The Mercedes-AMG One is a three-track record-breaking hypercar. Shortly after the success at the Nurburgring, Mercedes is looking back on the records they blew up with the car that, one year ago, seemed an impossible mission.
Setback after setback, delay after delay, an a massive headache for the top execs and engineers. Many thought it would never set wheels on the road, nor track for that matter. Things started to sink when even the company’s CEO said: “We must have been drunk when we approved the One.” Yet it was sold out long before the company revealed the series production version. 275 customers ordered the 275 cars, despite the daunting price. Even some from the United States, despite the fact that they won’t be able to drive the hypercar there, due to stringent emissions regulations in force.
Injecting Formula 1 technology into a street car seemed a brilliant idea five years ago, when Mercedes unveiled the concept car that previewed the model. But designing it, developing it, and producing it were not exactly a walk in the park. Not one on the racetrack either.
The end of the year is always a good time to look back on good or not-so-good moments. And this is what Mercedes-AMG is doing, posting a video of all the three records the One holds. The latest is the one in Nurburgring, where it lapped the famous track in 6 minutes and 35.183 seconds. That time made it the fastest street-legal car there.
The AMG One needed 1 minute and 26.846 seconds to lap the Red Bull Ring and it flew on the Hockenheim asphalt in 1:38.563. That brings it to a total number of three. That was fast!
“To many more monumental memories with the future of Driving Performance,” concludes the caption of the video Mercedes-AMG posted on the company’s YouTube channel.
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