The new 2027 Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door is here, ushering in the next generation of AMG-tuned EVs — catfish maw and all.

The outgoing AMG GT 4-Door charmed us with its classy style, blistering performance, and a near-perfect balance between new-age tech and old-world Benz solidity. This next-generation evolution, based on the AMG GT XX concept, marks a significant departure.

This next-generation AMG GT 4-Door retains the coupe-like silhouette. It's rather striking, with its smooth surfaces and fastback roofline, and slices through the air with a drag coefficient of 0.22. The rear end is dominated by three round tail lights each with a light-up three-pointed star, positioned under a glossy black panel.

The front end takes some getting used-to. It's dominated by a faux front grille styled to resemble Benz's Panamericana look; on upper-spec trims, the slats light up. It's accented by a headlight treatment with three-pointed-star daytime running lights that mimic the tails, connected by a lightbar that may as well be a unibrow. The AMG GT XX concept did it better.

Underneath the new sheet metal, the 2027 AMG GT 4-Door debuts Mercedes' new AMG.EA architecture. It's a new "skateboard" EV platform anchored by a 106 kWh nickel-cobalt-manganese-aluminum battery pack, developed with the help of Mercedes' F1 team. It feeds three axial-flux electric motors — one on the front axle, and two at the rear, positioned at the wheels.

Mercedes says the main benefits of an axle-flux design is a smaller and lighter electric motor. The front motor is only 3.5 inches thick, while the two rears are slightly thinner, at 3.2 inches. Each motor is paired to its own single-speed transmission, and the entire powertrain weighs just 309 pounds.

Two versions of the powertrain will be offered. The base AMG GT 55 puts out a paltry 805 horsepower and 1,328 pound-feet of torque, while the range-topping AMG GT 63 lays down 1,153 hp and 1,475 lb-ft of torque. Mercedes says the AMG GT 55 knocks off the 0-100 km/h run in a zippy 2.4 seconds, but if that's too long, the 63 does it in two seconds flat. Both top out at 299 km/h (186 mph) when you spec the AMG Driver's Pack.

The new battery pack is rated at 106 kWh and features some neat cooling tricks. For instance, unlike most EVs, the AMG GT 4-Door appears to have a transmission tunnel like a gas car. Mercedes stuffs much of the wiring in there, but also a cooling system that circulates non-conductive oil from the inside-out to cool the cells under hard driving. A second, slimmer opening below the faux Panamericana grille is connected to an intake that cools the battery as well, and the battery's housing serves as a structural component to the chassis.

Range is estimated at more than 750 kilometres based on Europe's generally less-strict WTLP testing, and Mercedes says the 800-volt architecture enables a 10-to-80 per cent recharge in as little as 11 minutes. Of course, that depends on whether you can find a public fast-charger that can do 600 kW. Six hundred. Good luck — we can barely find stations locally that can reliably do 150 kW.

Being a modern AMG, the 2027 AMG GT 4-Door features the marque's usual list of driver assists and go-fast tricks. One new feature is the AMGForce Sport+ drive mode, activating simulated gear shifts via the steering wheel paddle shifters and a soundtrack actually recorded from AMG's gas V8s.

Inside, the new AMG GT 4-Door's cabin is precisely what we'd expect. Yes, it features screens galore, including an optional passenger display. Refreshingly, Mercedes includes more physical controls on the steering wheel, while the rest of the interior is appropriately trimmed with racy carbon fibre accents, snug seats, and Mercedes' traditional triple knobs on the centre console.

Pricing hasn't been announced just yet, but Mercedes says we can expect the 2027 AMG GT 55 4-Door in dealers later this year, followed by the 63 in early 2027 — catfish maw and all.