- This is the only AMG One finished in a €27,500 shade of green.
- The F1-powered hypercar has covered just 115 miles (185 km).
- Its first service at Mercedes-AMG cost the owner €37,610 ($44,100).
Spending six figures on a hypercar is one thing. Watching the service invoice arrive with a five-figure total after just 115 miles is something else entirely. That’s the situation surrounding one very green Mercedes-AMG One heading to auction this month.
The Mercedes-AMG One endured an extraordinarily long gestation period as the car manufacturer struggled to get a Formula One-derived powertrain to work in a road car. When it was finally ready for prime time, it didn’t disappoint, setting a new production car lap record around the Nurburgring. Production ended in late 2023 with just 275 units built. One of them, in a finish no other example wears, is now up for sale.
The $44,100 Service Invoice
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RM Sotheby’s brings the gavel down later this month, and the odometer reads just 115 miles (185 km). Mileage that negligible would normally rule out a service visit. The owner went anyway, and earlier this year Mercedes-AMG ran a Service A and extended the warranty through February 2028.
The invoice that came with it is the part worth lingering on. €37,610, or roughly $44,100 at current rates. That averages out to $383 for every mile the car has covered. The itemized breakdown helps explain how a routine “Service A” on a hypercar reaches that kind of number. Eighty hours of labor at €395 ($463) per hour accounts for €31,600 ($37,050) on its own, before a single part is fitted.
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The parts list looks tame next to the labor bill, until you read it. The air filter alone runs €1,872.54 ($2,195). The transmission oil filter is €2,300 ($2,696). Even the drain plug is a €150 ($176) line item. The engine oil looks like a relative bargain at €555.80 ($652) for ten units. Whatever Mercedes-AMG had to do to keep its Formula 1-derived powertrain healthy, it was neither quick nor cheap.
About That Green Paint
Of all the AMG Ones built, this one might be the most striking. Painted in a bright shade of green known as Reingrün, it’s the type of color you’d expect to see on a Lamborghini, not a Mercedes.
There’s no other AMG One in that color, which was a €27,500 ($32,200) option, more than a base Camry in America ($29,300). While that’s no doubt a lot for us mere mortals, it’s relatively affordable compared to the prices of some custom paint jobs on cars as valuable as this.
Carbon Fiber, Inside and Out
Contrasting the green paint is exposed matte carbon fiber across the front splitter, side skirts, rear diffuser, roof scoop, and shark fin. The hybrid hypercar was also configured with magnesium wheels painted matte black and gloss-black brake calipers.
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As for the cabin, it is trimmed in high-end Nappa leather finished in Magma Grey with green contrast stitching to match the exterior. Much of the cockpit is dominated by exposed carbon-fiber parts, though there are some creature comforts, including Sonus Faber speakers.
Included in the sale are all the accessories that the AMG One came with, including custom Sennheiser earbuds, a tool kit with mounts for installing racing belts, and a wheel nut key for the center locks. The kit even includes screws for mounting the license plate.
The AMG One pairs a 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 lifted from Mercedes’ Formula One program with four electric motors for a combined 1,049 horsepower, hitting 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.9 seconds, 124 mph (200 km/h) in 7.0 seconds, and topping out at 219 mph (352 km/h).
Mercedes spent years bending Formula 1 hardware into something road legal, only for one owner to specify it like a radioactive Lamborghini. Somehow, it works. See for yourself in the full listing.
