Monday 9th December 2013

850hp Brabus Mercedes E63 AMG estate

Brabus looks at E63 AMG S; decides what it sorely needs is an extra 265hp

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When carmakers produce bonkers cars as standard, the challenge for tuners is simple: make them even more colossal. In selling an E63 AMG estate with a heady 585hp, Mercedes-Benz threw down the gauntlet to Brabus. Its response? An 850hp E-Class estate capable of 0-62mph in 3.1 seconds.

You'd kind of hope it'd look sinister; does

Yes, a 1,950-litre load bay, yet 3.1 seconds to 62mph. No, we can't get our heads around it, either.

To achieve such hypercar-humbling power, Brabus has bored-and-stroked the 5.5-litre AMG V8 engine to 6.0-litres (with bespoke forged-from-billet components), fitted two larger turbos and added a complex air intake module that includes ducting sheathed in gold sheet, McLaren F1-style. Brabus really isn't messing about with half-measures here, proven by the 62,000-mile mechanical warranty.

Called Brabus 850 6.0 Biturbo, the car would, like the saloon version also offered, actually be capable of 217mph, reckons the firm - but for the extra load that estate shape places on the rear tyres. As such, it's capped it to 186mph. It's also restricted torque to 848lb ft, in the interest of longevity: on the dyno, this engine produces 1,069lb ft - and that's flat between 2,500-4,500rpm...

Bling is reserved for under the bonnet

The best thing? To achieve that 3.1-second 0-62mph dash, you need the all-wheel drive version. but Brabus will also sell it in regular two-wheel drive guise. Seriously: that's 424lb ft per driven wheel... quite apart from the rally in share prices of Continental, Pirelli and Yokohama such a car would provide, if that doesn't set the scene for a potentially awe-inspiring Harris video, we don't know what does.

 

 

 

[Tahiti]

st the bed. That's crazy.

[Cotic]

Brabus is making AMG look increasingly like a trim level.

[rpguk]

Obscene! I love it.

[Douglas Arfempty]

Poor, poor doggy.

[Megaflow]

[RenesisEvo]

Wow! And whilst it's as sinister as you might expect, I'd still call it understated. Demure even. In four-wheel drive form with a bit of de-badging, this could take the honour of ultimate Q-car.

Utter madness. I love it.

[Pdelamare]

Gimmi!

[Dave Hedgehog]

brilliantly bonkers

now your kids and dogs can join you in a backward ball of fire at the pearly gates

[iacabu]

I would love a Brabus with a lottery win

[Zod]

I'm all for power and speed, but is there any way this thing will be as driveable as the standard AMG model? It's going to spin its wheels constantly, particularly the rwd version.

[Chicane-UK]

iacabu said:

I would love a Brabus with a lottery win

Absolutely. I'd be straight over there if my numbers came up, to see what sort of insanity they could dream up for me!

[Pablo16v]

What on earth is that going to sound like?

[renrut]

Brabus Engineer after test drive of AMG E63:

"Its good but could do with another 250bhp."



But this is becoming a bit of a crazy power fight, how long before something steps in an spoils the fun?

[timbo48]

How can you turn up at Tesco to do the weekly shop with anything less than 850bhp I'd like to know? Entirely sensible.

[anonymous-user]

Can I have one in Orange?

[B.J.W]

Does it come with a 'blue efficiency' badge option to reflect the fact that it does 0 miles to the gallon?

I've always love fast estates, my daily would be an RS6 if my numbers came in. Not any more.

I love this. 850 horses. Pure madness. I have a semi just thinking about the noise that thing will make

[Mr Gearchange]

Hell yeah.

Because when I pull out of the garden centre car park I want to be breaking the NSL in 3.1 seconds.

I love this.

[Gorbyrev]

Hmm... last time someone made an 850 estate they went racing!

[Zwolf]

Is PH not on the Christmas card list? Read about this a week ago care of Evo via Twitter and followed the resulting discussion on Facebook, among a good number of PH members.

http://www.evo.co.uk/news/evonews/291343/brabus_tu...

Edited by Zwolf on Monday 9th December 13:04

[Adz The Rat]

Amazing, its brilliant people are still making bonkers cars like these.