The Mercedes-AMG Project One will belie its environmentally friendly hybrid vehicle status with more than a thousand horsepower, and a top speed that easily exceeds 200 miles per hour. Ola Källenius, a member of the Mercedes board, is quoted regarding the car’s Formula 1-inspired design and performance in a statement from the company: Of course, even if driving the two-seater supercar doesn’t take your breath away, the asking price will: $2.7 million, or thereabouts. I say “thereabouts” because Mercedes isn’t telling exactly when the car will be ready to go from concept to production, but when it does the plan is for only 275 of the cars to be made. As a plug-in hybrid, the Project One will be able to take you around 16 miles on electric power alone before switching over to gasoline, and as a 21st century smart car the driver will have access to multiple different driving modes depending on his or her specific needs during that particular drive. This all sounds great, but not all of us have $2.7 million to spend on a car, even a Mercedes. There’s even a little bit of good news on that front, though – Mercedes says that some of the technology they developed for the Project One will also make its way to other, less expensive Mercedes vehicles in the future.
