Musician Will.I.Am and Mercedes-AMG have collaborated on a one-off project, called The Flip.
This extraordinary-looking vehicle is the result of a colab between Mercedes-AMG and musician Will.I.Am. With the AMG GT 4-door coupe serving as the base for the project, there have been some interesting enhancements, like the front from a Mercedes-AMG G-Class and rearward opening doors.
It will be shown at the Formula One race that takes place in Miami, Florida. The vehicle was built to help disadvantaged communities gain access to science and art education. Other subtle details are the Will.I.AMG badges and retro-styled five-spoke alloy wheels. From what we understand, the engine was left untouched.
“I didn’t touch the engine, because AMG really does make the best engines,” will.i.am said in a statement. “I grew up in a ghetto. I grew up with hip-hop. I watched legendary hip-hop artists rap about Mercedes, so it was always a dream to own a Mercedes,” the star said. “For a lot of inner-city kids, owning a Mercedes is a symbol of progress and advancing out of struggle. Now I’ve reached my goal and pushed even higher by reimagining and creating my own vision of an AMG model.”
The AMG GT 4-door supercar is one impressive machine. We spent some time behind the wheel of the 470 kW/900 Nm twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 model, but there’s an even faster plug-in hybrid derivative with 150 kW and 500 Nm more.
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