Mercedes-AMG boss Tobias Moers has confirmed its new mid-engined hypercar, to be launched in 2018, will develop around 1000bhp.
Mercedes-AMG has confirmed at the Paris motor show that it is preparing a hypercar stuffed with extreme F1 technology, as the world champions look to bring some of their track brilliance to the road for AMG’s golden anniversary. Dubbed R50 by insiders, the AMG hypercar – depicted in CAR’s exclusive artist’s impression above – is practically a street-legal F1 racer but with two seats instead of one, an extreme six-cylinder engine with e-motor assistance, and a power-to-weight ratio approaching one kilogramme per horsepower.
It’s reported that the AMG hypercar will center on a carbon fiber monocoque and use gullwing doors, as is Mercedes tradition. A one-to-one power-to-weight ratio is the target, but Mercedes apparently wants to make a more civilized car than Aston Martin’s prototype racer for the street. A modified version of Mercedes-AMG’s Formula 1 racing engine, a 700-horsepower turbocharged V6, is thought to provide power, with the help of up to three electric motors.
Even crazier, it’s reported that the car will use “BIO-METRIC DRIVER CONTROL SYSTEMS.” This tech debuted in the Mercedes-Maybach 6 Concept car, which we first saw a few weeks ago. Apparently, the car will be able to read the driver’s physical inputs in real time, and set the car’s various systems to tailor the driving experience. Yes, that sounds both vague and technologically improbable, but here we are.
NEXT YEAR IS AMG’S 50TH BIRTHDAY, and with the company operating at an all-time high, a hypercar would be the perfect way to celebrate. AMG undoubtedly has cool stuff planned for next year, but whether or not a hypercar is part of those plans remains to be seen. We hope it is.
Formula 1 engine and tech
Mercedes-AMG’s hypercar will be powered by the “entire current Formula 1 powertrain”, according to officials. This confirms its 1.6-litre capacity and the use of both forms of energy recovery system found in modern F1 cars: the MGU-K that converts mechanical and heat energy into electrical energy that can be stored for later deployment, and the MGU-H system that takes heat from the exhaust and uses it to create electrical energy.
This is the first time that there has been a genuine and direct technology transfer straight from the race track to the public road. The car is already so advanced that Moers says deliveries will begin in “two years, two and a half at most”. So expect to see a full-scale model or prototype of the closed, all-carbonfibre, mid-engined two-seater as soon as next year, with the first customers getting their cars before the end of 2018. On this time frame, the project would seem to be at least as advanced as the AM-RB 001.
Moers concedes the powertrain will need to be slightly detuned from its current F1 specification, but not by as much as you might think. “Our F1 engine is far more durable than many people expect, and if you look at the load it must take in an F1 race compared to how it’s likely to be used in a street-legal machine, you can see it’s going to have a lot less work to do.”
Two rather more vexing problems are making the engine emissions compliant and choosing what kind of gearbox the car will use, as an F1 transmission would need to be heavily adapted to suit a road-going application.
source: autocar.co
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