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VIDEO | Mercedes-AMG E53 review | Can a hybrid AMG truly deliver?

AMG cars are known for having massive engines with huge power… so is this hybrid a proper AMG?

Mark Nichol

Words by: Mark Nichol

Published on 16 May 2025 | 0 min read

Electrification. It’s happening to everything. Even AMG. Yep, that's "high-performance arm of Mercedes-Benz" AMG, famed for taking ‘ordinary’ Mercs and turning them into extraordinary machines. Usually via huge petrol engines with colossal power, hand-built (and hand-signed) by individual technicians.
The new Mercedes-AMG E53, then… is a hybrid. A hybrid like a Toyota Prius. Or that time the opposing worlds of heavy metal and hip-hop collided to bring us the legendary Judgement Night original movie soundtrack. So, will the electrification of the E53 spawn a best-of-both-worlds classic? A Pearl Jam meets Cypress Hill banger? Or will it be a glorified Uber? Click play above to watch Rory get to the bottom of it. Judgement day, if you will. It does bode well on paper for the E53, at least. It combines a 443-horsepower 3.0-litre turbo engine with a 161-horsepower electric motor. The upshot is a 3.7-second 0-60mph time, and yet… on paper, at least… wait for it… 282mpg. That’s never gonna happen, of course, but because the car will do up to 61 miles of electric-driving (again, claimed), it could be an EXTREMELY efficient to-work-and-back upper-corporate-management company runabout. So, watch the video to see what Rory makes of it. And don’t forget to subscribe to the YouTube channel. You can do that proper easily by clicking this link.

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