His post says: “Ooh what is this for??? I could not possibly say… look out 2022.” Which means of course that the new SLR McLaren will make its world debut sometime next year.
For the moment we have very limited information on the new SLR McLaren, but rumors suggest it will be called HDK – High Downforce Kit. Previous rumors suggested Mercedes will build a total of 12 units, but Khoshbin’s post suggest his car will be a “one-off.” So, it is very possible that all those 12 units will be tailored to each customer’s personal taste.
The scale model posted by Khoshbin reveals an aggressive look, with a vented hood, a massive rear wing, a large rear diffuser, bulkier side skirts, and a single-exit exhaust pipe on each side. In fact it looks quite a lot with the SLR 722 GT – the car on which rumors suggest it will be based on. If so, expect the SLR HDK to deliver more than 617 horsepower – the power of the SLR 722 GT.
One thing is for sure, all 12 units were spoken for, so there is no hope you could get one.
Delays and More Delays – the AMG One Has Felt Like A Lost Cause
Six months after announcing the Project One’s goal of decimating the Nürburgring and every car that’s ever ventured onto it, it finally received a name. The Project one simply became the AMG One. But, here comes the trouble because a month after that, the AMG One was delayed until 2020. This delay stemed from AMG’s inability to adapt that F1 engine for road use while still complying with WLTP standards. Reportedly, there was also an issue with keeping the engine’s idle speed, which is some 5,000 rpm in race spec at a respectable – and smooth – 1,200 rpm.
As time went on, Mercedes and AMG released bits of information to keep the public interested, and by September 2019, we finally got to hear the AMG One in action. It actually sounded a lot like a spaceship. Suddenly, a month later,
the AMG One was delayed until 2021, something that was supposedly necessary for the same reasons as before – cost of development and difficulty making an F1 engine road worthy. Well, guess what? We’re now in the fourth-quarter of 2021 and we still don’t see the AMG One in production.
Mercedes and AMG didn’t give up, though, as a new report from Autocar claims that the AMG One will actually entry production in 2022, some five years after we first laid eyes on the official concept. As of now, nothing else has changed. Mercedes-AMG will still build just 275 examples, each and every one of which has already been sold for some €2.27 million – about $2.6 million at current exchange rates. The One should still deliver as much as 1,200 horsepower, offer up to as much as 16 miles of all-electric range, and should top out at around 218 mph, 124 mph of which will come in just six seconds from a dead stop.
At this point, we’re really curious to see if the One really does enter production in 2022 and, when it does, if it’ll be able to match the specs from the concept that I’ve listed above. And, just how long will it take to build all 275 units? I sure wouldn’t want to be at the bottom of that list.
Mercedes-AMG one specifications
Powertrain
1.6-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 + three F1 electric motors
What’s Special About The Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta?
The Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta is powered by the familiar 6.0-liter, twin-turbocharged V-12 engine developed exclusively for Pagani by Mercedes-AMG. In case you’re an avid Pagani fan, you would assume this Huayra would pump out the BC Roadster’s figures –
at the most 791 horses and 774 pound-feet of torque.
However, the Pacchetto Tempesta actually makes 827 ponies and 811 pound-feet of oomph.
These figures are identical to the Huayra Imola. Power will be routed to the rear wheels via an X-Trac seven-speed transversal automatic gearbox.
Apart from this, the Huayra Pacchetto Tempesta also comes with a six-pipe exhaust system and a new suspension system with a ‘Soft Driving’ mode. As for the aero upgrades, the 10th-anniversary Huayra comes with:
New Front Splitter
Dedicated Air Intake
New Rear Wing
Integrated Central Fin
Conclusion
The Pagani Huayra BC Pacchetto Tempesta will debut at the Monterey Week at the Quail Lodge Golf Club. This will be revealed alongside the Huayra R that will also be making its world premiere at the event. Pagani will also showcase the new naturally-aspirated V-12R engine, a six-speed sequential gearbox, and an ultra-light Carbo-Titanium HP62-G2 and Carbo-Triax HP62 monocoque.
