Summary of the day: AMG One at the Nurburgring, the usefulness of the “Chinese” and other business events

A production hypercar with formula roots Mercedes-AMG one appeared in 2022 – and immediately broke the Nürburgring record for road cars, completing a 20.8 km lap in 6 minutes and 35.183 seconds. But on September 23 this year, another race was made, which again became a record. The hypercar was driven by AMG factory team driver in the DTM championship Maro Engel. He took more than five seconds off his previous result: the new lap time is 6 minutes and 29.090 seconds! The Mercedes-AMG One was the first production car to break the Nurburgring mark in 6 minutes 30 seconds.

At the same time, the head of the department Mercedes-AMG Michael Schiebe said that buyers of sports cars with V8 engines will switch to electric vehicles without any problems. According to Schiebe, AMG customers buy eight-cylinder cars not because of the number of cylinders, but because they like the overall technology of the cars. Accordingly, they will happily move to even more technologically advanced electric vehicles. It is curious that the head of the Australian AMG representative office, Jamie Cohen, recently justified the two-liter turbo engine under the hood of the super sedan Mercedes-AMG C 63 S technology development. They say that large engines are similar to push-button phones, which were easily parted with for more technologically advanced touchscreen smartphones.

Unlike the company Bentleybrand management Rolls-Royce it is not intended to rely on hybrids. About seven years ago said who was the head of the company Thorsten Müller-Ötvös, a position that is now confirmed by his successor Chris Brownridge. According to him, hybrids are an unusual compromise for the brand, so it will continue to offer cars with V12 gasoline engines or with powerful electric motors. By 2030, Rolls-Royce plans to create a full range of electric vehicles, and the number of models with internal combustion engines will be determined according to the specific sales market.

Electric sports car Caterham V projectand was the prototype of them presented a year ago, approaching mass production. A partnership has been announced with the Japanese company Yamaha, which will become a supplier of electric motors and related electrical equipment. In addition, the Japanese R&D bureau Tokyo will help with the development of the car. This focus on Japan is explained simply: back in 2021, Caterham became the property of the local company VT-Holding. Construction of the first prototype has already begun, which should proceed to road tests in mid-2025.

American election Chevrolet Coloradowhich is into the market just two years ago, it lost its basic engine. All cars of the 2025 model year will be equipped with a 2.7 turbo-four with a power output of 314 hp. In simple versions, this engine was tuned to 240 hp, but the amount for the powerful version was only $ 1,285, so most buyers chose it. Anyway, a more prestigious pickup GMC Canyon initially offered only with 314 hp engines.

Sollers Group has produced truck frames locally Sellers Argo. The production was carried out by the UAZ-Stamping Production enterprise (part of UAZ), whose capabilities allow the production of 11.5 thousand frames per year. The production line works in semi-automatic mode, and quality control is carried out by electronic sensors that check the geometry of the finished product. While the line is operating in test mode, mass production is scheduled for early November.

The Autostat group has published the results of a new survey that shows how ready Russian buyers are to become owners Chinese cars. Actually, all the main indicators are on the slide.

Also today we talked about the crossover Mitsubishi Outlanderoverlap back Peugeot E-408electric van Wuling Hongguang PEV and updated SUVs Jetta VS5 and VS7.