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AMG PROJECT ONE SURGE IN THE US

Mercedes-AMG began tests of its new sporting superstar with Formula 1 technology, model with which the German brand intends to face the Bugatti Chiron, and even surpass the French sport.If the first prototypes were expected since September, which was when the German brand announced that the first tests would begin, so far no one had been able to see it. It turns out that the Mercedes-AMG test team aimed at this ambitious project has now moved to the UK to work side by side with the engineers of the Formula 1 team.This first and only leaked video on the network lets you hear the sound of your engine idling, a sound that transmits sensations of what lies hidden beneath the body of the Mercedes-AMG Project ONE, a six-liter, 1.6-liter V6 engine with four electric motors - two on the front wheels, one on the crankshaft and one on the electric turbocharger - capable of generating a total horsepower of 1,006 hp that will catapult it to a top speed of 350 km / h, requiring less than six seconds to accelerate from 0 at 200 km / h.

Mercedes-Benz estimates that its new hype will have all the potential needed to shatter any record at the German Nürburgring circuit - and in any of the reigning categories - currently scheduled at 6:11:13 from 1983 by Stefan Bellof with a competition Porsche 956 , although the most reasonable is to do it about the time achieved last year by the Porsche 911 GT2, which set the timer in 6: 47: 3.The sports division of the Stuttgart brand says that Project ONE will be homologated to circulate on the streets just like any other car, but it will be on the circuit where it can really show its high power, a model of competition transferred to the streets that will also be equipped with driving technologies autonomousThe new Mercedes-AMG Project ONE, in addition to Bugatti Chiron, will also have a rival in the UK with Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro. The German model will begin its commercialization and delivery of units already sold to the most exclusive customers from the end of this year or early 2019, all hand-assembled with the latest technology for the 275 units that will easily surpass the two million euros.