The automotive auctions are normally among the many highlights of the annual Monterey Automobile Week. This 12 months’s version guarantees to be no totally different, with some fairly distinctive vehicles going beneath the hammer. Considered one of them is that this 2021 Mercedes Benz AMG GT Black Collection.

The Mercedes-AMG GT debuted in 2015 as alternative for the extremely reputed SLS AMG. Six years later, the German carmaker marked the tip of the Mercedes-AMG GT’s run with essentially the most excessive iteration of the long-nosed supercar – the GT Black Collection. 

The ‘Black Collection’ badging is normally reserved for a few of the carmaker’s most hardcore efficiency fashions, and the final word GT coupe isn’t any totally different. In comparison with the opposite GT mannequin variants, the Mercedes-AMG GT Black Collection boasted extra downforce, track-focused suspension and a wild aerodynamic setup. On the time, it was additionally essentially the most highly effective manufacturing highway automotive Mercedes had ever constructed. Its completely designed flat-plane crank 4.0-litre V8 generated a whopping 730 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque.

Mercedes adopted the AMG GT Black Collection with maybe one of the crucial anticipated vehicles of this period, the $2.72 million F1-derived AMG One hypercar. Adapting an F1 engine for highway use proved a moderately daunting process, and the AMG One manufacturing was pushed again a couple of occasions. To maintain the intrigue recent, Mercedes supplied a particular version of the GT Black Collection completely to AMG Undertaking One depositors, dubbed the ‘P One Version.’

The unique GT Black Collection ‘P One Version’ is reportedly restricted to only 40 items globally, together with 24 for the US market. That’s why this one being auctioned by RM Sotheby’s will certainly garner loads of consideration. 

The supercar is wearing a novel livery that pulls inspiration from the Mercedes-AMG F1 W11 EQ Efficiency racecar. An Obsidian Black base offers the backdrop for handpainted silver Mercedes three-pointed stars. The color scheme is complemented by teal accents, a nod to Mercedes’ long-standing relationship with Petronas, a Malaysian-based vitality firm.

This GT Black Collection is a correct storage queen. There are solely 32 miles on the odometer on the time of cataloguing. The supercar has spent most of its time post-purchase tucked away in heated storage, plugged into its battery tender. 

Non-compulsory extras on the GT Black Collection embrace a premium Burmester sound system, Keyless-Go package deal, matte carbon-fibre crossbar, Lane Monitoring package deal, and AMG carbon-fibre doorsill panels. 

The automotive has additionally been wrapped with XPEL clear safety movie adopted by ceramic coating. It is able to shake off its ‘storage queen’ standing and lay down some sizzling laps at a race monitor. Now, if solely the brand new proprietor would oblige…

Supply: RM Sotheby’s