AMG ONE [Official] Mercedes-AMG Project ONE

[bmwz4coupe]

Who finds the car beautiful?

I am a little tired of the car after looking at it during the development for the last 30 years or so. But I like the design, its very Mercedes. Beautiful? Yes, I would say so.

 

[Tourbillon]

I honestly wouldn't say beautiful, the Aston is the definition of that in comparison

I didn't like very much what I commented before so I'll try again. The Aston Martin is brutal in it's execution but AMG One is less so, and as a result to my mind far more gracefully executed.

I can't describe it, but that's the best I've got. And I do absolutely think the Mercedes is a stunner.

I'd be metaphorically speaking very happy with both.

 

[KiwiRob]

Who finds the car beautiful?

Hell no it's not a pretty car, this ones made even worse with all those stupid stars painted all over it.

 

[KiwiRob]

IMO Jaguar set the gold standard for beautiful hypercars, I just wish they had had the balls the build it!!

 

[Matski]

Who finds the car beautiful?

I quite like overall shape, but I wouldn't say any aspect of it was 'beautiful', and it's got a face only a mother could love.

 

[martinbo]

I don't think it's very good looking at all. In fact, as far as hypercars go - it's my least favourite.

 

[Bridster]

Ah, so we are back to talking looks again. Well, the car has some good angles, I think, that make it evocate the CLK GTR a little, but overall it's not what I would call good looking. It's distinctive looking and it has some presence, I will give it that, but the shape is very awkward and unsexy for a supercar. Sort of a weird, nerdy invention.

More interestingly, I am wondering when we might see first non-MB controlled drives and instrumented tests - if any. The first customer car has now been delivered (5 months after they had said the production had started, btw ), so the thing should be ready to be released to reviewers. You don't usually see this done in winter, but maybe the end of spring?

Also, have there been any updates on the USA availability situation? Is it ever gonna be sold there, even as Show and Display? Will the owners themselves be able to register it under Show and Display or is that impossible regardless because the engine will never meet emissions?

 

[dalab]

IMO Jaguar set the gold standard for beautiful hypercars, I just wish they had had the balls the build it!!

This, if it had been manufactured, would perhaps have Jaguar in a different situation right now.
Lack of constancy or staff, making a good car every ten years and using all your good staff to do well at Range Rover is its own sword of damocles.
Determining management decisions, sometimes they are wrong, sometimes you cannot do more, it is much more complex than it seems
Sorry for the off-topic

 

[klugscheisser87]

This, if it had been manufactured, would perhaps have Jaguar in a different situation right now.
Lack of constancy or staff, making a good car every ten years and using all your good staff to do well at Range Rover is its own sword of damocles.
Determining management decisions, sometimes they are wrong, sometimes you cannot do more, it is much more complex than it seems
Sorry for the off-topic

It’s very sad how they ruined a brand during decades, Tata is the last try.
The incopetence can repeat the Saab history.
It’s not only Jaguar that is vanishing, the same happened to Lancia or decades lasting agony of Alfa Romeo (yes, I don’t give any credit to Stellantis and their revival plans as they’re not much different compared to FCA.

There would be still a chance for Jaguar as it was said after the cancellation of the new XJ.
Jaguar would have the chance to go upmarket. Tthey have some flops as the X-Type or E-Pace, but still they didn’t went so downmarket as the German Trio burning the bridges behind with their entry level mess.
The change to EV would be the best and probably the only moment to use that chance. But since the CEO left the company I’m worried it will be the next Alfa or Lancia.

Back to topic, I think that the AMG One is one of the hottest hypers on the market, it has very functional oriented design that makes it very unique, a race rocket.

 

[hoffmeister_fan]

Looks fine but doesn't evoke a feeling of lust and must-have from me. Then again, the 918 Spyder felt initially that way too. Now it's my favorite of the Holly Trinity Hypercars. Though I don't think I'll have that funny feeling for the AMG that the 918 gives me, and a lot has to do with the powertrain.

 

[Matski]

In fairness it doesn't help that we so often see them in the same fairly drab colours, I'm sure if saw a few more inventive exterior selections it would help quite a bit. I get the F1 branding thing, but it's a bit tired now.

 

[duesy]

I don't want to sound pedantic, but I think using precise words to describe one's aesthetic judgment is essential to conveying one's aesthetic judgment and fostering a productive dialogue about automotive design without falling back on truisms such as "this car pleases my personal taste or not."

For example, I hear some of you speak of a lack of "emotions" or a sense of "thrill" in the One's design. You are correct in your judgement because the One's designers had a "beautiful" design in mind, not a "sublime" one. The former judgement/concept describes an aesthetic harmony between taste and pleasure, whereas the latter relies on defying/defamiliarizing/surprising our sensibilities concerning beauty. The Valkyrie is sublime looking, for example, just as one might consider another person's appearance "beautiful"--which presupposes an agreement with pleasing the senses--and consider another person "hot"--which alludes to something more illusive and sensational if not altogether beautiful. There is also the third category of "functional" designs, which are dictated more by technical requirements and can have their own beauty or thrill if well executed, e.g., GMA T.50. Automotive designs almost always actualize as a combination of the three concepts. Still, depending on the executive designer/manufacturer's approach, one aesthetic tendency usually dominates the rest. For example, Gorden Wagener, the One's designer, almost exclusively designs beautiful, 'sensuous,' eye-pleasing cars, which are not always thrilling to behold. We, as laymen, can judge automotive designs within the boundaries of these concepts and distinctions--which have been passed down to us from 19th-century aesthetic philosophy and after--and we can choose to like or dislike a certain design depending on what we personally prefer to see and feel in a design. Personally, I prefer sublime designs (and the hot person) to the beautiful variety when I have to choose, so I can see a beautiful car such as the new SL, call it "beautiful," but also find it unmoving and ultimately not to my taste.

 

[Tourbillon]

I am a little tired of the car after looking at it during the development for the last 30 years or so. But I like the design, its very Mercedes. Beautiful? Yes, I would say so.

The Aston Martin AM-RB 001 debuted the year before the Mercedes AMG One. They took j

I don't want to sound pedantic, but I think using precise words to describe one's aesthetic judgment is essential to conveying one's aesthetic judgment and fostering a productive dialogue about automotive design without falling back on truisms such as "this car pleases my personal taste or not."

For example, I hear some of you speak of a lack of "emotions" or a sense of "thrill" in the One's design. You are correct in your judgement because the One's designers had a "beautiful" design in mind, not a "sublime" one. The former judgement/concept describes an aesthetic harmony between taste and pleasure, whereas the latter relies on defying/defamiliarizing/surprising our sensibilities concerning beauty. The Valkyrie is sublime looking, for example, just as one might consider another person's appearance "beautiful"--which presupposes an agreement with pleasing the senses--and consider another person "hot"--which alludes to something more illusive and sensational if not altogether beautiful. There is also the third category of "functional" designs, which are dictated more by technical requirements and can have their own beauty or thrill if well executed, e.g., GMA T.50. Automotive designs almost always actualize as a combination of the three concepts. Still, depending on the executive designer/manufacturer's approach, one aesthetic tendency usually dominates the rest. For example, Gorden Wagener, the One's designer, almost exclusively designs beautiful, 'sensuous,' eye-pleasing cars, which are not always thrilling to behold. We, as laymen, can judge automotive designs within the boundaries of these concepts and distinctions--which have been passed down to us from 19th-century aesthetic philosophy and after--and we can choose to like or dislike a certain design depending on what we personally prefer to see and feel in a design. Personally, I prefer sublime designs (and the hot person) to the beautiful variety when I have to choose, so I can see a beautiful car such as the new SL, call it "beautiful," but also find it unmoving and ultimately not to my taste.

Wow.

 

[Tourbillon]

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[Moctecus]

A visit to AMG HPP with a segment on the AMG One:

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Unfortunately, not much about the ICE, but plenty of information about the electric motors (MGU-K and the MGU-F front motors derived from it) and how they had to be reworked from F1-spec to meet NVH targets and regulations without sacrificing performance. Crazy that, apparently, the electric motors on their own exceeded the 74 dB drive-by noise limit!

 

[Rolf]

Who finds the car beautiful?

Nope, it's a piece of crap for looks. Mercedes Benz could have done much better than this but made it dog ugly. There are tons of hypercars from less known brands that look better than the AMG One. I have totally lost interest in this car, the hype that started in 2017 has vanished as Mercedes dragged their heals to bring it to production. The production spec car neither matches their previous performance targets.

 

[Rolf]

Now this is what you call a beautiful hypercar AMG. I would rather spend my 3mill on this thank you.

 

[Tourbillon]

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[Moctecus]

Via AMG One buyer "california" on the Carpassion forum:

Since few people will ever see this extraordinary vehicle live, let alone drive it, there will be a three-part TV documentary about the entire and very elaborate project of 45min each this year or next.

 

[Moctecus]

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