The manufacturing model of the Mercedes-Benz AMG One hypercar was lastly revealed in June and the primary examples shall be delivered to eagerly awaiting prospects later this 12 months—a five-year wait because the reveal of the idea on the 2017 Frankfurt Worldwide Motor Present.
AMG has boasted the One will come near matching the efficiency of Method 1 and top-level sports activities prototype race automobiles out on the observe, and final week the corporate launched a video of the automotive storming Germany’s Hockenheimring racetrack, with Mercedes Method E driver Maro Engel behind the wheel.
That is ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE! @MaroEngel took the wheel of our Mercedes-AMG ONE. #AMGONEandOnly
[Mercedes-AMG ONE | WLTP: Stromverbrauch kombiniert: 32 kWh/100 km | Kraftstoffverbrauch kombiniert: 8,7 I/100 km | CO2-Emissionen kombiniert: 198 g/km | https://t.co/ye4fweB7Gl] pic.twitter.com/blbF1B2yhX
— Mercedes-AMG (@MercedesAMG) July 14, 2022
Like us, you are in all probability dying to know what the automotive and its F1 engine sound likes when pushed in anger, and fortunately the video would not disappoint. Nevertheless, what we nonetheless do not have are any observe occasions. The video cuts brief earlier than Engel completes a lap. As a information, the lap document for the Hockenheimring’s present 2.84-mile grand prix observe is 1:13.780, set in 2004 by Kimi Raikkonen in a McLaren F1 race automotive.
Efficiency figures that we do have embody 0-62 mph acceleration in 2.9 seconds, 0-124 mph in 7.0 seconds, 0-186 mph in 15.6 seconds, and a prime velocity capped at 219 mph (doubtless as a result of aerodynamics). A manufacturing automotive lap document of the Nürburgring can be doubtless, although we’ll have to attend and see. The time to beat is 6:43.61, set by AMG’s personal GT Black Collection in 2020.
Mercedes AMG W07 Hybrid 2016 Method One automotive energy unit
The One is powered by the identical engine discovered within the present crop of automobiles raced by the Mercedes-Benz AMG F1 workforce. It is a 1.6-liter turbocharged V-6, particularly the unit from the championship-winning race automotive from the 2015 season.
The One really includes a extra refined powertrain than the F1 automotive, although. Whereas within the race automotive there’s solely the turbocharged V-6 and a motor-generator driving the rear wheels, plus a second motor-generator built-in with the turbocharger, the One has two extra motor-generators. These drive every of the entrance wheels and supply the One with all-wheel drive. Peak output is 1,049 hp, although the automotive is comparatively heavy for a two-seater, weighing in at 3,737 kilos, or near the load of a Ford Mustang GT.
Maro Engel drives the Mercedes-Benz AMG One on the Hockenheimring
AMG plans to construct simply 275 examples of the One, every priced at 2.275 million euros (roughly $2.295 million), and all construct slots are gone.
Although lots of these construct slots went to prospects within the U.S., AMG wasn’t in a position to certify the automotive and its finicky F1 engine on the market right here and not using a substantial loss in efficiency. There’s some hope for U.S. prospects within the type of the Present or Show rule. Underneath the rule, non-U.S. licensed automobiles with historic or technological significance will be granted permission for personal import, albeit with restrictions, reminiscent of annual mileage restricted to 2,500 miles.
