The first so-called "S E Performance Hybrid" debuted in 2021. The GT63 4-Door featured Benz's first battery-assisted V-8 with a whopping 831 horsepower and an earth-moving 1,000 lb-ft of torque. Soon, the C-Class, G-Class, GLC, and S-Class would follow, each with ridiculous amounts of battery-assisted power and a few miles of EV-only range to boot. But in the four years since the first S E Performance model rolled off the factory floor in Stuttgart, other automakers have had time to catch up. —Jeff Perez, Managing Editor | 
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