---
title: "Mercedes-AMG May Be Bringing a 600+ HP GT Sedan to Geneva Next Month"
description: "It's been a long time coming, but Mercedes-Benz may finally be on the verge of getting that AMG sedan it's wanted for a while."
date: "2017-02-21"
modified: "2017-02-21"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/7777/mercedes-amg-may-be-bringing-a-600-hp-gt-sedan-to-geneva-next-month"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Geneva Motor Show"
  - "GT"
  - "Mercedes-AMG"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
  - "sedan"
  - "sports car"
---

# Mercedes-AMG May Be Bringing a 600+ HP GT Sedan to Geneva Next Month

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If your first thought when you look at the likes of [the new Mercedes-AMG E63](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5703/the-603-hp-mercedes-amg-e63-s-is-the-best-of-both-drivetrains>) is, "Gee, I love an AMG four-door—I just wish it looked a little cooler," Mercedes-Benz may have a surprise coming that's right up your alley. The carmaker is reportedly set to unveil an [AMG-specific sport sedan at the Geneva Motor Show](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-geneva-motor-show/600bhp-mercedes-amg-gt4-saloon-concept-appear-geneva>) next month.

According to *Autocar*, the fleet-footed four-door will be dubbed the Mercedes-AMG GT4. The vehicle that'll purportedly be revealed in Switzerland will supposedly be a concept, but one that closely previews a production car reportedly hitting the streets next year. It'll be an AMG-specific product, packing the brand's 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 and reportedly swoop in as a replacement for [the CLS63 Shooting Brake](<https://www.mercedes-amg.com/cls63sb.php?lang=eng>) we Americans have been lusting for from afar for years.

## New AMG sport sedan will use the best of the brand's performance tech

While the GT4 will reportedly bear a facial resemblance to the GT sports car, *Autocar* says it will be based on its own bespoke platform—a modified version of the same common skeleton that serves everything from the C-Class to the S-Class. The platform will reportedly be extensively modified for AMG GT4 duty, complete with a wider track, greater use of lightweight materials, and wheelbase measurements different from the C, E, or S sedans.

The AMG-tuned 4Matic+ system that debuted in the E63 S will reportedly also be included, [along with its anxiously-awaited Drift Mode](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5432/the-new-mercedes-amg-e63-will-come-with-drift-mode>). And the 4.0-liter V8—which will reportedly be tuned up past the 603-horsepower output of the E63 S—will not purportedly be paired with a 48-volt electrical system, but may even be supplemented by a tiny electrical motor in the gearbox, which could provide a bit of extra off-the-line power and enable the stop-start system to operate more quickly.

Mercedes-Benz has been playing around with the idea of an AMG-specific sedan for a while. Back in 2012, the carmaker filed a patent for [a rather bizarre-looking four-door SLS AMG](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/news/a18016/2014-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-4-door/>), packing two gullwing doors up front and a pair of small suicide doors behind them. That idea, thankfully, never made it past the drawing board.

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

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