Powered by a 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 and hybrid system from the company’s championship-winning F1 cars, the AMG One was first rumored to hit the road in early 2016, and revealed as the Project One prototype at the Frankfurt motor show in September 2017. While admitting it has been a tricky task to launch the car, Kallenuis said as quoted by Autocar: “The team at AMG and the [AMG] High Performance Powertrain Formula One arm came to us about four years ago and said ‘we’ve got a great idea, let’s put a Formula One engine into a road car.
“I will have to go back to check the meeting minutes, but I’m sure we were drunk when we said yes.” The car is set to have a power output beyond 1000 horsepower (735kW) for a top speed of 350km/h and production was set to begin in 2019.
But the need to comply with strict WLTP emissions rules with a petrol particulate filter – without negatively impacting on the car’s performance, has pushed everything back. The car was finally rumored to be released this year, and while it remains to be seen if this will become a reality, Kallenuis claimed news regarding the project is expected in the next fortnight.
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