Thursday 28th January 2010

753bhp Carlsson 'Super GT' Revealed

New coupe targets 218mph with Merc V12 power

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German tuner Carlsson usually earns a crust from sticking go-faster bits to Mercs, but now they've decided to have a crack at making their own car - a V12-powered, 753bhp 'Super GT' dubbed the C25.

The exotic new machine represents Carlsson's first foray into car-building, and unsurprisingly is underpinned by the best of current Mercedes-Benz technology.

Happily, this includes a 753hp V12 Biturbo as seen in several top-end Mercs including the S600, CL600 and the outrageous V12 G-Wagen. With 973 lb ft of torque on offer, according to the press guff, the new car is designed to bridge the gap between a comfortable GT and an out-and-out supercar, with an emphasis on driveability and tractability as well as raw pace.

Speaking of raw pace, how does 218mph and 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds sound? Pretty fruity we imagine, as being a Carlsson the C25 will include the obligatory unsubtle exhaust system, with four custom tailpipes in neat interlocking shapes.

One major advantage to this promised tour-de-force of Mercedes tech is that the C25 can apparently be serviced by any Mercedes dealer.

Just 25 C25s will be produced, they say, and just to make it as exclusive as possible, Carlsson will only be selling one example per country at an undisclosed cost. What's more, all build slots for 2010 have been reserved already, so you can't have one even if you want it!

The striking design has only been shown to us as a set of sketches, renderings and models at this point, but we hope to bring you some real-life snaps before the car makes its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

[SXi Lad]

OMG...thought they couldnt get any better than the clk63 amg....but boy was I wrong.

[vintageracer01]

What an awful peace of ...

[tossbag]

Another bullst PH NEWS!!! thread full of child like drawings of a car that will never exist.
Thanks Pistonheads!

Edit:

I mean Come on

Edited by tossbag on Thursday 28th January 00:24

[SCREWBOY]

From the early pictures looks an awful lot like an SL65 Black to me, about as sensible as a condom machine in the Vatican! Still want one!!! silly car, silly power, HUGE FUN!!

[Rotary Madness]

It sounds like itll be mental, but why does noone make a pretty car any more? Its all big wheels, and big arches, and big spoilers, and looks like itll mag you and rape your dog given half the chance. I want something that just looks pretty, like an e type jag

[SXi Lad]

Rotary Madness said:

why does noone make a pretty car any more?

It's 'the future'.

[Essex Exile]

Was this thing designed by the Thai bloke, who built a fake Aston?

[Fetchez la vache]

there are influences from all over the place in that. Some of the pictures look far better than others...

[obscene]

Awesome

[SleeperCell]

looks like the old Aston Vanquish with some ugly Mercedes tuner parts grafted onto it.

[ceriw]

looks like a mobile migrane.
would be shockingly entertaining to see one blat past on the autobahn...

[pistonlager]

SleeperCell said:

looks like the old Aston Vanquish with some ugly Mercedes tuner parts grafted onto it.

The blue one certainly does.

[LuS1fer]

So it's a Merc 911 SLR. It couldn't be anything but German or a Danish lager.

[timnoyce]

Looks like someone crashed a Reventon into an Aston!

[soad]

Mental looks and horsepower - me want one, if only for the engine.

[G0ldfysh]

Voted 10, purely because if it is used as a pace <cough> 'safety' car in F1, Dubai?

It will sound epic with my surround sound and make the neighbours kids cry!

[Plotloss]

Ere Gunther, I've got an idea, lets get a AMV8 and graft an SL front onto the front of it.

It'll be great. Ya?

Now, phone der Pizza Haus and pass that bong.

[Miklad]

Man - what's wrong with all you haters?

If this thing had a Toyota badge and was called 'Supra', you'd all be wetting ya pants.

It looks good, should go like a rocket and perfectly sums up the term 'muscle car'.

9.5 from me. (loses .5 for being a little too much Merc for MY liking).

[GG89]

Now that's more like it! Don't knw what everyones crying about tbh.

[leon9191]

Proof I think that Germans do have a sense of humour !

Taking an AM DBS and fitting a Merc front bumper and Vauxhall Insignia head lights and grill, genius!