Apart from its specific products, Mercedes-AMG continued its work on other vehicles offered by Mercedes-Benz on the market, and the GLE Coupe was considered a good starting point.
When Mercedes-Benz introduced the GLE Coupe on the market in 2015, its performance brand Mercedes-AMG already had all the engineering done for a high-performance version. It used the same underpinnings from the regular GLE 63 and installed it in the SUV Coupe version, but it had to do some more work for the car’s look, both inside and out.

At the front, the car sported a specific grille with a twin-slat over the grille, supporting the big three-pointed-star badge. The bumper featured a large, trapezoidal-shaped grille in the apron flanked by two side-scoops. Nothing was just aesthetic, and everything was functional. The GLE Coupe needed those sides to get more air to the front disc-brakes and cool them. From its sides, the carmaker enlarged the wheel-arches to emphasize the car’s wider stance. AMG installed four rectangular exhausts in the rear under the apron to complete the car’s sporty look.

But no AMG customer would take a vehicle without a specific interior. For that, the Affalterbach company installed carbon-fiber trims on the dashboard, door panels, and center stack. The three-spoke steering wheel featured two aluminum paddle-shifters marked UP and DOWN, challenging the driver to shift gears manually. Last but not least, the bucket-seats with high-bolstered sides were part of the package.

Under the hood, the carmaker dropped a 5.5-liter V-8 bi-turbo engine that provided up to 585 hp in the AMG GLE 63S version, while the non-S provided 557 hp. The all-wheel-drive system was biased toward the rear axle to enhance the sporty feeling of the big SUV.