Autocar – September 2017
Autocar – September 2017
English | 92 pages | PDF | 40.5 MB
English | 92 pages | PDF | 40.5 MB
LEWIS'S NEW CAR: NEW MERC HYPERCAR
Mercedes-Benz’s AMG performance car division has joined the exclusive ranks of highend hypercar manufacturers with the unveiling of a spectacular new 992bhpplus coupé known under the working title Project One. The advanced new model has been conceived to provide a direct link between the German car maker’s Formula 1 racing activities and its road car division. It is powered by a heavily reworked version of the turbocharged 1.6-litre V6 petrol engine and electric motor set-up used by the W08 race car, as driven by Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Performance figures quoted by Mercedes-AMG put the carbonfibre-bodied Project One’s 0-124mph time at 6.0sec and its top speed at more than 218mph. However, Mercedes- AMG boss Tobias Moers says final certification has yet to be carried out on the new coupé because there is still a further eighteen months of development before the first customer cars are due to arrive.
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