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Just in case you weren"t convinced Mercedes-AMG was actually going to put an F1 engine in a street-legal hypercar, here"s the evidence. This is the powertrain of the Project One. Looks pretty exotic, right?At the N24 endurance race, AMG supremo Tobias Moers also confirmed the first few specifications for the brand"s ultimate flagship. Get a load of this: the engine remains a 1.6-litre turbocharged V6, and it redlines at 11,000rpm. The hybrid system"s electric motor generates 80kW of power, and the combined system power for the car will exceed 1000bhp. He"s also particularly proud of the engine"s 40 per cent thermal efficiency. Toyota claims that sort of record heat management for its Prius engine, which is all very commendable, but to get identical heat management out of a turbocharged ultra-muscled engine is pretty much witchcraft. And that"s it. That"s all Mr Moers would let on, grinning with every word, and at every gasp in the room. From the image itself, we can glimpse the innovative overlapping inboard suspension, the roof scoop air intake, and the batteries sat low down and up front to optimize weight distribution. There"s also an intriguing exhaust system out back just how will AMG make the notoriously flat-sounding F1 V6 into a musical instrument worthy of an AMG and a rival to the likes of LaFerrari and 918 Spyder? Answers on an online postcard.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 27 May 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
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Just in case you weren"t convinced Mercedes-AMG was actually going to put an F1 engine in a street-legal hypercar, here"s the evidence. This is the powertrain of the Project One. Looks pretty exotic, right?At the N24 endurance race, AMG supremo Tobias Moers also confirmed the first few specifications for the brand"s ultimate flagship. Get a load of this: the engine remains a 1.6-litre turbocharged V6, and it redlines at 11,000rpm. The hybrid system"s electric motor generates 80kW of power, and the combined system power for the car will exceed 1000bhp. He"s also particularly proud of the engine"s 40 per cent thermal efficiency. Toyota claims that sort of record heat management for its Prius engine, which is all very commendable, but to get identical heat management out of a turbocharged ultra-muscled engine is pretty much witchcraft. And that"s it. That"s all Mr Moers would let on, grinning with every word, and at every gasp in the room. From the image itself, we can glimpse the innovative overlapping inboard suspension, the roof scoop air intake, and the batteries sat low down and up front to optimize weight distribution. There"s also an intriguing exhaust system out back just how will AMG make the notoriously flat-sounding F1 V6 into a musical instrument worthy of an AMG and a rival to the likes of LaFerrari and 918 Spyder? Answers on an online postcard.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 27 May 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7949
