Carbonfibre monocoque, gullwing cockpit, F1-derived engine: get readyfor AMG’s masterpiece
究极跑车来袭？梅赛德斯奔驰将推出新一代究极跑车
The rumouredMercedes-AMG hypercar is a rumour no longer. During last weekend’s BelgianGrand Prix, an extremely high level source told TopGear.com: “It’sdefinitely happening.”
In a weekend whenLewis Hamilton managed a podium finish despite starting at the back of thegrid, and Nico Rosberg scored his 20th win for the squad, Mercedes hasincreasingly powerful reasons to fully leverage its Formula One project. TheMerc-AMG F1 team has completely dominated motor racing’s top echelon since2014’s dramatic rule changes ushered in the V6 hybrid and turbo era. Talking upthe thermal and fuel efficiency benefits of the technology trickledown from F1circuit to road is all well and good, but Mercedes is impatient for more.
And with Red Bull now collaborating on an Adrian Newey-designed AstonMartin hypercar– a fascinating prospect forthose of us who have long imagined what a Newey road machine would be like –the appeal of a Mercedes-AMG F1-infused ultra-car is impossible to resist. Notjust as the ultimate halo product, either: Aston plans to make ‘up to 150’road-going versions of the AM-RB 001, with a further 25 track-only iterationsto fully capitalise on its LMP1-levels of downforce. TG.com knows of ahandful of interested parties who ordered the car the moment it went public inJuly, and some buyers at this level will have one of each. And maybe even athird for the living room.
碳纤维一体式车身，鸥翼式座舱，继承自F1的黑科技引擎，准备好迎接AMG的集大成之作
AMG要做超跑啦！关于前段日子的AMG做超跑的传闻，在上周的比利时大奖赛中，一则可靠的消息表示AMG确实在做超跑。
在汉密尔顿从最后一名出发却登上领奖台，罗斯伯格收获他在围场中的第二十场胜利之后，梅奔将利用自家的F1项目向前不断发展。自从2014年的F1规则大改，采用V6引擎和涡轮增压技术之后，奔驰的F1车队已经全面统治F1围场。将自家F1中的各项黑科技下放到民用车上亦是极好的，不过奔驰想要的还有更多。
而且阿斯顿马丁和红牛的纽维大师一起合作设计了一款究极跑车AM-RB 001，让我们这些凡人看到了纽维大师心里的公路跑车是怎么样的，这对于梅奔基于F1的究极跑车无疑是一个挑战。而这一次AM-RB 001不仅仅作为一款概念车出现在公众视野中，阿斯顿马丁计划将制造150台AM-RB 001的公路跑车版本，25台拥有LMP1级别的下压力的赛(圈)道(钱)日专用车。Tg得知有一部分潜在客户已经在7月份 AM-RB 001发布之初就已下订，而有些买家甚至将两个版本一起收入囊中，说不准他们可能还会嫌不够再买一台放在家里当装饰。
Bugatti, meanwhile, has sold close to half of total Chironproduction, despite being three monthsaway from delivering the first customer car, confirmation that there’s gold inthem there hills, and plenty of it… It’s also worth noting that 2017 marksAMG’s 50th birthday, and this hypercar is thought to be one of two specialprojects the company is developing to commemorate it. Full production couldfollow 18 months or so later, depending on how fast the board in Stuttgartwants to ramp things up.
The Merc-AMG F1 roadcar will use a carbonfibre monocoque, and feature a gullwing-style cockpitcanopy, good both for packaging reasons but also as a link to models like theFifties 300 SL and the recent SLS. Like the Aston/RB, the target is aone-to-one power-to-weight ratio, but the Merc-AMG is thought to be slightlymore civilised than that car, and therefore a little heavier. This means thatit’ll need a thoroughly reworked version of the unit that powers the F1 car;remember, the ICE part of the equation in the current W07 car is good for up to700bhp, with extra energy derived from the complicated MGU-K andH systems.
The new road car coulduse up to three electric motors in addition to a bigger version of the F1combustion engine. We also know that Mercedes is working on bio-metric drivercontrol systems – the recent Mercedes-Maybach Vision 6 concept featured a version of it – which can measure and assess thedriver’s inputs in real time and adjust the chassis set-up andESP accordingly.
The business case iscurrently being thrashed out, but if our source is correct, this is a donedeal. AMG road car boss Tobias Moers has previously wondered how far north thebrand could stretch. Looks like we’re all about to find out.
究极跑车的典范——布加迪，在这个时候已经卖了一半的Chiron，尽管离第一辆实车交付给顾客还有三个月，证明了这帮土豪手里还是有不少的钱的……而且不要忘了2017年是AMG的50大寿，而这辆究极跑车将会是AMG纪念这个日子的一份特殊礼物，等待量产或许要在一年半以后，就看斯图加特的那帮工程师动作有多快了。
梅奔的F1公路车将会采用碳纤维一体式车身，鸥翼式座舱，这样的设计继承自300SL与最近的SLS。就像AM-RB 001，此车的目标也是追求1：1的马力重量比，不过梅奔希望它能比AM-RB 001更加文明一些，因此也更重一些，这也意味着它需要一台源于F1并重新设计的引擎单元。要知道，目前的梅奔的F1赛车W07能达到700匹马力，并搭配复杂的MGU-K 和 H系统（这个是动能回收系统吗？），提供强大的动力输出。
这款新车可能将搭载三台电机作为以新引擎的辅助，同时我们还得知梅奔在着手于新的生物智能控制系统——搭载在最近的Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6上的一套系统，据说这套系统能够实时地根据驾驶者的驾驶需求来调整底盘的设定和ESP。
这个项目目前还在研究当中，但是如果我们的消息是准确的，那么AMG的究极跑车将离我们越来越近。AMG的老板 Tobias Moers之前就设想过AMG到底能走多远，那么就让我们拭目以待。
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