Valtteri Bottas buys extraordinary $2.7 million Mercedes road car
The flawless blue Mer🔯cedes-AMG One is nꦛow the property of F1 driver Bottas.
Only 275 were ever made by Mercedes, and Bottas and Hamilton now 🍌own one each.
Valtteri Bottas has taken delivery of a $2.7 million blue Mercedes-AMG ONE.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano)
• Only 275 made
• 1,063 horsepower
• 0-125mph in 7 seconds
Mercedes essentially put their 🥂F1 e🦹ngine in a road car, and Lewis Hamilton bought two — one for himself and one for his dad.
Hamilton even bought a second, for his father.
Bottas and Hamilton spent five seasons together as Mercedes F1 teammat💙es.
Nico Rosberg, the ex-F1 champion with Merce🍨des, is also on the list to receive one of the 275 cars.
The incredible machine has 1,063 ho🎶rsepower and can go 0-125mph in 🏅seven seconds.
It tops out at 219 mph (352 km/h).
The value of this car is expected to increase because i🌠t is a road car fitted with an F1 engine. Mercedes say they will never make another of its sort.
The AMG One was made in Coventry with a hybrid powertrain made by the Mercedes‑AMG High Performance Powertrains di♈vision in Bri𒈔xworth.
Last year it smashed the Nurburgring-Nordschleife lap record wi💮th a time of 6:35.
It is not st🧜reet legal in the USA without a special permit.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports fꦗor a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
