Electric successor to the V8 GT 4-door, built on AMG's dedicated AMG.EA platform. Three motors, 106 kWh battery, 10–80% in 11 minutes. GT 55: 816 hp / 700 km. GT 63: 1169 hp / 696 km. Sales before end of 2026.
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German luxury automaker headquartered in Stuttgart, one of the world's oldest car manufacturers.
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Mercedes' first electric C-Class, built on the dedicated MB.EA platform with 800-volt charging. The launch C 400 4MATIC combines 489 hp with up to 762 km of WLTP range from a 94 kWh battery.
Mercedes-AMG's CLA 45 4MATIC+ drops its four-cylinder engine for a three-motor electric powertrain, with 680 hp combined, a 2.7-second 0-100 km/h time, and up to 670 km of WLTP range from a 94 kWh battery.
The China-only long-wheelbase version of the electric CLA, built locally by the Beijing Benz joint venture with a 2,830 mm wheelbase, 40 mm longer than the global car. Sold in two trims, the CLA 260 L and CLA 300 L, from 249,000 yuan (about $34,900).
The mild-hybrid petrol version of the all-new CLA, sharing its body and 800-volt electronics with the electric CLA. A 48-volt system pairs a small electric motor with the transmission, with combined outputs from 156 to 211 hp.
The second facelift of Mercedes' electric flagship sedan switches to an 800-volt architecture, adds a larger 122 kWh battery for up to 926 km WLTP range, and will offer steer-by-wire a few months after launch.
The sloping-roof version of the updated GLE, revealed alongside it on 31 March 2026. The US line-up opens with the 375 hp GLE 450 4MATIC and is topped by the 577 hp AMG GLE 53e plug-in hybrid.
The updated GLE keeps combustion at its core, with 48-volt petrol and diesel engines and a new six-cylinder plug-in hybrid that clears 100 km of electric range. Inside, MBUX Superscreen and MB.OS arrive. Outputs run to 603 hp.
The updated GLS gains a new flat-plane-crank V8 in the 530 hp GLS 580, a stronger inline-six in the GLS 450, AIRMATIC air suspension as standard and the MBUX Superscreen. It seats up to seven and reaches the US in 2026.
News about Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed a smaller version of the G-Class will be built exclusively at its Kecskemet plant in Hungary, part of a 1 billion euro (about $1.09 billion) expansion that will make Kecskemet the automaker's largest European factory, with the compact G-Class due to start production in 2027 as an EV with a hybrid variant added later.
The China-only long-wheelbase electric CLA registered zero new sales in June, capping a slide from 358 units in March. A German trade outlet reported a production pause at the Beijing Benz plant; Mercedes denies it, calling the rumor a routine summer maintenance rotation.
In the ACSI 2026 automobile study, mass-market and luxury brands finished level at 78 points out of 100, and Toyota led the whole industry with 83. Mercedes-Benz was the best luxury brand at 81, while Cadillac fell 15% to last place on 69 and Lexus dropped 10% to 78.
Mercedes-Benz Group AG is a German luxury and commercial vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The passenger car brand traces its origins to Karl Benz’s 1886 Patent-Motorwagen - widely regarded as the first true automobile.
Mercedes-Benz is currently transitioning its lineup to the MB.EA electric platform, which underpins upcoming models across the C, E, and S-Class segments, as well as several SUV derivatives. The brand positions its electric vehicles as direct successors to their internal combustion counterparts rather than separate product lines.