Gorden Wagener, Mercedes’ chief design officer, took to Instagram today to share a teaser for a mysterious new concept vehicle called the Vision AMG. “The Desire for Performance Luxury,” Wagener wrote. “Get ready for our all-electric performance show car – the Vision AMG.” No further details, though, were revealed about the car beyond the drawings of its outline. That drawing is highly reminiscent of another recent show car, the Mercedes EQXX. Revealed on January 3, the highly aerodynamic car features a streamlined design with a short hood and a long sloping roof just like the one shared today. The new concept, though, does look more aggressive than the EQXX.
Its design gives it a drag coefficient of
0.17, which allows the EQXX to have a range of 1,000 km. As a
concept vehicle primarily focused on range, though, it isn’t particularly
powerful. Mercedes said that, despite a 100 kWh battery, the EQXX show car was
powered by a single, rear-mounted electric motor that makes 201 hp Although objectively sufficient for a modern car, those are hardly the
power levels that AMG is associated with. In September of last year, the
automaker revealed the Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+. That EV is powered by two
motors that make up to 751 hp and 1020 Nm of torque
when the Race Start mode is selected, which allows the 2655 kg vehicle to hit 100 km/h in just 3.4 seconds.
That power comes with compromises on
range, though. Despite having a 107.8 kWh battery with AMG-specific wiring, the
EQS 53 4MATIC can only go between 526-580 km per charge on the
WLTP test cycle. Like the EQXX, though, the Vision AMG may help Mercedes
squeeze more out of its cars.
In March, the automaker said that the EQXX
was a “research vehicle” intended to “explore options for future production
vehicles. A blueprint for series production.” The company added that many of
the innovations from that vehicle would soon find their way into production
vehicles and the same might be the case for this upcoming concept. What
Mercedes has planned for the Vision AMG will be revealed on May 19.
