HAVE you ever wanted to your kids to take your partner and kids to the Phillip Island Gran Prix circuit, The Bend Motorsport Park or the Heathcote Park drag strip?

Look, neither have we in all honesty, but in comes Mercedes-AMG and its GT 4-door Coupe answer to the question no one really asked.

As the third standalone AMG model after the gull-winged SLS and hardcore GT two-doors, the GT 63 S 4-door Coupe sampled here takes the tried-and-true V8 engine and engaging dynamics formula of its siblings but bolts on two extra doors and second-row seating.

So, does the extra practicality (and weight) ruin an already winning formula, or to put it another way, does the extra space ruin the AMG GT’s pace? Find out here.