AUSTIN, Texas — Workers in Affalterbach have been stuffing big, stout engines under the hoods of Mercedes-Benz sedans for decades, creating iconic performance cars like the ur-AMG Rote Sau — the «Red Pig,» a 300 SEL with a 6.8-liter V8 — or the extremely 1980s AMG Hammer. Until recently, most road-going AMGs have been phenomenal straight-line killers that didn’t hold up as well as cars from BMW, Audi or Porsche on a track or a winding backroad. But the new 2019 Mercedes-AMG GT four-door is Mercedes’ answer to the Porsche Panamera and the revived BMW 8 Series, and we braved Austin’s traffic and a rainstorm that followed us to Circuit of the Americas to see just how well AMG’s latest performance car could dance.
Power has never been an issue. Every AMG engine is work of art, a sweet and torquey ode to internal combustion. The GT four-door comes in three flavors: GT 53, GT 63 and GT 63 S. The GT 53 uses Mercedes’ new 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six, making 429 horsepower at 6,100 rpm and 384 pound-feet of torque between 1,800 and 5,800 rpm. The EQ Boost starter-generator mounted between the engine and transmission accounts for 21 pound-feet of low-end torque while the turbos spool up.
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