FUTURE MODELS
In hot pursuit of an F1 engine in a street car
Michael Taylor takes a look at the mechanics of the new Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar
Mercedes-AMG has finally shown the mechanical layout of its thousand horsepower, Formula 1-inspired Project One hypercar at a sneak reveal at the Nürburgring 24-hour race. AMG chairman Tobias Moers insists the car will become the new hypercar benchmark, with power of 750kW from the F1-based 1.6l, electrified, turbocharged V6 and its four electric motors. Only 275 will be built. The all-wheel-drive hypercar won’t just deliver levels of performance unparalleled outside the world’s racetracks but will be able to run as a pure battery-electric car for up to 25km and, unique for a hypercar, its zero-emission mode will be front-wheel drive. That should make it capable of circumventing limitations on internal-combustion, high-powered cars in some city centres around the world. "It shifts up the boundaries of what is technically feasible," Moers says. "We are the first to make pure-bred F1 technology roadworthy. Our objective is not speed but to be the benchmark. "If we have a strategy and ...
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