AMG ONE [Official] Mercedes-AMG Project ONE

[Tourbillon]

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Oh HELL YES I've waiting for something like this! Thank You.

 

[dalab]

It's a bit strange, I think it's time to change the course of its design philosophy.

Not only is it very similar without going bankrupt to the CLK GTR, but it is not a "worthy" successor, it does not reach the degree of icon, its design was killer 20 years ago but it is not well transferred to today in the ONE It's not captivating enough, it's sold out, of course, but I don't think it captured the hearts of the masses, it came out and was quickly forgotten, the difference with others that have been talked about for years is evident.

Don't get me wrong, I like it a lot and everything, besides being a tremendous machine but it lacks that ..... plus ...
Maybe my opinion will change over time, sometimes I see it and it seems beautiful to me and other times it's just forgettable

 

[Matski]

Not only is it very similar without going bankrupt to the CLK GTR

The two cars are fundamentally different. The CLK GTR was built to go racing, the AMG One was built for instafluencers. The design requirements and constraints for the GTR are completely different.

The AMG One will never be this cool...

 

[leylandi]

amg one is like no other in the world and will never be forgotten. It will be one of the most valuable pieces of collections. Like every special Mercedes... I want to show you what was forgotten in 1 day...

 

[Matski]

amg one is like no other in the world and will never be forgotten. It will be one of the most valuable pieces of collections. Like every special Mercedes..

CLK GTR
FIA GT 1 quadruple champion

AMG-One
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Fanboys will of course preserve the memory of the AMG One, so you are correct, it won't be forgotten any time soon, as though that's any kind of metric for something being good when the internet ensures no-one forgets anything.

 

[duesy]

It's important to remember that the CLK GTR was not considered a success (in street car terms) in its own era. It was seen as too ugly and slower than the F1 to be worthy of high praise. Its iconic status is partly a byproduct of the passage of time and retrospection.

 

[Tourbillon]

It's important to remember that the CLK GTR was not considered a success (in street car terms) in its own era. It was seen as too ugly and slower than the F1 to be worthy of high praise. Its iconic status is partly a byproduct of the passage of time and retrospection.

It's been along time since I looked at the statistics, but the Mclaren F1 is the GOAT. If I remember it was never designed to go production racing. But I'll leave it at that because the CLK GTR was/is a monster too. As for the AMG One way way too early to say anything. It's got more lap records than Aston.

And whether we like that or not it's the truth.

 

[Matski]

It's important to remember that the CLK GTR was not considered a success (in street car terms) at the time. It was considered too ugly and slower than the F1 to be worthy of high praise. Its iconic status is partly a byproduct of the passage of time and retrospection.

It's high praise is due to its dominance in GT1 at the time, and the fact that those accolades could not exist without the homologation road car.

As for the AMG One way way too early to say anything.

It will win precisely f#ck all, it won't be elligible for competition, and the Formula 1 fanboyism it's hoping to capitalise on is unfounded as this car is not F1 legal and the F1 cars your might associate it with do not require this car to exist in order to go racing. It's a cash in, nothing more.

 

[duesy]

It's been along time since I looked at the statistics, but the Mclaren F1 is the GOAT. If I remember it was never designed to go production racing. But I'll leave it at that because the CLK GTR was/is a monster too. As for the AMG One way way too early to say anything. It's got more lap records than Aston.

And whether we like that or not it's the truth.

If I remember correctly, the CLK GTR is basically a reverse engineered Mclaren F1, right?

 

[Tourbillon]

It's high praise is due to its dominance in GT1 at the time, and the fact that those accolades could not exist without the homologation road car.



It will win precisely f#ck all, it won't be elligible for competition, and the Formula 1 fanboyism it's hoping to capitalise on is unfounded as this car is not F1 legal and the F1 cars your might associate it with do not require this car to exist in order to go racing. It's a cash in, nothing more.

The Aston Martin Valkyrie isn't really eligible either? It might still be but I don't think it'd compete so what?

Some of the Aston Martin guys and the Mclaren Solus squad are just like the AMG fangirls if not worse. I've been around all of them.

As for the AMG One it wasn't designed for racing to my knowledge. The Valkyrie was, Palmer talked it up, and now what? Nothing. So, things change. Rules change. I know you know that.

As it stands AMG 4 Czinger 2 (if you count it) Aston 1.

None of them are going racing so it's doesn't matter, none of them will be GT racers unless something very radical happens.

 

[Matski]

The Aston Martin Valkyrie isn't really eligible either? It might still be but I don't think it'd compete so what?

Some of the Aston Martin guys and the Mclaren Solus squad are just as the AMG fangirls if not worse. I've been around all of them.

As for AMG One wasn't designed for racing to my knowledge. The Valkyrie was, and now what? Nothing. So, things change.

As it stands AMG 4 Czinger 2 (if you count it) Aston 1.

None of them are going racing so it's doesn't matter, none of them will be GT racers unless something radical happens.

Yeah, err.. so I'm not making a case for the Aston or the Czinger either. The CLK GTR did go racing, as did many cars we affectionately remember from yesteryear... perhaps Hypercars these days are just a bit shit... I've no skin in that game.

 

[Tourbillon]

Yeah, err.. so I'm not making a case for the Aston or the Czinger either. The CLK GTR did go racing, as did many cars we affectionately remember from yesteryear... perhaps Hypercars these days are just a bit shit... I've no skin in that game.

No I know. I was highlighting.

The current racing series is called hypercars but isn't. Production hypercar racing is gone it seems. These days a Mclaren Senna lap record or Pagani at Spa with the BC or the Nurburgring and elsewhere against the clock against the others is all we've got left.

Yes the situation is crap man. Unfortunately.

 

[leylandi]

CLK GTR
FIA GT 1 quadruple champion

AMG-One
"Like, subscribe and let me know what you think in the comments below..."

Fanboys will of course preserve the memory of the AMG One, so you are correct, it won't be forgotten any time soon, as though that's any kind of metric for something being good when the internet ensures no-one forgets anything.

I don't remember a Ferrari f40 or a Porsche carrera gt participating in the races. They don't need it to be remembered. You're a jealous BMW fan looking for fault, that's the truth.

 

[Matski]

I don't remember a Ferrari f40 or a Porsche carrera gt participating in the races.

I susepect that's ignorance as much as lack of memory, but, FWIW, the F40 LM raced at Le Mans against the Mclaren F1 GTR, Venturi 600LM, Supra GT LM, NISMO GT-R LM, SARD MC-8R, Jaguar XJ220, NSX GT1 and Lister Storm... one of the finest looking grids ever to start the 24 Hours, IMHO...

According to classic.com, the F40 LM is the most expensive F40 to be sold at auction.

They don't need it to be remembered.

Quite, as I said, at the very least fanboys and the internet will see to that.

You're a jealous BMW fan looking for fault, that's the truth.

Jealous of what exactly? A car that I've said since day one is stupid idea, in a class of car I'm indifferent to, that looks a bit crap and sounds rubbish, from a manufacturer I'm happy to admit (in this very thread) has made some desirable supersports cars in the past? I'm sad there's no genuine GT1 era homologation special from BMW to lust after, such as the CLK GTR & 911 GT1, but I don't give a shit that there's not an equivalent to the AMG One.

The current racing series is called hypercars but isn't. Production hypercar racing is gone it seems.

He might be slightly mad, but this is why I like what Jim Glickenhaus does, I hope the 007 sells enough units to enable production. As for racing of other hypercars, the GT1 Sports Club is probably the closest thing, but it doesn't seem to amount to much more than an expensive track day, and they don't come to the UK, so ... </shrug>

 

[KiwiRob]

I don't remember a Ferrari f40 or a Porsche carrera gt participating in the races. They don't need it to be remembered. You're a jealous BMW fan looking for fault, that's the truth.

The Ferrari F40 LM went racing.

It's important to remember that the CLK GTR was not considered a success (in street car terms) in its own era. It was seen as too ugly and slower than the F1 to be worthy of high praise. Its iconic status is partly a byproduct of the passage of time and retrospection.

It was never built as a proper street car, they only built road legal versions because they had to.

 

[Tourbillon]

I susepect that's ignorance as much as lack of memory, but, FWIW, the F40 LM raced at Le Mans against the Mclaren F1 GTR, Venturi 600LM, Supra GT LM, NISMO GT-R LM, SARD MC-8R, Jaguar XJ220, NSX GT1 and Lister Storm... one of the finest looking grids ever to start the 24 Hours, IMHO...

According to classic.com, the F40 LM is the most expensive F40 to be sold at auction.

Quite, as I said, at the very least fanboys and the internet will see to that.



Jealous of what exactly? A car that I've said since day one is stupid idea, in a class of car I'm indifferent to, that looks a bit crap and sounds rubbish, from a manufacturer I'm happy to admit (in this very thread) has made some desirable supersports cars in the past? I'm sad there's no genuine GT1 era homologation special from BMW to lust after, such as the CLK GTR & 911 GT1, but I don't give a shit that there's not an equivalent to the AMG One.



He might be slightly mad, but this is why I like what Jim Glickenhaus does, I hope the 007 sells enough units to enable production. As for racing of other hypercars, the GT1 Sports Club is probably the closest thing, but it doesn't seem to amount to much more than an expensive track day, and they don't come to the UK, so ... </shrug>

The SCG007 is the only car other than the cancelled production hypercar from Toyota (I'll never buy a Yaris now!) that remotely stands a chance of production. But Jim did set out some timelines if I remember correctly.

It's marching on and homologation (I hate it sometimes) had to be done and I haven't seen much proof or information but I'm out of the loop a little. The 003CS (?) is taking time. I'm only aware of the English ladies "Zebra" interior one.

 

[Tourbillon]

The Ferrari F40 LM went racing.


It was never built as a proper street car, they only built road legal versions because they had to.

Yes the Ferrari F40 went racing but I believe it was always privateer teams and not Marenello directly but factory backed. I remember the "Jolly Club" name LOL!

 

[duesy]

It was never built as a proper street car, they only built road legal versions because they had to.

Yes—why I emphasized the initially subdued praise for the CLK GTR as a street car. The point stands, nevertheless: Its current status is not as much due to its pedigree as a once-great race car; rather, the street car version has been much fetishized as of late and become highly collectible in the process.

 

[KiwiRob]

The SCG007 is the only car other than the cancelled production hypercar from Toyota (I'll never buy a Yaris now!) that remotely stands a chance of production. But Jim did set out some timelines if I remember correctly.

It's marching on and homologation (I hate it sometimes) had to be done and I haven't seen much proof or information but I'm out of the loop a little. The 003CS (?) is taking time. I'm only aware of the English ladies "Zebra" interior one.

Apparently Vanwall have a street legal version of the 680 that they will sell to the public.

VANWALL Hypercar

www.vanwallhypercar.com

 

[Tourbillon]

Apparently Vanwall have a street legal version of the 680 that they will sell to the public.

VANWALL Hypercar

www.vanwallhypercar.com

Thanks for the reminder I completely forgot. I read (a little) about it in Autocar or Evo Magazine if I recall. I'll look into that!