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2009 BRABUS S V12 S Hauls Ess El

Is there anything that the whacky tuners at BRABUS won't put a V12 into? Our favorite has to be the BRABUS Bullit Black Arrow which is V12 + C-Class + matte black paint. Though, we also love the SLR McLaren + Smart Car combo. And who can forget the S V12 S-equipped Brabus Maybach 57, which hit 205 mph at Nardo? By comparison, tweaking the already V12-equipped Mercedes-Benz SL seems like a no brainer.

Advance pics and details from eMercedesbenz show a look similar to previous BRABUS SL's, though with slightly revised front/rear aprons and side skirts, as well as new wheels. There's no word yet on the revised power, though the previous generation was good for 730 hp, enough power for a 0-62 mph trip in 4 seconds and a top speed in the 217 mph range. [eMercedesBenz]

10:20 AM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Matt Hardigree
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Turboner at 10:47 AM on 04/30/08
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WTF is wrong with building awesome sports/GT cars with a third pedal? My left leg is going to have to take up smoking, it's bored.
POLAЯZSMAЯTAMINO at 10:51 AM on 04/30/08
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In China this is a Brabus

It's not as fast as the black one, but people find its padded seats very supportive!
Ash78 at 10:53 AM on 04/30/08
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@Turboner: Because the people who buy these cars have to be able to rest their walking canes somewhere.

Yes, I went there.

/waits for Jay Shoemaker to come get mad at me
FatBraff at 11:09 AM on 04/30/08
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I had a chance to meet the son of the guy who started Brabus. I guess he is over here doing an internship with Fletcher Jones MB in Newport Beach...

Very cool guy and loved to sit and talk cars.
j6r at 11:11 AM on 04/30/08
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@PAPAL POLAЯ:
I think that is in Japan, which would make it a blabus.
POLAЯZSMAЯTAMINO at 11:30 AM on 04/30/08
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@j6r: Then it wouldn't just be a big Camry?
MR42HH at 11:41 AM on 04/30/08
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Why does it have Audi S6-style daytime running lights? I see them on every 80hp Golf these days... professionally installed with cable ties.
carguy at 12:24 PM on 04/30/08
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Can someone pleae break it to the guys at Brabus that adding more power to just about any AMG Merc does not increase their driving enjoyment? It just makes them unmanageable wasters of good rubber.
Novaload at 12:38 PM on 04/30/08
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Those guys have a fun job..."hmmm...let's see how we can amp this up..."
Ash78 at 12:47 PM on 04/30/08
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@Novaload: Yep, but at that upper end it's like "for $10 grand more, we can add 20hp and another 0.01g of grip! Let's do it."

Those returns are diminishing faster than the hairlines of their clientele.
sparksinner at 02:03 PM on 04/30/08
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@j6r: For the win, with credit to Papal Polar for a great assist.
cazin678 at 07:39 PM on 04/30/08
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LOL- yes, these girlie men who don't want to pump a clutch 1000 times per hour in a traffic jam- sissies...

What fools, to have missed the joy that you F1- wannabees have cultivated, via your faithful reading of Road & Track every month- vicariously living the joy of the perfectly executed downshift, blah blah.....

Dude, you drive a Honda Civic, it's a stick because it was $700 less than an automatic.

Oh ya- and the foot clutch went out awhile back in F1- update your Peter Egan stories......