Mercedes-AMG has dropped two cryptic teaser images with a caption that reads ‘First sneak before its showtime’. It appears that the folks over at Affalterbach are preparing to unveil their long-rumored all-electric hypercar. Codenamed C592, it’ll bring nearly half a century of design and innovation with it, drawing cues from the radical and luxurious 2023 Vision One-Eleven concept, which itself drew inspiration from the legendary wedge-shaped Mercedes C111 experimental cars of the 1970s.
Hailing from the Bruno Sacco era of Mercedes-Benz design, the C111 spans two generations and served as the test bed for everything from rotary wankle and turbo-diesel engines to high-speed runs at Nardo in southern Italy. More importantly, it also featured the iconic gull-wing doors reminiscent of the 300 SL, the production SLS, and, more recently, the Vision One-Eleven concept.
Coming back to the teaser images, the first one shows a low, vented hood painted in the familiar two-tone orange and black paint that echoes the vibrant hues seen on the C111. The longitudinal strakes hint at air-flow management. The second image is even more mysterious, revealing a sculpted roof with a prominent aero channel and no rear glass. The oversized ‘AMG’ lettering stamped across the spine drives the point home that what you’re looking at isn’t just a badge-engineered EQ model.
Powertrain details are under wraps for now, but expect the C592 to most likely ride on Mercedes' dedicated electric platform, AMG.EA that incorporates advanced hardware like axial-flux motors, from YASA, a British company that Mercedes acquired back in 2021, that are capable of 489 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque, with each motor only weighing 53 pounds.
Also expect 800-volt lithium-ion cylindrical batteries from California-based Sila Nanotechnologies, which utilize breakthrough silicon-anode chemistry, for 40% greater energy density than traditional graphite cells. What all this should mean is more power and range, which hopefully translates into real-world conditions.
While a combined 1,000+ horsepower figure is possible and should be adequate for something like the upcoming all-electric Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door that was also teased in early May, in the hypercar space, most current models nearly make twice as much power. The Lotus Evija, Rimac Nevera, and Pininfarina Battista all make in the ballpark of 2,000 horsepower. Regardless of whatever AMG has planned for both models, we won’t have to wait too long to find out, as they represent a new era for Mercedes’ performance division.
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