Mercedes-Benz AMG One goes up in opposition to the GT Black Collection in a drag race

Mercedes-Benz AMG has launched a video displaying how its latest flagship compares to its former one, in a drag race.

We’re speaking concerning the One hypercar which works up in opposition to the GT Black Collection, two vehicles designed for final observe efficiency however with very totally different strategies of execution.

Whereas the GT Black Collection went down the standard route of a strong V-8 up entrance and drive despatched to the rear wheels, the One options the identical engine discovered within the present crop of vehicles raced by the Mercedes Components 1 workforce. It is a 1.6-liter turbocharged V-6, particularly the unit from the championship-winning race automotive from the 2015 season.

The One really includes a extra refined powertrain than the F1 automotive, although. Whereas within the race automotive there’s solely the turbocharged V-6 and a motor-generator driving the rear wheels, plus a second motor-generator built-in with the turbocharger, the One has all that and two extra motor-generators. These drive every of the entrance wheels and supply the One with all-wheel drive. Peak output is 1,049 hp, although the automotive is comparatively heavy for a two-seater, weighing 3,737 lb, or near the burden of a Ford Mustang GT.

However, acceleration is breathtaking, as we see within the video. Mercedes quotes a 0-62 mph time of two.9 seconds for the One, although that is possible on the conservative facet because the automotive simply outguns the GT Black Collection whose official 0-62 mph time is 3.1 seconds, however has been demonstrated with a lot faster instances than that. For comparability’s sake, the GT Black Collection solely has 720 hp.

Sadly, there isn’t any observe figures for the One simply but. However given the efficiency it demonstrates right here, you may depend on it delivering a brand new manufacturing automotive lap document on the Nürburgring, a racetrack the place the One was noticed testing as lately as August. The time to beat is 6:43.61, set in 2020 by none aside from the GT Black Collection.