Mercedes Hints At Imminent Nurburgring Report With AMG One Hypercar

In August, a video captured the Mercedes-AMG One finishing high-speed laps on the Nurburgring race monitor. On the time, we thought that Mercedes was getting ready to set a brand new lap report on the well-known course, and right this moment, a brand new Fb submit from the corporate hints at that actuality.

The automaker posted three images of the AMG One on the Nurburgring race monitor. The corporate additionally included a caption that reads, “It’s time to witness one thing massive. One thing that all of us have been ready for. Are you prepared for a brand new milestone?.” It additionally tells individuals to “Keep tuned for a problem of the monumental variety…”

The present manufacturing car report holder is the Porsche 911 GT2 RS. The coupe accomplished the course in 6 minutes, 43 seconds flat. The AMG GT Black Collection was the earlier report holder, lapping the monitor in 6:43.61, and we already know that the AMG One trounces the Black Collection in a drag race. That bodes nicely for the One’s Nurburgring lap time.

The AMG is a potent machine that shouldn’t have any bother setting a brand new report. The automobile packs a 1.6-liter V6 engine with an electrically assisted turbocharger, and that’s not the one factor powered by electrons within the automobile. The One additionally has 4 electrical motors and an 8.4-kilowatt-hour battery. The full output is 1,049 horsepower (782 kilowatts). Mercedes says the One can hit 62 miles per hour (100 kilometers per hour) in 2.9 seconds and 124 mph (200 kph) in 7.0 seconds. It has a 213-mph (352-kph) high velocity.

Serving to the AMG One navigate its method across the Nurburgring might be its push-rod suspension and adjustable struts. A strong Observe Mode with Race Plus and Strat2 settings permits the automobile to generate as much as 5 occasions extra downforce than in its customary configuration, which may also assist the automobile set a incredible lap time.

The submit doesn’t say when Mercedes may announce the “new milestone,” however we doubt we must wait too lengthy to study the time. Manufacturing for the hand-made hypercar began in August, with Mercedes constructing simply 275 automobiles.