Mercedes-AMG One

A turbocharged hybrid V6 driving all four wheels is a deliberate answer to a question that many of the other 599 cars answer differently. The choice gives something away as well as gaining something. In this catalogue only 21 cars combine a V6 with AWD, only 11 pair that V6 with turbocharging, and none asks a higher price for that engine layout. The Mercedes-AMG One stands apart not because it follows the familiar hypercar formula, but because it commits completely to an uncommon technical path and accepts the cost that comes with it.

That cost is easy to quantify. At around £1,500,000 used, it sits as the 53rd most expensive car in the collection, ahead of 547 others, with a cost of roughly £1,430 per bhp. Yet the return is equally clear. Its hybrid 1.6 litre turbocharged V6 produces 1,049 bhp and 900 Nm, placing it 20th for power across all 600 cars, inside the top 3 percent. The sprint to 100 km/h takes 2.9 seconds, quicker than 517 cars here, while a top speed of 352 km/h ranks 36th overall. Those figures show that the unusual drivetrain choice has not compromised outright pace. Instead, it delivers performance that remains close to the catalogue's sharpest edge without relying on the more common engine configurations found elsewhere.

Scarcity strengthens that position without needing embellishment. Production ended at 275 cars. Within this collection, only 59 of the 177 cars with recorded production figures are rarer. Germany contributes 197 cars to the catalogue and Mercedes-AMG accounts for 26 of them, so the One is unusual even before its specification enters the conversation. Within its own marque it occupies a distinctive corner, and within the wider catalogue it becomes more distinctive still because no other V6 commands a higher value.

Every collection has its outer limits, and this car sits close to several of them without actually occupying the absolute peak. It is not the fastest to 100 km/h, not the most powerful, and not the rarest. Instead, it combines top 3 percent power, top 36 top speed, genuine rarity and the catalogue's most expensive V6 into one coherent statement. Choosing this Mercedes-AMG means reserving a space for the car that proves an unconventional layout can still stand comfortably beside the catalogue's most extreme machines while remaining unmistakably different from them.