The GT43 and GT53 get some new colors and trims, whereas extra main updates to the V8-powered fashions will come later this yr.
It has been over three years for the reason the debut of the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe, which suggests it is time for a face-lift. On Monday Mercedes unveiled the 2022 mannequin yr variations of the six-cylinder GT43 and GT53, and whereas the updates are pretty refined they make this attractive liftback much more distinctive.
Exterior styling for the six-cylinder fashions are unchanged from final yr, although there is a new optionally available V8 styling package deal that offers the automotive the identical entrance bumper and rear diffuser designs because the GT63. The decrease intakes in that entrance bumper have been redesigned, a preview of the updates coming to the V8-powered GT 4-Door fashions later this yr.
There are three new exterior colours: Starling Blue Metallic, and two matte finishes, Starling Blue Magno and Cashmere White Magno. There are additionally 4 new wheel designs together with a rad 21-inch Y-spoke design, and purple brake calipers at the moment are optionally available. The GT53 is now obtainable with a Silver Chrome Exterior package deal and an Exterior Carbon-Fiber Package deal, each of which was unique to the GT63. The vehicles additionally get a extra expansive model of the already obtainable Evening Package deal, which blacks out all the exterior badging and the grille slats along with bits just like the window trim.
Beforehand the GT 4-Door was solely provided with a two-person rear seat that had a hard and fast console within the middle, however a three-across bench seat that folds flat is now optionally available. Each GT 4-Door will get a redesigned AMG steering wheel with new drive-mode touchscreen buttons, and a surround-view digital camera system is commonplace. A bunch of latest inside colours are provided, together with an superior Yacht Blue scheme and a stunning Deep White, and there are newly obtainable trim choices like open-pore anthracite wooden.
One of the many largest bits of stories is the Manufaktur Unique Version, which is the purple automotive you see in these photographs. Based mostly on the GT53, it is completed in a particular Rubellite Purple Metallic and comes with the V8 styling pack, the chrome exterior trim pack, and people’s new 21-inch wheels with gold brake calipers. On the within the restricted version has Neva Gray upholstery, ash wooden trim, illuminated door sills, and particular badging, and it comes with a variety of the GT’s optionally available options as commonplace.
The six-cylinder powertrains are unchanged for 2022. The GT43 makes use of a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six with a 48-volt built-in starter/generator mild-hybrid system; it makes 362 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque and comes commonplace with all-wheel drive and a nine-speed dual-clutch automated. The GT53 provides an electrical supercharger on the prime of that powertrain, boosting output to 429 hp and 384 lb-ft.
The 2022 GT43 and GT53 will go on sale later this yr within the US. Pricing hasn’t been introduced but there should not be a significant enhancement over the GT43’s $90,950 base worth and the GT53’s $101,000 ask. Later this summer time we’ll get particulars on the up-to-date V8-powered GT63, which can be joined by AMG’s first plug-in-hybrid mannequin.
