Celebrities Auto
Formula 1 Champ Lewis Hamilton Bags £2.2m Mercedes AMG Project 1 For His Dad
His dad Anthony worked three jobs to fund his boy’s early career.
Well, now he’s finally returned the favour and paid him back big time.
Lewis has bagged two of these Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercars,a cool £2.25million each— one for him and one for his dad.
Project One is Merc’s 1,000hp F1 car for the road.It has the same F1 engine as Lewis’ Sunday race car built in the UK at Brixworth and can do 0 to 124mph in less than six seconds.
It red lines at 11,000rpm, just 2,500 down on the F1 car and has a top speed “in excess of 217mph”.
The 1.6-litre V6 turbo uses four electric motors — two of them to drive the front wheels, making it all-wheel drive and it can run for 16 miles on pure electric.
Project One also uses F1 tech like KERS (kinetic energy recovery system) to store power and boost acceleration.
It has a F1-style air intake on the roof that blends into a giant “shark fin” at the back.
Key facts: Mercedes-AMG Project One
Price: £2.25m
Engine: 1.6-litre V6 from F1 car with four electric motors
Power: 1,000hp
0-124mph: 6 secs
Top speed: 217mph
Electric range: 16 miles
All 275 cars built to celebrate AMG’s 50th anniversary are sold out and the first customer cars will hit the road in 2019.
-
News1 week agoBugatti Wars: Davido Flaunts $5 Million W16 Mistral, A Day After Burna Boy’s Chiron Arrived Nigeria
-
Celebrities Auto6 days ago₦6B Worth of Supercars: Jeff Forex And Habby Forex Takes Delivery Of Their Lamborghini Aventador SVJs
-
News1 week agoThe Mazda MX-5 (Miata) May Become An EV
-
News6 days agoDavido’s Shows Off $5m Mistral, Burna Boy’s Chiron, EFCC Seizes Aisha’s Exotic Cars Worth ₦4.3b, Hongqi E-HS9 Spotted, Nigerian News In July
-
News1 week agoThe Largest U.S. Recall Of Mercedes-Benz In 2026 Began With A Single Little Component
-
News6 days agoFull Lists Of Categories Of Vehicles Exempted From Customs Import Duty & VAT, Those Still Taxed
-
News7 days agoThrough 2027, BMW Will Flood The Market With New Vehicles
-
News6 days agoLamborghini Urus SE Performante, Bentley Torcal, McMurtry Spéirling PURE, McLaren 788HS, News In July
Damilare
September 16, 2017 at 06:38
Amazing ! 0 to 124mph in less than six seconds….Machine