Times of Eswatini

82 kW Mercedes-AMG One debuts as road-legal hypercar

- - Cars.co.za

pObuaIntct­e’skthihbnae­gserafnoin­awaadnhl-loalyegpbg­opaenielni­nMsginfe7u­gr8lclly2y­ekdlroWenv­sge-aAanwlMdea­dGiat, ahecalodsy­etrolposop­keǥed of 352kph. Let’s take fMuTelfhri­lecleiwndg­aeistth-iAseMoGvGe­errOm! nTaehnehbp­arsraonbde­due’csntpiourn­ovmveirsls­eidot,nofiobnfra­itnlhlyge FoLremt’uslgae1t(rFig1h) thytobrtih­detehcehan­dolliongey­ntoumthbee­rrosa.dT. he two-seater hypercar generates a hefty 782kW ceoleucrtt­reiscymofo­atosrins,gcleuclmom­inbautisnt­igonineang­toinpesapn­edefdouorf a35p3ekapk­ht.oIrnqteure­efsitginug­rely,,sMayeirnce­gdtehsa-tAqMuGotdi­nogesnu’tchlisat dsprievcei­tfricaaint­i’.on is ‘not possible due to the complex

As you might have guessed, however, accelerata­iocnlaiism­imedpr2e.s9sisvec, wonitdhsth­ine 0th-1e0a0nkgpr­hiessptroi­nfttthaeki­snigx dsercivoen­mdsoadneds, thes2p0e0e­kdpohmmeta­errkraerar­diviningg3­i0n0jukspt­h7i.n0 a mere 15.6 seconds. If you’re wondering just how ymoucihtst­hkerMbewrc­eeigdhetsi-sAlMistGed­Onase 1w6e9ig5hk­sg, w. e can tell

poTwhoeurt­grhatihne centrepiec­e is the F1-derived, turbo

A closer look at the Mercedes-AMG One’s c(dhrairvgin­edg t1h.6e-rleitarrea­Vx6leptlhu­rgo-uingh yabfreidsh­pleytdroev­l elnogpined­e seelevcetn­r-iscpmeeodt­oaruthoams atlesdo mbeaennuai­nl gtegarabto­exd),ian9to0kth­We turbocharg­er, with another 120kW unit installed dthireeccr­talynkocna­tshee. Tchoemtwbu­osrteiomna­ei nignign1e2­w0ikthWael­iencktrtio­c mTohtoerVs,6meenagniw­nehilsem, dirdiv-me tohuenfrte­odntinwfhr­eoenlst.of the 9orew0an0r 0,atxrhplema­sn.ixMd-ceryerlcvi­nesduepsrt-uoAnMaitlG­ocfshtayuy­1rsn1tsh0o­e0u0ptro4p­w2me2.rkOpWnlain­atst pthraonvia­dnesat‘ulirgahltl­yniansgp-iqrautiecd­k”Vr8esepnog­ninse’,sit(fcalari‘mfas)t.er esMtinegrc­lye,dthees-eAleMctGri­Ocnexehisa­aulstogabs­lteutrobuo­scehpaargr­terInintet­hr goef tnheerasut­erpeluesct­ernicearlg­eynfreorgm­ytahseaexg­heanuesrta­gtoars. fTlohwisti­os then stored in the 8.4kWh high-voltage lithium-ion esbalaeytc­tsteMrriyc­e(rmgceoodot­oedrsfs)oorrafteph­duetreoel eciltethrc­eitcrimtch­roeatfonrr­ogenotno-fmt1ho8eu.c1noktmemd-, bustion engine. reTahchain­kgsrototot­rhsopseedt­swoof uepletcot5­ri0c0m00ot­pomrs) o(enatchhe flraovnotu­arxolef,athll-ewMherecle­dreivse-A. TMhGeOfrno­enfteaaxtl­ueroepsear­naetews twoWhrqehu­eale-tssdeoilsr­etcrotifib­vsuieztley­io,istnht.huesmbeons­et pfiottwine­grffurol AmMinGd-bivaiddgue­adl r2o0a1d0ca­mrmyetw? Widella, nthdesOtna­nedmse1as2­u6r1esm4m7­5t6amll,mwliothnga, mwhoeneolc­boaqsueeoa­fn2d7a2c0a­mrbmon. I-tfifberaet­ubroedsy.a carbon-fibre (bSoutshpfe­rnosnitoan­ncdomrepar)iswesitahm­pulsthi--lrinokdasr­prraingesm­treuntst installed across the direction of travel, along with aliedcarao­lpldytyibv­nyea3dm7ai­mmcspm, tihnfeogrc. ehAassnpsd­aisr3ct0ao­mnf btmheelaov­fwte. hericelde’hsyadcrtai­vue

 ?? ?? The two-seater hypercar generates a hefty 782kW courtesy of a single combustion engine and four electric motors, culminatin­g in a top speed of 353kph.
The two-seater hypercar generates a hefty 782kW courtesy of a single combustion engine and four electric motors, culminatin­g in a top speed of 353kph.
 ?? ??
 ?? ?? The V6 engine is mid-mounted in front of the rear axle
The V6 engine is mid-mounted in front of the rear axle
 ?? ??
 ?? ??
 ?? ?? Up front, the wheels are shod
Up front, the wheels are shod
 ?? ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Eswatini