--- title: Mercedes-Benz AMG ONE · HICONIUM description: "Mercedes-AMG put the architecture of its 2016 Formula 1 power unit into a road car: a 1.6-litre V6, four electric machines and an 11'000 rpm ceiling. The fixed run is 275, with a Nürburgring lap below six minutes thirty." canonical_url: https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/mercedesbenz/amg-one image: https://hiconium.dev/og/vehicle/mercedesbenz/amg-one.png --- > HICONIUM · Index: https://hiconium.dev/llms.txt · Every page: append `.md` or send `Accept: text/markdown`. > Path: [Home](https://hiconium.dev/) › [Vehicles](https://hiconium.dev/models) › [Mercedes-Benz](https://hiconium.dev/manufacturers/mercedes-benz) › AMG ONE > On this page: [The price and the proof](#the-price-and-the-proof) · [Documented sales](#documented-sales) · [A five-year conversion from race unit to road car](#overview-heading) · [Technical specifications](#technical-specifications) · [Hybrid power unit](#hybrid-power-unit) · [Chassis and performance](#chassis-and-performance) · [AMG ONE register](#amg-one-register) · [Heritage](#heritage) · [A race unit learns the road](#race-unit-road-car) · [Air, made visible](#active-aerodynamics) · [Built by hand, proved in public](#coventry-to-nordschleife) · [Milestones](#milestones) · [The people behind the car](#the-people-behind-the-car) · [Jochen Hermann](#jochen-hermann) · [Maro Engel](#maro-engel) · [Philipp Schiemer](#philipp-schiemer) ![A silver Mercedes-AMG ONE, front three-quarter view on a brushed silver field with teal light lines](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/hero-wide-2560.jpg) # AMG ONE A road-legal F1 powertrain Mercedes-AMG put the architecture of its 2016 Formula 1 power unit into a road car: a 1.6-litre V6, four electric machines and an 11'000 rpm ceiling. The fixed run is 275, with a Nürburgring lap below six minutes thirty. 2022 to 2024 · 275 built · Coventry ## The price and the proof Indicative road-car band €2.8M–€3.5M · typical €3.1M · 2 documented road sales · 2 recorded sales on file. Modeled values are not observed sales. Nothing here is investment advice. Confidence: estimate. Only one unambiguous public auction sale is recorded here: €2'817'500 including buyer's premium for an 89-kilometre German-delivery car in April 2026. The band extends above that result for low-mileage cars with strong factory specification, complete accessories and uncomplicated tax status; private trades remain opaque. EUR. VAT position, registration jurisdiction, mileage and access to model-specific factory service materially affect individual cars. The secondary market is too young and too private for a trend line. Treat the 2026 Monaco result as a benchmark, not a settled average. | Record | Amount | What | Venue | Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Road record | €2'817'500 | 2024 AMG ONE · 89 km | RM Sotheby's Monaco | 25 April 2026 | Valuation method and source rules: [HICONIUM standards](https://hiconium.dev/standards). Observed auction results across the wider market: [Market terminal](https://hiconium.dev/market). ### Documented sales 2 recorded. Every public sale on this file, newest first. Amounts keep the recorded currency. Source links appear only when the catalog stores a public auction-lot URL. | Date | Chassis / label | Class | House | Venue | Amount | Currency | Basis | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-25 | RM Sotheby's · Monaco · incl. buyer's premium | Road | RM Sotheby's | Monaco | €2'817'500 | EUR | incl. buyer's premium | [https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mc26/lots/r0049-2024-mercedesamg-one/](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mc26/lots/r0049-2024-mercedesamg-one/) | | 2026-04-25 | RM Sotheby's · The Monaco Auction · incl. buyer's premium | Road | RM Sotheby's | The Monaco Auction | €2'817'500 | EUR | incl. buyer's premium | [https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mc26/lots/r0049-2024-mercedesamg-one/](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mc26/lots/r0049-2024-mercedesamg-one/) | Auction amounts are buyer-premium inclusive where the auction house reports a final sold price. ## A five-year conversion from race unit to road car Mercedes-AMG showed Project ONE in 2017. The production car arrived in 2022 after engineers made the 2016-specification Formula 1 hybrid architecture idle, start, pass emissions tests and run on commercial 98-octane fuel without trackside support. Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains builds and hot-tests the power-unit modules at Brixworth. Multimatic and AMG assemble each complete car at a dedicated Coventry facility across 16 stations; more than 50 specialists work on each example before final handover at Affalterbach. The run was fixed at 275. On 25 April 2026, RM Sotheby's sold a German-delivery car with 89 kilometres for €2'817'500 including buyer's premium, the first clear public auction benchmark in this dossier. | Highlight | Detail | | --- | --- | | Four electric machines, four different jobs | Two 120 kW motors drive the front wheels independently. A third adds 120 kW at the crankshaft; a 90 kW motor spins the split turbo shaft before exhaust flow takes over. The arrangement mirrors Formula 1's MGU-K and MGU-H logic rather than adding a conventional road-car hybrid module. Mercedes-AMG quotes 450 kW from the electric machines and 782 kW for the complete system, but no combined torque figure because the delivery paths differ. | | The engine remains part of the chassis | The V6 and seven-speed gearbox are stressed members. The rear suspension mounts to the powertrain rather than to a separate subframe. The 1.6-litre engine uses gear-driven camshafts, pneumatic valve springs and a four-plate carbon clutch. Road homologation brought an 11'000 rpm limit, heated catalysts, particulate filters and one-button starting to an architecture that normally works with a pit crew. | | Below six minutes thirty | Maro Engel recorded 6:29.090 around the 20.832-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife on 23 September 2024. The run improved his own 2022 production-car record by more than five seconds. The officially measured and notarised lap used the road-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R MO tyres available for the car. Strat 2 selected full hybrid output, track aero and the lowest suspension setting. | | Label | Value | | --- | --- | | Powertrain | 1.6L turbo V6 hybrid | | Electric machines | Four | | Drive | Variable all-wheel drive | | Built | 275 | | Assembly | Coventry, England | | Nordschleife | 6:29.090 | ## Technical specifications ### Hybrid power unit | Label | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | Combustion engine | 1'599 cc turbo V6 | 422 kW / 574 PS at 9'000 rpm; factory figure | | System output | 782 kW / 1'063 PS | factory figure; Mercedes-AMG does not quote combined torque | | MGU-K | 120 kW | electric machine coupled to the crankshaft | | Front axle | 2 × 120 kW | independent front motors with torque vectoring | | MGU-H | 90 kW | electric motor on the turbo shaft | | Battery | 8.4 kWh | direct liquid cooling; 18.1 km factory electric range | ### Chassis and performance | Label | Value | Note | | --- | --- | --- | | Structure | Carbon-fibre monocoque | engine and gearbox carry the rear suspension | | Suspension | Five-link push-rod | transverse spring-and-damper units front and rear | | Brakes | Carbon-ceramic | 398 mm front, 380 mm rear; factory dimensions | | 0 to 200 km/h | 7.0 s | factory figure | | 0 to 300 km/h | 15.6 s | factory figure | | Active aero | Highway, Track and DRS | Track mode also lowers the car 37 mm front and 30 mm rear | ### AMG ONE register 1 documented · public records only. Private, unpublished and member-only chassis files are omitted. | Year | Chassis | Colour | Provenance | Last public sale | File | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2024 | WMXHJ6DB1PD000079 | | Published auction record from RM Sotheby's, 2026-04-25. | €2'817'500 · RM Sotheby's · 2026-04 | [Chassis file](https://hiconium.dev/vehicles/mercedes-benz/amg-one?file=WMXHJ6DB1PD000079) | ## Heritage > We knew we could do more. > > > > Maro Engel · after the 2024 record ### A race unit learns the road 2016 to 2022 · The conversion The premise was literal rather than merely inspired. Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains adapted the architecture of its 2016 Formula 1 unit: a 1.6-litre turbocharged V6, an electric machine on the turbo shaft, another at the crankshaft and two independently driven front motors. Together they deliver 782 kW, supported by a directly cooled 800-volt battery developed at Brixworth. Road use imposed the harder assignment. The powertrain had to start at the press of a button, run on commercial fuel and pass road-car emissions rules without losing its 11'000 rpm character. Heated catalysts, particulate filters and control software turned a system normally attended by a pit crew into one car for one driver. ![The installed Mercedes-AMG ONE E PERFORMANCE hybrid powertrain](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/powertrain-close-up.jpg) ![Mercedes-AMG ONE from the rear with its carbon powertrain covers open](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/powertrain-open-rear.jpg) ![Mercedes-AMG ONE cockpit with fixed bucket seats, steering wheel and twin displays](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/cockpit.jpg) ### Air, made visible Active aero · Every surface working The roof intake rises into a vertical shark fin while moveable louvres manage the front wheelhouses. Active flaps alter the front diffuser and a two-part rear wing extends behind the cockpit. In the track programmes the suspension drops, the aero moves to its high-downforce position and DRS releases drag for the straight. The silver launch finish makes the Formula 1 lineage visible before any panel moves. Airbrushed three-pointed stars dissolve across the rear bodywork and a teal stripe traces the lower flank. The decoration follows the car's working surfaces rather than hiding them: intake, fin, NACA ducts, wing and central exhaust remain the composition. ![Roof intake and vertical shark fin of the Mercedes-AMG ONE](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/aero-roof-intake.jpg) ![Two-part rear wing and central exhaust of the Mercedes-AMG ONE](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/aero-rear-wing.jpg) ![Airbrushed Mercedes-star pattern across the AMG ONE rear bodywork](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/star-livery-detail.jpg) ### Built by hand, proved in public Coventry to the Nordschleife Brixworth hot-tested the combustion engine, high-voltage battery, front axle and power electronics before those modules reached the dedicated Multimatic facility in Coventry. There, more than 50 specialists moved each car through 16 assembly and test stations, including a rolling road, a monsoon test and a light tunnel, before final acceptance and handover through Affalterbach. Maro Engel then supplied the public proof. On a partly damp Nordschleife on 28 October 2022, his final attempt stopped the clock at 6:35.183. He returned in dry conditions on 23 September 2024 and, on his third timed lap, recorded 6:29.090 over the full 20.832 kilometres: the first road-legal production car below six minutes thirty on the official lap. ![Technicians assembling a Mercedes-AMG ONE at the dedicated Coventry facility](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/production-coventry-assembly.jpg) ![Mercedes-AMG ONE during its 2022 Nordschleife record run, rear three-quarter view](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/record-2022-rear-three-quarter.jpg) ![Red Mercedes-AMG ONE during its 2024 Nordschleife record run](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/record-2024-front-three-quarter.jpg) ### Milestones | Date | Title | What happened | Standing | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 June 2022 | Production form unveiled | Mercedes-AMG reveals the finished ONE and confirms 782 kW, four electric machines and a 352 km/h limited maximum speed. | The 2017 Project ONE promise becomes a homologated production specification. | | August 2022 | Coventry production begins | The dedicated Multimatic facility starts assembling the fixed run of 275 cars from hot-tested Brixworth powertrain modules. | The most ambitious AMG programme becomes a repeatable, documented manufacturing process. | | 28 October 2022 | First production-car record | Maro Engel starts his final attempt 29 seconds before the circuit closes and sets the official benchmark despite partly damp sections. | The ONE proves its Formula 1 energy-management concept over a complete Nordschleife lap. | | 23 September 2024 | Below six minutes thirty | In dry conditions, Engel lowers his own notarised production-car record by more than five seconds. | The ONE becomes the first road-legal production car below 6:30 on the official 20.832-kilometre lap. | ## The people behind the car ### [Jochen Hermann](https://hiconium.dev/people/jochen-hermann) Former technical managing director · road conversion · Mercedes-AMG ![Jochen Hermann, then technical managing director of Mercedes-AMG](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/people/jochen-hermann.jpg) A Daimler engineer from 1997, Hermann led AMG vehicle development from 2014 to 2016, then eDrive development and battery research before returning to Affalterbach as technical managing director in August 2020. During the ONE's final development he explained the exhaust-aftertreatment and software work required to make its Formula 1-derived hybrid road-certified and start at the press of a button. He helped make the ONE's invisible achievement legible: not merely an F1 engine in a road chassis, but a road-certified, software-controlled hybrid one driver could start without a pit crew. ### [Maro Engel](https://hiconium.dev/people/maro-engel) Nordschleife record driver · AMG ambassador · Mercedes-AMG ![Mercedes-AMG performance driver Maro Engel in 2024](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/people/maro-engel.jpg) Munich-born Engel entered the DTM with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport in 2008 and has been an AMG brand ambassador since 2017. His career includes victories at the Nürburgring 24 Hours and Daytona and four Macau GT3 wins. Mercedes-AMG entrusted him with both ONE record programmes: 6:35.183 on 28 October 2022, then 6:29.090 on 23 September 2024 after simulator work on energy recovery, lift-and-coast and DRS. Twice, Engel turned the ONE's Formula 1 energy-management theory into Nordschleife proof: 6:35.183 in 2022, then 6:29.090 in 2024. ### [Philipp Schiemer](https://hiconium.dev/people/philipp-schiemer) Mercedes-AMG chairman · production launch · Mercedes-AMG ![Philipp Schiemer, Mercedes-AMG chairman from August 2020](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/mercedesbenz-amg-one/people/philipp-schiemer.jpg) Schiemer joined Daimler in 1987, later holding A-Class product-management and Mercedes passenger-car marketing roles before becoming CEO of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil in 2013. Appointed chairman of Mercedes-AMG in August 2020, he led the company through the ONE's final development, road certification, June 2022 production reveal and first Nordschleife record. 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