where you’d normally expect the regular AMG’s quad exhaust tips. Cool!
As Long as an AMG GT 4Matic 4-door.
Riding on a 9-foot 8” wheelbase, the 16.7-foot Vision AMG EV is marginally longer than an AMG GT 4Matic 4-door. AMG promises that the production car will get four frameless doors. Also expect a large liftback tailgate like the upcoming second-generation GT coupé. Active aerodynamics will come into play via a rear spoiler that deploys to increase downforce at speed, among other advances, as it also is on the Vision EQXX.
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