IAA 2011: Brabus Presents the World's New Fastest Street-Legal Sedan, the CLS-Based Rocket 800

Mercedes-Benz specialist Brabus has a thing about building insanely fast cars. Now, half a decade after the presentation of what was then billed as the fastest saloon in the world, the limited run Brabus Rocket based on the first generation of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, the German company returns to Frankfurt with a vengeance presenting a new ludicrous proposal.

The successor to the original Rocket is built around the second generation of the CLS sports saloon with power coming from a heavily modified Mercedes-Benz-sourced V12 bi-turbocharged engine.

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Categories: Brabus, Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes, Mercedes CLS, New Cars, tuning

IAA 2011: Brabus Presents the World's New Fastest Street-Legal Sedan, the CLS-Based Rocket 800

Mercedes-Benz specialist Brabus has a thing about building insanely fast cars. Now, half a decade after the presentation of what was then billed as the fastest saloon in the world, the limited run Brabus Rocket based on the first generation of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, the German company returns to Frankfurt with a vengeance presenting a new ludicrous proposal.

The successor to the original Rocket is built around the second generation of the CLS sports saloon with power coming from a heavily modified Mercedes-Benz-sourced V12 bi-turbocharged engine.

Read more »

Categories: Brabus, Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes, Mercedes CLS, New Cars, tuning

IAA 2011: Brabus Presents the World's New Fastest Street-Legal Sedan, the CLS-Based Rocket 800

Mercedes-Benz specialist Brabus has a thing about building insanely fast cars. Now, half a decade after the presentation of what was then billed as the fastest saloon in the world, the limited run Brabus Rocket based on the first generation of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, the German company returns to Frankfurt with a vengeance presenting a new ludicrous proposal.

The successor to the original Rocket is built around the second generation of the CLS sports saloon with power coming from a heavily modified Mercedes-Benz-sourced V12 bi-turbocharged engine.

Read more »

Categories: Brabus, Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes, Mercedes CLS, New Cars, tuning

IAA 2011: Smart Joins Forces with Swedish Fashion Brand WeSC to Create Special Edition Brabus Fortwo

At next week's Frankfurt Motor Show, Smart will display the fruits of its partnership with Swedish clothing brand WeSC (We are the Superlative Conspiracy), the "Smart Brabus tailor made by WeSC” and the “headphones for the Smart by WeSC”. Read more »

Categories: Brabus, Frankfurt Motor Show, New Cars, Smart, Smart Fortwo

Car Spotting: Mini-Brabus Smart with SLR-Like Nose

For a great number of reasons and after the initial enthusiasm wore off, the Smart Fortwo never really picked up momentum in North America. Nevertheless, the Lilliputian model that began life as the brainchild of the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Swatch Group, the late Nicolas George Hayek who passed away last year, continues to draw attention on the road. Read more »

Categories: Brabus, Canada, Offbeat News, Smart, Smart Fortwo, tuning