THE ONE

Can an F1 engine really work in a road car? Chris packed a pair of brave pants and went to the Nürburgring to find out

CHRIS HARRIS

Somewhere within the relationship between promises and hindsight probably lurks a human truth that could rid our species of its more worrying traits. It might be presented something like this: don’t overpromise, because when you fail to deliver you will be left with two potentially paralysing choices – hold your hands up and say you were too ambitious, but that the potential glory was worth the risk of failure. Or just try to blag your way out of it. Most of us defer to the latter. What does this have to do with a Mercedes sports car? Bear with me. Until very recently I had no expectation of ever driving the AMG One. Since upsetting the previous boss I’ve been off the Christmas card list and would be lying if…

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