Two fuel caps can only mean the performance sedan will be a plug-in hybrid. AMG has been caught testing the E53 in Europe on multiple occasions, but this is the first time we're seeing the sports ...

Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 forgoes the former V8 for a new hybrid drivetrain. Karl Brauer. Driving the redesigned 2025 Mercedes-AMG ...

and AMG Dynamic Select (with its choice of driving modes) constitute the chassis systems, while to keep the E53 on-brand aurally, it comes complete with a performance exhaust. Step inside and you ...

Technically, the E53 is capable of a higher-still power output than its 577bhp system ... to the AMG too, with bigger intakes, and at the rear there’s a diffuser design and different exhaust ...

However, the company's new AMG E53 4Matic+ did a fine job through ... helped by a standard rear-axle steering system. The E53, then, left us with a somewhat discordant impression.