RE: Brabus GV12 900 'One of Ten' | Frankfurt 2019

RE: Brabus GV12 900 'One of Ten' | Frankfurt 2019

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dendyb

20 posts

180 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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One word; Vulgar

okenemem

1,353 posts

193 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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interior looks amazing

sidesauce

2,456 posts

217 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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Article said:
Further salient details include a peak of 1,106lb ft (albeit limited to 885lb ft to prevent the nine-speed gearbox from capitulation), 0-62mph in 3.8 seconds and a top speed of 174mph.
Capitulation? More like decapitation!laugh

petemurphy

10,108 posts

182 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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Cold said:
Meh, you can't hose the floor out and farmers would never buy it.
hahaha!!

donkmeister

7,998 posts

99 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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Article said:
Further salient details include a peak of 1,106lb ft (albeit limited to 885lb ft to prevent the nine-speed gearbox from capitulation), 0-62mph in 3.8 seconds and a top speed of 174mph.
This torque-limiting seems quite common on uber-powerful cars. I'm familiar with the practice of limiting torque in the low gears to help traction and avoid lunching the final drive components, but to me this reads like they've built an engine that can twist at 1100 lb-ft but never does in any gear. Seems a hollow boast to have performance stats that have been excluded in software. This isn't new either, I think the original AMG S65 had a gearbox-saving torque limit too.

Have I misunderstood?

moldy

116 posts

104 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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PPPOOOOOWWWWWEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!

yes,yes,yes slightly ott, I would have it looking like a standard G63

WCZ

10,492 posts

193 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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everything about this is wonderful

Arsecati

2,284 posts

116 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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This deplorable, dinosaur of a thing has absolutely no place in todays modern society. The quicker these disgusting behemoths are finally scrapped (preferably - recycled), the better - for the sake of our planet and our children!!






(I'll have mine in all black please without any of the carbon fluff thanks - I prefer the look of a 'thug in Savile Row suit look instead of the shoulder pads and double buttons!) wink

Cold

15,207 posts

89 months

Wednesday 11th September 2019
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Is that a paint finish worthy of a €600k+ pricetag?


Schermerhorn

4,342 posts

188 months

Thursday 12th September 2019
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Brabus used to be so much cooler in the 1990s.

Now they look like Mansory copycats.

anonymous-user

53 months

Friday 13th September 2019
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The V12 sounds fantastically absurd, the car leaves me cold though.
My favourite G-wagon is this one:

https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/classic/mercedes-...