Yep. I think because the premise they started with was probably not a good idea. They wanted to build a road car around a formula 1 engine. It would have been way easier to develop a new road car engine for this car and use whatever F1 tech they could, rather than start with the actual F1 engine. But it's unique of course so I guess there's value in that
It's been in development so long that it kinda lost its edge. 1000hp super car was crazy thing in 2015 but now, even though it is still out of reach for most people, you have family sedan with that power
True but it must be mentioned that they had a complete car and then new EU regulations made it illegal, therefore they needed to do a lot of changes which is why it is so late
Don't listen to all these BMW and Porsche Fags who get their asses overtaken every time I see an AMG GT hit that track. There is nothing like a Mercedes Benz, PERIOD!
This is going to be in the shop more than the owner's garage. Such a delicate thing. I can't imagine an owner hitting 30k miles in the next 20 years, but it is astonishing
At the end of the day, performance and reliability are two opposites on a spectrum and going extreme on one end will cost the other. That's why F1 cars are built for 25 races only and are constantly maintained and fixed in between
I love that they tried to take this engineering challenge on, even if it proves to be not currently possible. Taming an F1 engine for the road has got to be a nightmare.
Well, two cars "broke down" in one track day, who wouldn't be? Considering that they've been developing the car for over 7 years, I don't think Chris got the excitement he expected. This car is an engineering-beauty, it's lovely seeing it perform so good, but sad that only for a few laps.
@@blackrippin well 30k is really a lot for these types of cars. It's not like youre running it to the shops or so. If you drive it ten times a year it's probably already allot.
Ferrari more or less done this concept 30 years ago with the F50, a road car with a F1-derived engine and which was "bolted" directly to the chassis similar to racing cars like F1 and sports-prototypes for example. And 25 years ago Mercedes went one better than the One with the CLK-GTR, a pure bred racing car you could drive on the road. And although they never made production, there was the Yamaha OX-99 and Jiotto Capita way back in 1989, probably the first road cars to have F1 engines?
the F1 engine lack power since F1 cars are design to be lighter than the average car, both the F50 and CLK suffering from the need to make the car super light. F50 is entirely barebone and feel like it a plastic car, the CLK had issue staying on the ground... its just not an easy job to adapt an F1 engine.
This reminds me. F1 cars are designed to work at 1 Speed, anything else it’s like “what is this I don’t like this, I’m leaving” I can imagine trying to get that to work with a road car is darn near impossible
interesting that both cars the f1 teams have produced that were engineering challenges: The valkyrie and amg 1, have both been plagued with development issues and so far have seemed to be terrible to actually drive anywhere than on a track. really goes to show how expertise doesnt necessarily cross departments. also really goes to show the brilliance of gordon murray and his dedication only to the feel of driving, not chasing figures.
@@broken1077 yup! I’m just highlighting the mindset difference. I guess maybe the Mercedes and redbull f1 engineers will see the error in their ways eventually and figure it out like Gordon did: f1 tech isn’t really meant at all for the road
I mean the amg one did lap the Nurburgring 8 whole seconds faster than any other production car so I don’t think it’s fair to say it’s terrible to drive on a track
This one might be better off sitting given how complicated it is and how everytime you drive it you’re just getting closer to that ridiculous engine rebuild.
Agreed I Love his test drives and commentary..you should see the one he did about a ferrari some years back..his reactions got you excited as if you were driving the car...
Merc could have developed a proper road going V6 from scratch with the same hybrid architecture and got all the benefits of the super efficient hybrid tech without going through the nightmare of turning an actual F1 power unit road legal, plus a V6 for their future cars, but then it probably wouldn't be this crazy either. An engineer's wet dream and ultimate nightmare in one.
But thats whats cool abt it. Its not some random engine with f1 tech here and there like the valk for example. They managed to put the real f1 engine that Lewis used in 2014 into this car
Aston Martin Valkirye must be absolutely loving this video 😊 Can anyone doubt the genius of Adrian Newey? He's smashing it in F1 and the road car - and even in the virtual world with Grand Turismo X1
Many didn’t know that this video recorded a long time ago when this prototype car still in development (now they already complete and deliver the production version) P/S : I want he to retest the production version
@@CITRUS-- The car that burnt down was being transported on a trailer during the assembly process. There are reports that the trailer's braking system caused the fire. Either way, an unfinished car catching fire is not indicative of issues with the car.
@@Jinsun202 Ahahah wrong car buddy AMG One is faster and more expensive in future also i rather want buy FXX/Vulcan with better name and raw sound instead of T50 crap with not sound at all.
The Valkyrie didn’t have as nearly as these much problems this car is gonna make the senna look reliable, these will be in the shop more then on the road don’t worry yull never pay 700k for a engine rebuild cause your gonna spend that in other problems
How is it extremely underwhelming? Performance is what matters. The Praga Bohema weighs 500kg less. It has a brand new NISMO GT-R engine that is highly tuned and built. Forged. Bulletproof racing championship winning engine. They specifically chose this engine for further tuning and can easily get 800-900-1000hp/nm. They are fine tuning it as of now.
I just watched Chris Harris drive the Rimac the other day and it seemed flawless and faster/better driving in every way. I think anything that wants to be anywhere near rimac in the future is just going to have to be electric.
It's kind of hard to make a fair evaluation after coming right from the Rimac experience. Merc is an engineering company with a huge assortment of shared components from the motors to the infotainment screens and they fail in engineering. Car is delivered to the first clients.
Thought the same. He was simply blown away by the Rimac and here he can't hide his disappointment. Was a merc fan (drive one), but already seeing this infotainment screen from the last century I was disappointed as well.
I think this video was filmed over a year ago and Harris released a short video about this video we see now. M-BENZ asked them not to release it until they figure out the car some more...
@@bonifacelukosi9580 Its been "done" before with the Ferrari F50. However if you spend 2 million and it goes into limp mode the first year time you use it. You don't want to be "that" photo of a Merc on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck.
@@AlexanderIrwin Modern F1 engines are like 7mil. The MGU-K component is still too complex and expensive to even bother trickling that down to the rest of the automotive industry. It's way harder now than it was back then. Just be happy the thing even exists because in all honesty it shouldn't.
I have a feeling even though it’s not meant to be a race car for the road the t50 is probably going to shit on all of these cars. Gordon knows how to build a car.
@@AC-wl7ve bro said shit on all these cars 🤣 I have a car with more HP than it, looks better than it, and is 1/30th of the price. One of the most overhyped cars of all time
I have to clearify that Im an AMG fanboy. This thing will in my opinion, despite it's faults, end up in the same hall of fame as McLaren F1. One of the kind vehicle nobody dared to dream of let alone attempt to build. What an engineering marvel.❤
It seems to be shaping up more like an F50. F1 engine as a stressed member and seen massive folly at the time but maybe 30 years from now will be regarded with adulation. Time will tell.
If they can actually get this car to work, i honestly believe it could be one of the greatest cars ever made, because the whole point of this car is like the Bugatti Veyron, its just a project to see if it CAN be done. An F1 engine in a road car is a herculean task, its obviously going to have teething issues, but when its ready, its gonna take the world by storm
That's because it probably is. If they've blown the budget on just getting it to turn over and run I can absolutely see them using parts bin items to complete the car. I work in a Mercedes factory that produces the Maybach GLS SUV and we use several parts sort of behind the scenes (various electronic control boxes and such) that you'll also find on the base model A class, same exact part numbers. If it works, why re-engineer the wheel?
Of course this was when it was at prototype stage still. The thing with hyper cars is that it will take over 20 years to reach 30 000 km to begin with all of them don't driven much.
It’s a nice technical experiment, but not a good road or track car at this price range. This is built around the biggest limitation of F1 car… AM Valkyrie is just better in everything. Better engine, lower weight, better aero. Charge $500-$1000k for it, and then it’s a good value.
This car reminds you of the engineering feats that car companies like Rimac, Bugatti and Koenigsegg have been able to achieve and how easy they have made it look compared to how Merc has struggled. No shade being thrown at Merc, these types of cars continue to push engineers and cars forward, whether to work out or don’t.
Bugatti and Rimac have done nothing like this .. please educate yourself.... this is a car the tries to check all the F1 rules and road car rules at the same time ... Bugatti is mostly a road car .. why do u think the Bugatti bolide isn't up and running ??? And for Rimac.. that's just an electric cat that can't pass for F1 .. Merc is leading in this aspect
merc is combining racing cars and road cars, rimac, koenigsegg, and bugatti's are all road cars with no combination to the race track. theyre entirely different
Completely different thing. Merc is trying to run a F1 engine in a road legal car.... u know how hard it is to make this work?? The fact that this car can even run with out a team of 50 ppl monitoring is is already a miracle
To all those saying this is the closest thing anyone can ever get to a Formula 1 experience, might I remind you of the Caparo T1. That, in my opinion, is the closest vehicle ever attempted to capture the essence of a daily F1 car.
Harris is the best there is. Always so exciting to see him take on the big stuff. Though I am still perplexed as to why they haven't put him in a full Formula D spec drift car yet!
@@HG504X well it needs batteries, motors as well as crash structures to make it road legal. Were you expecting a sub 1000kg car. Its ball park what we've grown to expect for hybrid hyper cars.
I don't think it can. This thing may as well be a LMP or is at least getting very close to that territory. Look at how cramped the interior is. Porsche could take that the 919, increase the cabin size for two passengers and assorted creature comforts and they would probably have a direct competitor for this since the 919 did a 5:19 in race configuration.
they got caught up in the whole "f1 power unit for the road" instead of just making a good powertrain and a good track car. I feel like its hard to justify the price tag. The Ferrari sf90 is 4x cheaper and might be slightly slower on a track but is somehow more reliable.
This pretty much sums up the experience that all Mercedes Benz customers end up receiving. No matter how much you spend, you get a car that they haven’t quite finished making 😂
This and the Valkyrie did not live up to expectations in any way. And while they were hyping these things up for the last nearly 10 years, old Gordon just shuffled out a new landmark in automotive history with a vehicle that fulfills all of the promise the very idea of a 'car' has. A car that will become a marker in the history of the vehicle, while these hype machines fade into obscurity.
Imagine one of the best racing manufacturers who have won pretty much every title in the last 10 years still figuring out the kinks. Puts into perspective what they are trying to achieve.
I don't think the average video game enthusiast on here understands what a challenge it is to make a high revving F1 engine comply with EU emissions and being able to drive around town slowly or sit in traffic. They're not capable of grasping that concept.
In another review it was mentioned that an engine overhaul has to be carried out after 50 thousand kilometres. This is quite a lot of mileage for a vehicle like this, but this major service will cost around 1 million euros. Plus a service every 5000/year, which should also cost a lot each time. This is perhaps the most expensive car there is to maintain. Still completely wild.
Cant help but get mad but hin, Rory ad Matt. That was te start of some beautiful if they gve it a chace , just watched a couple episodes and i honestly thought yeah this would work given more seasons . Wont top the original but good enough to think hey, these guys are up there , its really not that bad
Mercedes were the only ones who tried it and you have to commend them for that. Everyone in the comments is saying they could’ve used the same hybrid architecture without the nightmare of an F1 engine - but that isn’t the point. This is the closest anyone will ever get to successfully putting an F1 engine in a road car and unfortunately we have to live with that. They tried it, and us as car enthusiasts aren’t paying for it being not as good as we would’ve wished. All in all I would’ve much rather had this car exist than not - the prospect alone for the car industry was enough for me.
So, the Valkyrie falls short of the promised numbers of downforce and weight, the AMG One works only half of the time... I wonder what the GMA T.50 will deliver, but I have a feeling its more humble approach will strike where the first two have maybe missed. Meanwhile the new Rimac Nevera is blowing everyone away not just in terms of speed, but also it redefines driving involvement for EVs, and it shows (to those who have forgotten how amazing the Mercedes SLS Electric Drive was) that an EV can be fun to drive. But we live in lucky times. 10 years ago, we had the hypercard holy trinity, but now you have to make a long list... The Valkyrie, the One, the T.50, the Nevera, the Battista, the Evija, the Czinger 21C, the Jesko, the Venom F5, the road-going Spéirling, the Tuatara, the Glickenhaus 007S, the Brabham BT62R, the Ariel Hipercar, the Bolide, the Bohema, the Utopia also. Others from less reputable manufactures maybe, but we might have good surprises, and let's not forget legacy manufacturers bringing out regular production cars that can shame the speed and power of the OG Holy Trinity, with the Revuelto and the SF90 both kissing the 1k hp barrier. I have no doubt that all of those are going to be amazing, even if we might get a bit of hypercard fatigue, but so many of them bring interesting and unique propositions that it's going to be fascinating to see them move on from dreams on paper to real icons. I'm curious to see which ones will emerge as the greatest of all of these propositions, not just for their theoretical innovation, but like the OG McLaren F1 for the way that they drive, better than any other car.
The T.50 is completely different though, its a useable car on the roads and not track focused, the T.50s on the other hand is a track car, but also not street legal.
@@lorddoobsworth144 indeed, that is part of the more humble approach I mentioned. Though it can be argued that the AMG One is also first and foremost a road car : its aero package is really not extreme.
The RIMAC Nevera makes this thing look irrelevant, slow and pointless. Nobody will ever drive one anywhere. It's needlessly complex for the sake of it; the automotive equivalent of having sex standing up in a hammock.
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks For your info Rimac Nevera is coming to the Ring!! But what about the others?? Koenigsegg chrashed and never came back!! Where's Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, GMA T50, Lotus Evija, Pagani...etc on the Ring?? Regarding Merc AMG One vs Rimac Nevera: Nevera is much much quicker and faster!! Also on the road much better, more comfortable, better looking, regarding sound Merc doesn't sound good and Rimac sounds like a jet! Also much more reliable!! Regarding track: according to Mate Rimac, Nevera is coming very soon on the Ring!! Than next: Bugatti Bolide! ✌️😎
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks I see. So a world record is only impressive if it's a lap record? What about 0-60 in 1.74? From a road car. Not impressed? You should be because it's nearly a second faster than this thing. Does the AMG One actually hold any lap records? Not that I'm aware. It needs a £700K service every 30,000 miles. What a joke. If you want to go fast around circuits buy a race car. You could get an ex-F1 car for less than this pointless lump. You said I've missed the point. What is the point exactly?
Welcome to the world of supercars, they're all impractical and pointless for day to day use and most people will never get close to the potential of the car, but hey, that's not the godamn point is it.
I'm a Mercedes f1 fan and I really wonder if "folly" is enough of a statement about the Project One. Adrian Newey spent 4 years developing the Valkyrie which is a ground effect supercar while Mercedes spent 6 years getting the Project One to work. It's based on old F1 technology while Newey was playing with and exploring in a road car - how ground effect could work.
Just think they’ve been developing and engineering this thing for 7+ years and it’s still not quite right. Crazy
Yep. I think because the premise they started with was probably not a good idea. They wanted to build a road car around a formula 1 engine. It would have been way easier to develop a new road car engine for this car and use whatever F1 tech they could, rather than start with the actual F1 engine. But it's unique of course so I guess there's value in that
It's been in development so long that it kinda lost its edge. 1000hp super car was crazy thing in 2015 but now, even though it is still out of reach for most people, you have family sedan with that power
True but it must be mentioned that they had a complete car and then new EU regulations made it illegal, therefore they needed to do a lot of changes which is why it is so late
I guess we know where all the top engineers go in Germany, and it's not Benz or BMW.
Thats what happens when you design a car for petrol sheikhs. 700k for a rebuild?
Hats off to Merc for having the balls to let TG get their hands on it while still in development!
Lol its not still in development, that's their way of saying its a bit of a failure
@@ksm1985 yes at the time it was still on development. It's not a failure at all
They're already making delivaries lol
Development? It's a total fail.
Don't listen to all these BMW and Porsche Fags who get their asses overtaken every time I see an AMG GT hit that track.
There is nothing like a Mercedes Benz, PERIOD!
I will say, when he put it in strat 2 it looked absolutely astonishing
Hunkered down
Its hummer time
I will say there aren’t many vehicles out there as ugly as this thing😳…….congrats Mercedes! 👏🏽👏🏽🤭
@@LordNHL12 till max verstappen is reeling you in😉
No😂
This is going to be in the shop more than the owner's garage. Such a delicate thing. I can't imagine an owner hitting 30k miles in the next 20 years, but it is astonishing
Why would you want to put 30k miles in that thing its a collector car
I think Gercollector loves to drive it and he sure drive it a lot.
@@wallacemunene6952 this is a performance car first, collectors car second.
At the end of the day, performance and reliability are two opposites on a spectrum and going extreme on one end will cost the other. That's why F1 cars are built for 25 races only and are constantly maintained and fixed in between
@@yusuf8938so are most cars, yet…
Chris:" nothing revs to 11!"
Gordon Murray: "hold my 4 litre v12 11k RPM naturally aspirated cosworth engine"
Far, FAR rather have one of Gordon's new cars than this.
@David B so would I during development they never had one breakdown.
@@davidb6576 Yup, and it's a manual
GMA T50 goes to 12.1K not just 11. Just saying.
@@fletch9702 12k RPM is far easier on an NA engine than revving a Turbocharged engine to 11k. Just saying
I love that they tried to take this engineering challenge on, even if it proves to be not currently possible. Taming an F1 engine for the road has got to be a nightmare.
The engine is also the most unattractive F1 generation.
@@GF-mf7ml I was about to say what F1 engine is this exactly?
Chris couldn't hide his skepticism driving this one.
Well, two cars "broke down" in one track day, who wouldn't be? Considering that they've been developing the car for over 7 years, I don't think Chris got the excitement he expected. This car is an engineering-beauty, it's lovely seeing it perform so good, but sad that only for a few laps.
@@pogoniarz08 I honestly thought when he talked about a solution for when the 1st two cars broke, that it was going to be a 3rd car rolling out.
must've been undeewhelming too after experiencing those valkyries
@@clkgtr12 not really
These cars will be an absolute disaster to own compared to other supercars
The check engine light was all I needed to see.
Stick to a Toyota then lol, more cool cars for us ;)
@@SavedbyHim any Lamborghini will be more reliable than amg one.
@@GF-mf7ml 1.6L engine and the track record, so I don't care what anyone says.
@@GF-mf7mlNot even Close
@@SavedbyHim "for us" like you'll EVER be able to afford one of these 🤣🤣🤣
Imagine the running costs for something like this when its 20 years old. You will need a team of engineers.
700k for an engine rebuild every 30k miles is crazy
@@blackrippin well 30k is really a lot for these types of cars. It's not like youre running it to the shops or so. If you drive it ten times a year it's probably already allot.
yea just like you need a team of engineers to run cars like Ferrari FXX models, nothing new. Owners know it.
i cannot believe you just said "imagine the running costs" on a $3 million car. youtube comments are amazing
@@blackrippin No, that's reality. For the man who wanted the F1 experience, comes the F1 bills
5:46 That mode change was epic, can't wait to see it tested on the road with other formula 1 cars. With the fire brigade on standby of course
5:48 is the coldest moment and stance in must say🤯
This ca shows there ım in the position
Much better than any stanced JDM ricer anyway.
Seeing it racing around the track really made me realise, it doesn’t look all that good really.
Ferrari more or less done this concept 30 years ago with the F50, a road car with a F1-derived engine and which was "bolted" directly to the chassis similar to racing cars like F1 and sports-prototypes for example. And 25 years ago Mercedes went one better than the One with the CLK-GTR, a pure bred racing car you could drive on the road. And although they never made production, there was the Yamaha OX-99 and Jiotto Capita way back in 1989, probably the first road cars to have F1 engines?
the F1 engine lack power since F1 cars are design to be lighter than the average car, both the F50 and CLK suffering from the need to make the car super light. F50 is entirely barebone and feel like it a plastic car, the CLK had issue staying on the ground... its just not an easy job to adapt an F1 engine.
@@lagrangewei that was the clr .
And Porsche with Carrera GT 20 years ago.
Umm... I think this car is a bit more complex than the gas engine only Ferrari F50 😂
@@SeanyMacks Maybe to complex it does not seem to work so good .....😛
Cinematic expirience of this video is a treat on it's own. Awesome work!
..and dont mind car:):)
Chris Harris is one of the all time greats when it comes to motoring
currently the Goat 🐐
No he is not.
Eh, he's a really good driver and he knows what he's talking about. But he's not very entertaining and that plays a huge part
What an original and thought provoking comment
Chris is one of the Goats, there is a dude called Rory Reid!!
This reminds me. F1 cars are designed to work at 1 Speed, anything else it’s like “what is this I don’t like this, I’m leaving” I can imagine trying to get that to work with a road car is darn near impossible
Looks about as good as Merc's F1 cars in the past two years
Not hard like
still better than am
🤣🤣🤣
oof
At least this one has a right concept
interesting that both cars the f1 teams have produced that were engineering challenges: The valkyrie and amg 1, have both been plagued with development issues and so far have seemed to be terrible to actually drive anywhere than on a track. really goes to show how expertise doesnt necessarily cross departments. also really goes to show the brilliance of gordon murray and his dedication only to the feel of driving, not chasing figures.
that was the plan from the start, gordon murray isnt chasing the track. hes just rebuilding the same car he did years ago, but to a better extent
@@broken1077 yup! I’m just highlighting the mindset difference. I guess maybe the Mercedes and redbull f1 engineers will see the error in their ways eventually and figure it out like Gordon did: f1 tech isn’t really meant at all for the road
I mean the amg one did lap the Nurburgring 8 whole seconds faster than any other production car so I don’t think it’s fair to say it’s terrible to drive on a track
@@Iliketurtles449 I think he said anywhere 'other' than a track
Only Merc thought this cars PU was a good idea. Fair play for trying. Sadly they will all sit unused in collections.
They need to dust off one of the V-8s from the Brawn era to put into this!
This one might be better off sitting given how complicated it is and how everytime you drive it you’re just getting closer to that ridiculous engine rebuild.
It was a good idea
@@anydaynow01 That would be even more expensive to rebuild.
All these hypercars sit unused in collections.
Love the way chris drive’s
My favourite person behind wheels ❤
He had autism
@@ksm1985 In what way?
Agreed I Love his test drives and commentary..you should see the one he did about a ferrari some years back..his reactions got you excited as if you were driving the car...
@@nazimalinaqvi9422 you love the way chris drive is? wtf does that even mean
Merc could have developed a proper road going V6 from scratch with the same hybrid architecture and got all the benefits of the super efficient hybrid tech without going through the nightmare of turning an actual F1 power unit road legal, plus a V6 for their future cars, but then it probably wouldn't be this crazy either. An engineer's wet dream and ultimate nightmare in one.
Nope, they would have done it if that was feasible.
@@elhadjiamadoujohnson4166 it is feasible, but the car wouldn't have the allure of being f1 powered
But thats whats cool abt it. Its not some random engine with f1 tech here and there like the valk for example. They managed to put the real f1 engine that Lewis used in 2014 into this car
@@elhadjiamadoujohnson4166 They didn’t do it because the clear goal from the beginning was to have an F1 engine in a road car.
Some gorgeous shots in this! Such a cool car. Seeing it in motion is everything. GO LEWIS!
5:45 Strat 2 is ready to fly.I was tempted by the cool action of that car in that second.What A Thing
Aston Martin Valkirye must be absolutely loving this video 😊 Can anyone doubt the genius of Adrian Newey? He's smashing it in F1 and the road car - and even in the virtual world with Grand Turismo X1
Joke of the day
Many didn’t know that this video recorded a long time ago when this prototype car still in development (now they already complete and deliver the production version)
P/S : I want he to retest the production version
Yea it’s a way more complete car now. But it’s still issue ridden. One just burnt down recently.
@@CITRUS-- The car that burnt down was being transported on a trailer during the assembly process. There are reports that the trailer's braking system caused the fire. Either way, an unfinished car catching fire is not indicative of issues with the car.
These engineers are absolute geniuses. The car looks like it wants to kill everything in its sight. it sort of reminds me of a Gila monster.
Glad i ordered a t50
The 650 bhp Toyota MR-S? LOL
@@Jinsun202 So you're not a Fan?
Somewhat challenging to believe you did, but if I had the money to spend on cars of this caliber, I'd have the T33 Spyder.
@@Jinsun202 Agreed:)
@@Jinsun202 Ahahah wrong car buddy AMG One is faster and more expensive in future also i rather want buy FXX/Vulcan with better name and raw sound instead of T50 crap with not sound at all.
The Valkyrie didn’t have as nearly as these much problems this car is gonna make the senna look reliable, these will be in the shop more then on the road don’t worry yull never pay 700k for a engine rebuild cause your gonna spend that in other problems
This is just about the closest thing we can get to a true F1 car on the road. The Aston Martin Valkyrie is a completely different breed altogether.
Yeah the Valkyrie is pretty much a homologation vehicle for the Valkyrie AMR which is basically a prototype.
Yeah but clearly its better
@johnkeating5966 yeah the Valkyrie is just a pure lightweight animal
@@Lanse1984 Valkyrie weighs 1450kg. Hardly lightweight. The Praga Bohema is an overlooked car. 982kg and 710hp / 725nm as of now.
How is it extremely underwhelming?
Performance is what matters.
The Praga Bohema weighs 500kg less.
It has a brand new NISMO GT-R engine that is highly tuned and built. Forged. Bulletproof racing championship winning engine. They specifically chose this engine for further tuning and can easily get 800-900-1000hp/nm.
They are fine tuning it as of now.
I just watched Chris Harris drive the Rimac the other day and it seemed flawless and faster/better driving in every way. I think anything that wants to be anywhere near rimac in the future is just going to have to be electric.
Lol no. The Valkyrie would slaughter the rimac around a track
It's kind of hard to make a fair evaluation after coming right from the Rimac experience. Merc is an engineering company with a huge assortment of shared components from the motors to the infotainment screens and they fail in engineering. Car is delivered to the first clients.
@@ES-qe1nh might be. The funny thing is Valkyrie has Rimac and Merc tech/knowledge in it. So the best of both world?
Thought the same. He was simply blown away by the Rimac and here he can't hide his disappointment. Was a merc fan (drive one), but already seeing this infotainment screen from the last century I was disappointed as well.
@@andremanicke8534Nurburgring record 😂
This bloke is the best and sure knows how to throw a motor around 🤘
wow, this car is incredible, flawed or not, I love it!
Chris Harris out there bug hunting on the AMG One
The best Supercar ever made❤
Has there been a modern car that has over promised and under delivered more than this?
Nope
and for what its promising. its allowed to under deliver a few times.
Valkyrie
@@lovelehstuff Not even close lol.
@@konradz.4677 It's heavier it doesn't pull anywhere near the promised g-force nor deliver the "back of the grid of f1" laptimes that they promised
I am a Porsche lover but I think I will take this over a 918 Spyder.
Nobody mention that one of these set themselves on fire the other day (straight after having been delivered to its new owner…)
The trailer fire, not the one 😅
@@luisoliveira4558 Merc caught fire while in the trailer... The ONE was cause of the fire
@@bokyy747 the trailer braking system was the caused of the fire.
I'm looking for the source info. Paste it if it's true
@@luisoliveira4558 source?
This car is going to depreciate like crazy
lol blood, the engine rebuild on this car is more expensive than buying a new Lamborghini, thats kinda crazy blood!
that body panel flex at 1:47 👀 👀
I think this video was filmed over a year ago and Harris released a short video about this video we see now. M-BENZ asked them not to release it until they figure out the car some more...
I think youre right
That can’t be right. Shmee drove it, and the same thing happened. That was released about 6 months ago.
It's amazing that this exists... and yet also a demonstration of why nobody else has done it.
I remember the other reviewers complaining about car problems that day aswell.
But it was a while ago wasn't it? Looks like they haven't figured it out yet
@@firefistace6407 AND it's been in development for 5 years?
@@AlexanderIrwin And it's a road car with an F1 engine, no point getting your hopes up.
@@bonifacelukosi9580 Its been "done" before with the Ferrari F50. However if you spend 2 million and it goes into limp mode the first year time you use it. You don't want to be "that" photo of a Merc on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck.
@@AlexanderIrwin Modern F1 engines are like 7mil. The MGU-K component is still too complex and expensive to even bother trickling that down to the rest of the automotive industry. It's way harder now than it was back then. Just be happy the thing even exists because in all honesty it shouldn't.
Looking forward to the moment GM lets Chris Harris drive the T50
I have a feeling even though it’s not meant to be a race car for the road the t50 is probably going to shit on all of these cars. Gordon knows how to build a car.
@@AC-wl7ve bro said shit on all these cars 🤣 I have a car with more HP than it, looks better than it, and is 1/30th of the price. One of the most overhyped cars of all time
@@all-caps3927 no you dont
I have to clearify that Im an AMG fanboy.
This thing will in my opinion, despite it's faults, end up in the same hall of fame as McLaren F1. One of the kind vehicle nobody dared to dream of let alone attempt to build. What an engineering marvel.❤
McLaren F1 is freedom, every day car with no rules and regulations. AMG 1 is completely opposite.
It seems to be shaping up more like an F50. F1 engine as a stressed member and seen massive folly at the time but maybe 30 years from now will be regarded with adulation. Time will tell.
If they can actually get this car to work, i honestly believe it could be one of the greatest cars ever made, because the whole point of this car is like the Bugatti Veyron, its just a project to see if it CAN be done. An F1 engine in a road car is a herculean task, its obviously going to have teething issues, but when its ready, its gonna take the world by storm
Ppl:wow the first F1 engine in a road car AMG 1
Ferrari:really bruh... Are we Seriously gonna do this right now😒
F50 ? Correct ? Or has there been others before ?
Yep i know the F50 had an true F1 engine that was detuned
@@LSDdreams808 still, Ferrari did not want the F50 to be compared to the F40 at launch, cause overall it was a worse car (even with the cool engine)
@@AndrewTSq i still think the f40 LM an the F50 GT are meta cars to this day.
@@LSDdreams808 I would love to have those :)
So, the engine only lasts for about 30k miles, the car is very heavy and it is not particularly quick either.
Would have been cool if you compared and contrasted with a CLK LM from the 90's
GTR >
i thought they were gonna bring a 3rd after the second error
the middle screen and the interior quality looks like something you would find on a base model commercial Mercedes van
That's because it probably is. If they've blown the budget on just getting it to turn over and run I can absolutely see them using parts bin items to complete the car.
I work in a Mercedes factory that produces the Maybach GLS SUV and we use several parts sort of behind the scenes (various electronic control boxes and such) that you'll also find on the base model A class, same exact part numbers. If it works, why re-engineer the wheel?
Of course this was when it was at prototype stage still. The thing with hyper cars is that it will take over 20 years to reach 30 000 km to begin with all of them don't driven much.
It’s a nice technical experiment, but not a good road or track car at this price range. This is built around the biggest limitation of F1 car…
AM Valkyrie is just better in everything. Better engine, lower weight, better aero.
Charge $500-$1000k for it, and then it’s a good value.
What you pay for ,is the melody that comes out of the engine.
This editing is horrible. If he's going flat out, why are they showing footage from the insert car circling around the Mercedez while it's cruising?
1.6Liters, rev up to 11kRPM, and need to be rebuild from time2time.
Honda-Spoon done that in 1999 with their B16B. ( 6:55 )
This car reminds you of the engineering feats that car companies like Rimac, Bugatti and Koenigsegg have been able to achieve and how easy they have made it look compared to how Merc has struggled. No shade being thrown at Merc, these types of cars continue to push engineers and cars forward, whether to work out or don’t.
You have got to be joking
Bugatti and Rimac have done nothing like this .. please educate yourself.... this is a car the tries to check all the F1 rules and road car rules at the same time ... Bugatti is mostly a road car .. why do u think the Bugatti bolide isn't up and running ??? And for Rimac.. that's just an electric cat that can't pass for F1 .. Merc is leading in this aspect
merc is combining racing cars and road cars, rimac, koenigsegg, and bugatti's are all road cars with no combination to the race track. theyre entirely different
AMG ONE is the fastest production car around the nurbergring ever (by a whopping 8 seconds). I think they're doing just fine lol
Completely different thing. Merc is trying to run a F1 engine in a road legal car.... u know how hard it is to make this work?? The fact that this car can even run with out a team of 50 ppl monitoring is is already a miracle
I like that aston Martin Valkyrie Pro as much as I like my all time favorite car (F50 GT) everything else can S a D
So AMG One had to bring number2 AMG One to finish reviewing 😂
Thee're not final production cars, so they still have issues to work out
After listening to him on Joe Rogan I bet the car didn’t break down and it was the producers who planned it
It breaking down really completed the mercades experience
AMG: Give him Strat-2 mode, maybe he'll go easy on the review.
Harris: Naw mate, that's not how I've ever rolled.
To all those saying this is the closest thing anyone can ever get to a Formula 1 experience, might I remind you of the Caparo T1. That, in my opinion, is the closest vehicle ever attempted to capture the essence of a daily F1 car.
Always wanted to know what time that would do on the nurburgring. On modern tyres, I'd imagine it'd be the fastest road car around it
Harris is the best there is. Always so exciting to see him take on the big stuff.
Though I am still perplexed as to why they haven't put him in a full Formula D spec drift car yet!
Seems like Chris is trying his hardest to say something nice about it and actually probably couldn't care less even if it did work
We'll lets be honest its single clutch, hybrid 1.6L V6 engined car with 1000hp but weights 1700kgs...
@@HG504X well it needs batteries, motors as well as crash structures to make it road legal. Were you expecting a sub 1000kg car. Its ball park what we've grown to expect for hybrid hyper cars.
I’m not surprised it still has teething problems…. I’m just really glad this thing exists 😳😲😍😍
Oh yeah, I noticed that the AMG One holds the Nurb lap record at 6:30:705
Will the 992 GT2 RS come close to that?
Yeah it will, but with much less power and weight and price
I don't think it can. This thing may as well be a LMP or is at least getting very close to that territory. Look at how cramped the interior is. Porsche could take that the 919, increase the cabin size for two passengers and assorted creature comforts and they would probably have a direct competitor for this since the 919 did a 5:19 in race configuration.
7:30 or 6:30?
@@chiragnegi6276 6:30
*6:30
@5:50 KITT in Super Pursuit Mode
they got caught up in the whole "f1 power unit for the road" instead of just making a good powertrain and a good track car. I feel like its hard to justify the price tag. The Ferrari sf90 is 4x cheaper and might be slightly slower on a track but is somehow more reliable.
Lol sf90 has cut out in many you tube videos
That fast track mode is call “PARTY MODE”🎉🤪!
This pretty much sums up the experience that all Mercedes Benz customers end up receiving. No matter how much you spend, you get a car that they haven’t quite finished making 😂
This and the Valkyrie did not live up to expectations in any way. And while they were hyping these things up for the last nearly 10 years, old Gordon just shuffled out a new landmark in automotive history with a vehicle that fulfills all of the promise the very idea of a 'car' has. A car that will become a marker in the history of the vehicle, while these hype machines fade into obscurity.
How to tell you're a Bootlicker without saying you are a Bootlicker.
When the car lowered itself...🔥🔥🔥
Back of a roll-back is fire also.
6:35 for those that still doubt this car credentials, on a damp nurburgring
Imagine one of the best racing manufacturers who have won pretty much every title in the last 10 years still figuring out the kinks. Puts into perspective what they are trying to achieve.
I don't think the average video game enthusiast on here understands what a challenge it is to make a high revving F1 engine comply with EU emissions and being able to drive around town slowly or sit in traffic. They're not capable of grasping that concept.
I haven't seen anyone mention it yet but Lewis Hamilton bought one of these and the entire car exploded before he could take delivery...
Should be noted that these vehicles are preproduction. Not customer cars. The finals cars will not have any of the reliability issues that these have
I thought they were already delivering them? Deliveries started in January didn’t they? Good to know though hope they work things out.
@@mattmanley7118this video taken a long time ago…still in prototyping mode
Won’t they? Lol
MAY not lol
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This car has a great engine note, to which this video paid 0 justice. Well done new TopGear, for keeping the sound engineer from old videos!
rimac enters the chat
5:49 i got chills.
This is the definition of a Billionaires toy!
Notice wheel camber changes on strat 2 mode...Magnificent👌
Great car too bad it’s only under the show and display law here in the USA😢 guess they couldn’t get the powertrain to conform to US regulations
OBD issues
In another review it was mentioned that an engine overhaul has to be carried out after 50 thousand kilometres. This is quite a lot of mileage for a vehicle like this, but this major service will cost around 1 million euros. Plus a service every 5000/year, which should also cost a lot each time. This is perhaps the most expensive car there is to maintain. Still completely wild.
I've got a 66 mustang with the same problem. Cuts out under breaking.
But does it rev to 11k rpm?
A 66 Mustang does not have brakes.
Lol its not have brakes or 1000Hp+ :)
@@jackdoe3889 that's why i spelled breaking. Smh
Cant help but get mad but hin, Rory ad Matt. That was te start of some beautiful if they gve it a chace , just watched a couple episodes and i honestly thought yeah this would work given more seasons . Wont top the original but good enough to think hey, these guys are up there , its really not that bad
They might as well scrap this car at this point
Mercedes were the only ones who tried it and you have to commend them for that. Everyone in the comments is saying they could’ve used the same hybrid architecture without the nightmare of an F1 engine - but that isn’t the point. This is the closest anyone will ever get to successfully putting an F1 engine in a road car and unfortunately we have to live with that. They tried it, and us as car enthusiasts aren’t paying for it being not as good as we would’ve wished. All in all I would’ve much rather had this car exist than not - the prospect alone for the car industry was enough for me.
I don't care what it takes, I will someday drive The AMG One
Ahahahahha than i can sooner drive FXX/Vulcan...
So, the Valkyrie falls short of the promised numbers of downforce and weight, the AMG One works only half of the time... I wonder what the GMA T.50 will deliver, but I have a feeling its more humble approach will strike where the first two have maybe missed. Meanwhile the new Rimac Nevera is blowing everyone away not just in terms of speed, but also it redefines driving involvement for EVs, and it shows (to those who have forgotten how amazing the Mercedes SLS Electric Drive was) that an EV can be fun to drive.
But we live in lucky times. 10 years ago, we had the hypercard holy trinity, but now you have to make a long list... The Valkyrie, the One, the T.50, the Nevera, the Battista, the Evija, the Czinger 21C, the Jesko, the Venom F5, the road-going Spéirling, the Tuatara, the Glickenhaus 007S, the Brabham BT62R, the Ariel Hipercar, the Bolide, the Bohema, the Utopia also. Others from less reputable manufactures maybe, but we might have good surprises, and let's not forget legacy manufacturers bringing out regular production cars that can shame the speed and power of the OG Holy Trinity, with the Revuelto and the SF90 both kissing the 1k hp barrier. I have no doubt that all of those are going to be amazing, even if we might get a bit of hypercard fatigue, but so many of them bring interesting and unique propositions that it's going to be fascinating to see them move on from dreams on paper to real icons. I'm curious to see which ones will emerge as the greatest of all of these propositions, not just for their theoretical innovation, but like the OG McLaren F1 for the way that they drive, better than any other car.
The T.50 is completely different though, its a useable car on the roads and not track focused, the T.50s on the other hand is a track car, but also not street legal.
@@lorddoobsworth144 indeed, that is part of the more humble approach I mentioned. Though it can be argued that the AMG One is also first and foremost a road car : its aero package is really not extreme.
The RIMAC Nevera makes this thing look irrelevant, slow and pointless. Nobody will ever drive one anywhere. It's needlessly complex for the sake of it; the automotive equivalent of having sex standing up in a hammock.
Way to miss the point but to put it simply, feel free to return with this guff when the Nevera has the lap records this does.
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks The Nevera broke 23 World Records in one day last week. This thing needs a team of nerds just to get it running.
@@robrackstraw wonderful and how many of those were lap records, taken off the AMG One? Take all the time you need.
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks For your info Rimac Nevera is coming to the Ring!! But what about the others??
Koenigsegg chrashed and never came back!! Where's Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin, GMA T50, Lotus Evija, Pagani...etc on the Ring??
Regarding Merc AMG One vs Rimac Nevera: Nevera is much much quicker and faster!! Also on the road much better, more comfortable, better looking, regarding sound Merc doesn't sound good and Rimac sounds like a jet! Also much more reliable!!
Regarding track: according to Mate Rimac, Nevera is coming very soon on the Ring!! Than next: Bugatti Bolide! ✌️😎
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks I see. So a world record is only impressive if it's a lap record? What about 0-60 in 1.74? From a road car. Not impressed? You should be because it's nearly a second faster than this thing. Does the AMG One actually hold any lap records? Not that I'm aware. It needs a £700K service every 30,000 miles. What a joke. If you want to go fast around circuits buy a race car. You could get an ex-F1 car for less than this pointless lump. You said I've missed the point. What is the point exactly?
The amg one is cheaper then it suppose to be, the F1 Engine cost 5 millions, but the amg one only 3+mil ????
They made a car for the road that you’ll never see on the road. Beautiful car and great engineering but pretty pointless machine tbh.
It's a special limited collector's car. For those people this is exactly what they want
Welcome to the world of supercars, they're all impractical and pointless for day to day use and most people will never get close to the potential of the car, but hey, that's not the godamn point is it.
I'm a Mercedes f1 fan and I really wonder if "folly" is enough of a statement about the Project One. Adrian Newey spent 4 years developing the Valkyrie which is a ground effect supercar while Mercedes spent 6 years getting the Project One to work. It's based on old F1 technology while Newey was playing with and exploring in a road car - how ground effect could work.
As impressive it is as engineering achievement lets be clear... THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT!
the climate commies want to make sure we can never enjoy that ever power/noise ever again
05:48 How many times did you rewind and watch the car lower down in Strat2? 😁
I watched that more 50 times 💯🔥
Valkyrie better
Chris with another 🔥🔥🔥 video!
Fascinating and intriguing. Talk about damning with faint praise.
would love to see this amg one (2.9m) vs the 296 gtb (375k)