By Andy Kalmowitz

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But I don’t want you to worry, V8 lovers. The gas-powered AMG GT isn’t going anywhere, according to Autocar. Even if a coupe version of the GT XX is put into production, it’ll be sold alongside the V8-powered GT, not in lieu of it. Schiebe tells the outlet that the automaker will continue to invest in that car well into the next decade.

“[W]e will focus on that first, and then let’s see when the right point and time is there to launch a two-door EV.”
He added: “We want to be in terms of technology and performance successful but also economically successful. We do whatever is, let’s say, worth investing the money. And at the moment, I would say we are more successful investing into our two-door combustion-engine platform than doing this on the electric side.

He did add that the company is flexible, so if anything changes in the market, it can react quickly. At the moment, there aren’t too many fully electric options available in the space a coupe version of the AMG GT XX would occupy. Off the top of my head, the only one I can really think of is the Maserati GranTurismo Folgore, which isn’t terribly much to write home about. Because of that, it would go up against the gas-powered cars like the Porsche 911, Aston Martin Vantage, Ferrari Amalfi and Bentley Continental GT.

The potential GT two-door wouldn’t be AMG’s first electric halo coupe, though. As I’m sure you remember (because you’re so damn smart), Mercedes produced nine SLS AMG Electric Drives back in 2013 that put out 740 horsepower and 737 pound-feet of torque with the help of four electric motors. It was more of an engineering exercise than a production car, but the point still remains.