Mercedes is going to be extremely busy over the next couple of years. The German luxury brand intends to roll out 17 electric vehicles and 19 models with combustion engines. The portfolio will be overhauled with fresh products, ranging from an all-new CLA to an S-Class facelift. New additions will include electric C-Class and E-Class sedans and a smaller G-Class. The AMG division is also keeping busy with a pair of bespoke EVs.
The performance division based in Affalterbach could have more on the way. In addition to the electric sedan and SUV already teased, a much more exciting vehicle could be planned. Autocar reports that a conceptual supercar will be revealed by the middle of 2025. The hot EV is expected to employ axial-flux electric motors, which will also power the dedicated AMG sedan and SUV duo we just mentioned. The former will be an indirect GT 4-Door Coupe successor when it goes on sale in 2026, with the latter to follow shortly.
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The motors have been developed by Mercedes-owned Yasa, which also supplies its hardware to the Lamborghini Temerario and Revuelto. The Jaguar C-X75 employed a quad-motor setup from Yasa, and more recently so did the Vision One-Eleven concept. The hot new EV is said to take after the 2023 concept, which paid tribute to the C111 series of experimental prototypes from the 1970s, some of which had rotary engines.
The Mercedes insider cited by Autocar says the new electric supercar concept is “not a million miles away” from the One-Eleven. A next-generation battery, potentially of the solid-state variety, could feed energy to the axial-flux motors. Just last week, an EQS prototype with solid-state batteries hit the road for testing, promising a maximum range of over 620 miles (1,000 kilometers).
But the supercar concept won’t be about covering long distances on a single charge. That role went to the Vision EQXX, aka “the most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever.” The unnamed hot EV is said to be all about performance, possibly grabbing the crown for the quickest-accelerating AMG ever. It would have to dethrone the GT 63 S E Performance, which takes 2.8 seconds to reach 62 mph (100 km/h), a tenth of a second quicker than the mighty AMG One.
The F1-engined machine appears in a slideshow next to a future AMG flagship hiding under a car cover. The image above was published days ago in an official document titled “Mercedes-Benz Group Roadshow FY2024.” The mysterious vehicle represents “the next chapter” of a lineage that includes icons such as the CLK GTR and Black Series models.
While the report strictly talks about a concept, Mercedes-AMG might already be hinting at a production version: “The next legend is already in the making.” If a concept does break cover in the following months, a road-going model is unlikely to arrive soon after. Logic tells us we won’t see it until 2027 at the earliest.
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