Mercedes-AMG has confirmed that its upcoming hypercar will be named the One for production, with the model name signifying its position at the very top of Mercedes-AMG’s road car range.
The Mercedes-AMG One has now been fully revealed - click the link to read the full story.
The name is also a reference to the Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 engine used in the car. The powertrain itself has undergone hundreds of hours of testing in British facilities to meet what Mercedes-AMG refers to as "the immense challenge" of making it ready for series production. The Formula 1-derived 1.6-litre V6 will produce more than 1000bhp, although the specific figure is yet to be confirmed.
When one vision becomes one reality the outcome needs one name. #AMGONE #FuturePerformance pic.twitter.com/K4iiqc85bM
— Mercedes-AMG (@MercedesAMG) September 28, 2018
Earlier this year the Aston Martin Valkyrie rival was shown for the first time on the move and in near-production form. The concept version was revealed at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show. The brand has now revealed that the car’s active aerodynamics culminate on its retractable rear wing, with two stages of extension giving maximum downforce in the car’s most hardcore Race mode.
Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers told Autocar that the downforce generated will be “approximately half the weight of the car” and confirmed that the One will weigh between 1300kg and 1400kg. Taking the 1350kg midpoint, this would indicate that the car is likely to produce around 675kg of aerodynamic downforce. The lap time will be assisted by this, despite the car not having an enormous fixed rear wing such as that on the recently revealed McLaren Senna, which produces a maximum downforce of 800kg.
The One is being tested on "closed-off test grounds and race tracks", with images showing it on the handling circuit at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire.
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Carbon tub and body work.....
....produced by an as yet unnamed UK supplier. Wonder if this will be coming from a small firm based in Sheffield who go by the acyronym MCTC? That would be a nice little bit of press for Mclaren opening their new Composites facility if they are third party supplying the Mercedes-AMG One.
Carbon tub and body work.....
....produced by an as yet unnamed UK supplier. Wonder if this will be coming from a small firm based in Sheffield who go by the acyronym MCTC? That would be a nice little bit of press for Mclaren opening their new Composites facility if they are third party supplying the Mercedes-AMG One.
1000bhp from a 1.6litre
Thats some engineering achievment. I rallied 1.6litres 20 years ago and thought 130BHP was pretty hot. Shit I am getting old lol