RE: Brabus SL800: Showpiece of the Week

RE: Brabus SL800: Showpiece of the Week

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cheddar

4,637 posts

173 months

Monday 9th July 2018
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I thought Mercedes wound back the torque on these to 750ftlb because it was at the limit of what the gearbox could handle, no mention of Brabus uprating it in the blurb

gigglebug

2,611 posts

121 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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MDL111 said:
And a Coupe I think
Estate as well as the coupe wasn't there?

knight

5,204 posts

278 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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It's just up the road from me, maybe i should go and ask for a test flight!!

BIRMA

3,803 posts

193 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Not to my taste although I'd love the engine and running gear in the SL63 I had. On the subject of Brabus I was having my CL65 serviced at MB World Brooklands the other day and my car was parked next to this behemoth. I don't normally like vehicles like this but I found myself drooling over it for hours, the interior for a Brabus was superb with dark red quilted leather inserts etc. The wheel arch extensions were carbon fibre and it looked every bit of their ridiculous price the standard of engineering was sublime.

WJNB

2,637 posts

160 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Very arrogant.
Very vulgar
Very German.
Even a footballer or a WAG wouldn't be seen dead in it.
Buy & drive it if you want to be regarded as a flash prat.

Chestrockwell

2,624 posts

156 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Don’t see how this SL is worth 300k, I mean, it’s not a classic, nor will it ever be, just a modified SL65 and that’s fine, but when you want 300k for it and haven’t driven it since you bought it, you have to wonder how the person got so rich by applying that logic?

800bhp is a big number but is it relative to the car & engine? 6.0 twin turbo V12? Hmmm don’t think so!

Chestrockwell

2,624 posts

156 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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I’m fairly certain 300 grand will get you a brand new facelift SL with the same spec

MDL111

6,891 posts

176 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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gigglebug said:
MDL111 said:
And a Coupe I think
Estate as well as the coupe wasn't there?
I think I was wrong - the E60 AMG with the 6 liter engine also existed as limousine, not sure if it was also know as Hammer though. Can’t be bothered to look it up.

ZX10R NIN

27,490 posts

124 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Love it biglaugh

herebebeasties

666 posts

218 months

Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Sort of appeals, but only sort of.
Really doesn't when you can have a low mileage SLR for fifty grand less
https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

C7 JFW

1,205 posts

218 months

Wednesday 11th July 2018
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The interior could be changed for a relatively small amount in contrast to the rest of the car.

But a Brabus Mercedes. That's the next league up from AMG. They fulyl test these vehicles to destroy the autobahn. Massively impressive and definitely a cool car. £300k though? erm, no.

st4

1,359 posts

132 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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The interior is really nice actually. It makes the car.

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

162 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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The interior isn't THAT bad.

I'd crash this at the first corner......getmecoat

Chris944_S2

1,912 posts

222 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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There's one of these Brabus tweaked SL's with 800 horses for sale over here in CH too, with a hideous body kit but a more restrained interior.

https://www.autoscout24.ch/fr/d/mercedes-benz-sl-6...






Jader1973

3,942 posts

199 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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"Brabus has to be one of those, thanks to a long standing reputation for high quality four-wheeled lunacy with a three-pointed star on the nose."

No they don't. They have a B on the front because Brabus is standalone company and aren't allowed to put the three-pointed start on their cars.



W00DY

15,467 posts

225 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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Jader1973 said:
"Brabus has to be one of those, thanks to a long standing reputation for high quality four-wheeled lunacy with a three-pointed star on the nose."

No they don't. They have a B on the front because Brabus is standalone company and aren't allowed to put the three-pointed start on their cars.
Did you decide that seemed like it could be true? What's that on the steering wheel?

Chris944_S2

1,912 posts

222 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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Jader1973 said:
"Brabus has to be one of those, thanks to a long standing reputation for high quality four-wheeled lunacy with a three-pointed star on the nose."

No they don't. They have a B on the front because Brabus is standalone company and aren't allowed to put the three-pointed start on their cars.
I have a Brabus, it has the three pointed star, could you explain that one? confused

Jader1973

3,942 posts

199 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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Chris944_S2 said:
I have a Brabus, it has the three pointed star, could you explain that one? confused
On the front, or on the airbag on the wheel? AFAIK Brabus don’t make their own airbags (too expensive) and as a stand-alone manufacturer can’t put the star on the outside of cars they make.

If someone buys a Merc and then sticks on Brabus bits and tuning box it isn’t a Brabus. The cars Brabus actually manufacture are classed as Brabus and covered by a Brabus warranty not by MB.

Hence the car in the pics in the article has a big B on the nose, not a star.

Chris944_S2

1,912 posts

222 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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Jader1973 said:
Chris944_S2 said:
I have a Brabus, it has the three pointed star, could you explain that one? confused
On the front, or on the airbag on the wheel? AFAIK Brabus don’t make their own airbags (too expensive) and as a stand-alone manufacturer can’t put the star on the outside of cars they make.

If someone buys a Merc and then sticks on Brabus bits and tuning box it isn’t a Brabus. The cars Brabus actually manufacture are classed as Brabus and covered by a Brabus warranty not by MB.

Hence the car in the pics in the article has a big B on the nose, not a star.
My Brabus has the three pointed star on the front. You can have either option with Brabus.
Previously I had an Alpina, and it had BMW badges. None of them come from the factory with Alpina badges, despite having their own Alpina VIN and type approval

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Saturday 14th July 2018
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Jader1973 said:
The cars Brabus actually manufacture are classed as Brabus and covered by a Brabus warranty not by MB.
DVLA beg to differ, it seems.

HML has exactly two cars listed with "Brabus" as the manufacturer.

There's lots of photos online of a full-house-looking Brabus G-class, registered 67B. It comes back on Vehicle Enquiry as a Mercedes-Benz. As do LF61ZMU and WR14SBU, also apparently Brabus G-classes.

Looks like real Brabii are outnumbered by fakes, eh?