Mercedes $2.4 Million F1 Powered Hypercar Engine Will Only Last 30,000 Miles

The radical Aston Martin Valkyrie made a grand appearance at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, but we still have to wait until the Frankfurt Auto Show in September for the reveal of its main rival: the mighty Mercedes-AMG Project One. But that didn’t stop some juicy details about the mysterious hypercar emerging. We now know that only 275 examples will be produced, each costing $2.4 million. Powering the Project One is a modified 1.6-liter engine from a Formula One car which revs up to 11,000 rpm and produces at least 1,000 horsepower.
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PUGPROUD - 3/13/2017 5:07:58 PM

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No big deal considering the vast majority of these will sit in collections gathering more dust than miles!

7msynthetic - 3/13/2017 5:31:31 PM

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Did I read it has a cast crank? WTF?

Agent009 - 3/13/2017 5:37:56 PM

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I think it is cast in unobtanium mined from Pandora

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 3/13/2017 8:54:40 PM

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Sounds a bit like a MP4-12C with 35k on it that needed something like $25,000 in maintenance/repairs. Parts were worn out, if you can believe it.
There is a video on YouTube about it. Nutty. Spy before you buy!

qwertyfla - 3/13/2017 10:32:34 PM

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$2.4M to drive 31K miles seams reasonable enough. That is only $77.42 per mile -chump change if I dock the Ferretti and leave the BBJ in the hangar and my mistresses in NYC, Paris, LA, London, Miami, Madrid....

supermoto - 3/14/2017 3:29:41 PM

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These cars will never be driven 3,000 miles, let alone 30,000.

sold2early - 3/15/2017 7:45:53 PM

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Assuming the engine work costs $100K, that's only 4% of the purchase price. About the same as spending $1200 for maintenance on a $30,000 car.

Different worlds...wish I was in that one.