- A simple service for the Mercedes-AMG One includes 80 hours of labor.
- Mechanics have to disassemble large parts of the hypercar to service it.
- The AMG One’s 1.6-liter turbo six is rated to last a measly 19,262 miles.
Owning an F1-powered hypercar like the Mercedes-AMG One is an experience reserved for a tiny handful of extremely fortunate people, which also means very few will ever have to stomach the staggering maintenance costs that come with it. If you’re not prepared to fork over the price of a mid-tier SUV every time the car needs a service, the AMG One isn’t for you.
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As we revealed last month, an AMG One finished in a rare shade of green recently crossed the block at RM Sotheby’s. The paint wasn’t the real headline, though. That honor went to the fact that the hypercar had just received a Service A from Mercedes-AMG at just 115 miles (185 km), with a jaw-dropping bill of €37,610, or $43,700 at current exchange rates. So why does a routine service cost as much as a second car?
A Service That Takes Two Weeks
The job took 80 hours to complete, effectively two weeks of full-time work for a single person, though we suspect more than one mechanic was on it at any given time. According to a report from AMS, a big part of the reason it drags on is that much of the car has to be disassembled to reach important components.
Even routine items are buried, with technicians stripping away sections of the One just to get at certain filters. The work also covers the high-pressure hydraulic systems behind functions like the active rear wing, which run under serious pressure and need regular checks to catch leaks or other faults before they snowball into bigger problems. On top of that, the service throws in an engine oil change and the replacement of small bits like the oil drain plug.
The parts bill is hardly easy on the wallet, either. The air filter alone runs €1,872.54 ($2,195), while the transmission oil filter comes in at €2,300 ($2,696). Even that drain plug is listed at €150 ($176). By comparison, the ten liters of engine oil look almost reasonable at €555.80 ($652).
Alex Penfold/RM Sotheby’s
Mercedes-AMG also charges an exorbitant €395 ($460) per hour, meaning €31,600 ($36,800) of the service was spent on labor costs alone. We suspect those working on the car weren’t exactly rushing, either, instead making sure everything was done exactly as it should be.
Completing this pricey service also allowed the car’s warranty to be extended through February 2028. We’re not sure how long the standard warranty runs or what exactly it covers, since details are scarce, but at least the owner can rest easy knowing any faults that crop up over the next couple of years are taken care of.
But Wait, It Gets Worse
It’s worth noting that regular servicing isn’t the only shocking bill that AMG One owners will have to deal with. Mercedes says the car’s F1-derived 1.6-liter turbocharged six-cylinder is rated to last just 19,262 miles (31,000 km) before it needs attention, and that’s where the real sticker shock kicks in.
Replacing the powertrain could reportedly run upwards of €850,000 ($989,000), or roughly the price of another hypercar dropped into the engine bay. The saving grace, if you can call it that, is that very few AMG Ones will ever rack up enough miles to test that limit, since most will spend their lives as garage-kept collector pieces rather than weekend drivers.
