Mercedes AMG Mythos PureSpeed is a car that challenges Ferrari in its red color

 

The Mercedes-AMG Mythos PureSpeed, the newest highly exclusive convertible car, of which 250 copies will be produced in the world, appeared before the Monaco Grand Prix of Formula 1 races, which will be held this weekend, God willing.

Mercedes AMG on Wednesday unveiled the first car in the very limited and high-cost Mercedes Mythos series, called PureSpeed. It is a two-seater convertible inspired by the German company's famous old racing cars and racing cars. Formula 1.

The two-seater will enter small-scale production next year and will be limited to 250 copies, with each car going to a carefully selected group of the most obsessed Mercedes collectors.

The Mythos design team took the current 2014 Mercedes SL and transformed it into a fast two-seater, replacing the windshield and A-pillars with a small air screen and a structural pillar that bisects the view forward. Buyers also get a pair of “aerodynamically enhanced” helmets designed specifically for the car.

The new Mercedes-AMG Mythos PureSpeed ​​comes with a completely new front fascia that resembles a shark and dispenses with the traditional AMG grille, replacing it with a large three-pointed star to help anyone else on the road recognize that it is one of the distinctive cars from Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes has used this look before on the C-111 concept car in the 1970s, and on Stirling Moss's Mercedes-McLaren SLR.

The first Mercedes Mythos comes with seat-behind supports inspired by those on the 300 SLR that the legendary British racer drove to victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia, while the red paint is a nod to the color worn by the Mercedes that took the flag to victory in the 1924 Targa Florio. In Sicily.

Although Mercedes-Benz race cars a century ago were usually white, the factory chose to imitate the look of the Italian brand's red cars that you all know and which carry the prancing horse “Ferrari” logo to trick spectators into moving out of the way as they approached. The winning Mercedes car in that race bore the number 10, and the PureSpeed ​​car wore the same number on its front fenders.

Mercedes developed its Mythos series of cars to take advantage of the lucrative custom car market that competitors such as Ferrari and Aston Martin are adept at exploiting.

Although the German manufacturer has reservations about the mechanical specifications of the Mercedes-AMG Mythos PureSpeed, it is likely that it derives its beating heart from the 2024 SL63 AMG, which is equipped with a 4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine with a power of 577 horsepower.