---
title: "2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance: 805 Hybrid HP and Too Long of a Name"
description: "The 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance is a hybrid supercar and a luxury tourer with a name like a mouthful of alphabet soup."
date: "2024-04-20"
modified: "2024-04-20"
authors:
  - name: "James Gilboy"
    job_title: "Contributing Writer"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/james-gilboy"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/2025-mercedes-amg-gt63-s-e-performance-805-hybrid-hp-and-too-long-of-a-name"
categories:
  - "Mercedes-Benz News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "AMG GT"
  - "Coupe"
  - "luxury"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
  - "sports car"
---

# 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance: 805 Hybrid HP and Too Long of a Name

![2025 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19/premedia_24c0120_002.jpg>)
*\<em\>Mercedes-AMG\</em\>*

The new [Mercedes-AMG GT](<https://www.thedrive.com/car-reviews/2024-mercedes-amg-gt-first-drive-review-specs-price-options-impressions>) is A Lot. A lot of performance, a lot of weight, a lot of overlap with the [SL](<https://www.thedrive.com/car-reviews/2024-mercedes-amg-sl43-review>). Lots isn't the same as enough though, which is all the justification Stuttgart needed to spawn the 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance. Its name is so long, in fact, that it takes longer to say out loud than the car takes to do zero to 60 mph. (I'd know, I just timed myself.)

The highest-performing new-gen AMG GT (so far) evolves in the only way that this heavier, softer new generation could: By becoming a hybrid. Its 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 is linked to a nine-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive is now aided by a 201-horsepower electric motor. It's fixed to the limited-slip rear axle by way of a two-speed transmission, enabling a wider envelope of performance. It draws power from a 6.1-kWh battery mounted over the rear axle for optimum weight distribution and features aggressive temperature management that keeps it primed for power delivery at all times rather than efficiency.

![2025 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19/premedia_24c0120_008.jpg>)
*2025 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance. *Mercedes-AMG**

Combined with the V8 up front, the car makes 805 hp and 1,047 lb-ft of torque, launching from zero to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds, quicker than any other production AMG in history, and on to a top speed of 199 mph. That mass at those speeds requires a serious braking package, which the hybrid GT63 gets from standard carbon ceramics. Its enormous rotors are munched on by six-piston front calipers and single-piston rears—remember, there's some regenerative braking action back there too.

On the handling front, the E Performance GT63 benefits from four-wheel steering and standard hydraulic roll control with adaptive damping. In addition to its active rear spoiler, it has an active front underbody that drops down to create an F1-style venturi effect, reducing lift. Even the GT63's 20-inch wheels are aero-optimized.

Another point of optimization: This being a plug-in hybrid, there is a charge port. But it's been placed on the rear bumper, surely minimizing repair costs in the not-that-unlikely event one of these ever gets rear-ended.

![2025 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19/premedia_24c0120_026.jpg>)

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![2025 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19/premedia_24c0120_032.jpg>)

Stepping into its interior, the electrified GT gets standard adjustable performance seats, which are available with vented head- and backrests. There's a variety of Nappa leather colors available, with an optional combination of microfiber cloth or diamond-quilted stitching. Vaulting up to a Manufaktur Signature car also broadens the range of paint choices, and adds extra leather to the interior, a hand-stitched leather steering wheel, light-up sill plates, and numerous additional interior details.

The 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance arrives in U.S. dealers later this year, presumably at a price point far north of the non-hybrid GT63, which starts at $177,050. There's no word of a [Black Series](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/44635/the-720-hp-mercedes-amg-gt-black-series-is-now-an-f1-safety-car>) or [GT R](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/40809/theres-finally-a-mercedes-amg-gt-r-speedster-build-and-it-looks-mean-as-hell>) yet, but we'd be surprised if [Mercedes](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/mercedes-news>) isn't planning those for a few years down the road.

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*Got a tip or question for the author? You can reach them here: james@thedrive.com*

## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/jamesgilboy>)