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title: "Mercedes-AMG GT SUV as a \"1,150hp Electric Beast\": A Paper Number for a 2028 Model"
url: https://media.yoora.tech/en/articles/mercedes-amg-gt-suv-1150-hp
lang: en
published: 2026-10-18T12:00:56+00:00
updated: 2026-10-18T12:00:56+00:00
section: "Hype check"
description: "The Verge leads with 1,150 horsepower for the new AMG electric SUV, but the figure matches an earlier sedan and comes from the maker, not from a test."
---

# Mercedes-AMG GT SUV as a "1,150hp Electric Beast": A Paper Number for a 2028 Model

## What was claimed

The Verge headlined its piece "Mercedes-AMG's first ground-up SUV is a 1,150hp electric beast". The 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV is described as equally powerful as the GT four-door coupe and as an ultra-fast-charging electric people-hauler.

## What is actually there

The horsepower figure is not new. The same text says the GT four-door coupe already offered over 1,150 horsepower from three axial flux motors, and the SUV is called "equally powerful". So the headline number is the powertrain carried over to a bigger body, announced by the manufacturer. Nothing in the excerpt we have reports an independent test, a measured acceleration time or a real-world range.

The genuinely new fact is a different one: this is the first time in AMG's 59-year history that it has developed a full-size SUV entirely in house, on its AMG.EA architecture. It is due in the US next summer, and it is a 2028 model, so buyers are being asked to judge it on promises.

## Why the framing overreaches

Peak horsepower is the easiest number to print and the hardest to feel. How long a car can hold it, how heavy the SUV is and how it behaves on a long drive matter more for owners than a number on a slide. "Beast" is a label, not a measurement. The car may well be quick, but today we have a spec sheet, not a verdict.