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Mercedes-AMG"s philosophy though you might not think so isn"t just about crude, unfiltered and vastly overpowered machinery. No, the company philosophy is about a balance of performance that encompasses handling, power and feel.Try to keep that in mind as we rifle through some of the key performance parameters on one of the most anticipated street-legal machines of recent times. Because the upcoming AMG hypercar will boast more than 1,000bhp and feature a new four-wheel-drive system.Speaking to TopGear.com, AMG boss Tobias Moers confirmed that the combined power output of his new hypercar will pack a 1.6-litre V6, MGU-H and MGU-K, together providing a nice, round, haymaker of a figure."It will be that exact engine from the F1 car," explains Moers, "although we"ll have to lower the compression ratio and change the idle speed, because 3,000rpm is a little high for a street-legal car."It"s the full engine from Lewis and Nico"s car, though, and boasts a rev limiter in excess of 10,000rpm. When pushed on engineering this kind of power, Moers notes that "the life span of an F1 engine isn"t as bad as everyone makes out".All those revs and all that power and all that noise will be harnessed through a bespoke four-wheel-drive system. Moers plans on building between 200 and 300 versions of the hypercar, all as we"ve pointed out before built for the road. No special track versions."We"re currently at the stage of finalising the styling," he told TG.com. "And this is in line with the aero. Every second day we"re having meetings about where we are and what"s next. We"re going to establish a bench at HPP in Brixworth [Merc"s High Performance Powertrains" department] in the next month and run the drivetrain on the bench."
Date written: 17 Nov 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5816
Mercedes-AMG"s philosophy though you might not think so isn"t just about crude, unfiltered and vastly overpowered machinery. No, the company philosophy is about a balance of performance that encompasses handling, power and feel.Try to keep that in mind as we rifle through some of the key performance parameters on one of the most anticipated street-legal machines of recent times. Because the upcoming AMG hypercar will boast more than 1,000bhp and feature a new four-wheel-drive system.Speaking to TopGear.com, AMG boss Tobias Moers confirmed that the combined power output of his new hypercar will pack a 1.6-litre V6, MGU-H and MGU-K, together providing a nice, round, haymaker of a figure."It will be that exact engine from the F1 car," explains Moers, "although we"ll have to lower the compression ratio and change the idle speed, because 3,000rpm is a little high for a street-legal car."It"s the full engine from Lewis and Nico"s car, though, and boasts a rev limiter in excess of 10,000rpm. When pushed on engineering this kind of power, Moers notes that "the life span of an F1 engine isn"t as bad as everyone makes out".All those revs and all that power and all that noise will be harnessed through a bespoke four-wheel-drive system. Moers plans on building between 200 and 300 versions of the hypercar, all as we"ve pointed out before built for the road. No special track versions."We"re currently at the stage of finalising the styling," he told TG.com. "And this is in line with the aero. Every second day we"re having meetings about where we are and what"s next. We"re going to establish a bench at HPP in Brixworth [Merc"s High Performance Powertrains" department] in the next month and run the drivetrain on the bench."
Date written: 17 Nov 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5816