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Brabus Bullit Black Arrow headed for Geneva



Pegged as a ‘four-door stealth sports car,’ Mercedes tuner Brabus has unveiled a new V12 Biturbo C-Class sedan covered in a matte-black coating, which will be on display at this week’s Geneva Motor Show. Brabus has been transplanting high output, large displacement engines into regular sedans for the past three decades, and the latest model, dubbed Black Arrow, is no different.

Under the hood resides a 720hp (537kW) 6.3L V12 engine with a peak torque of 1,320Nm (974 lb-ft) that has to be electronically limited to 1,100Nm (811 lb-ft) to preserve the gearbox and tires. In developing the new powerplant, engineers at Brabus added special pistons and connecting rods, a new turbocharging system with two larger chargers and more efficient intercoolers, and metal catalysts with a low back pressure stainless-steel exhaust.

Power is transferred to the rear wheels via a massively modified five-speed automatic transmission and a Brabus rear locking differential with a locking rate of up to 40%. The car sprints from 0–100km/h (62mph) in just 3.9 seconds, reaches 200km/h (124mph) after just 10.49 seconds and passes the 300km/h (186mph) mark after a mere 24.5 seconds. Top speed is claimed to be in excess of 360km/h (224mph).

The car also gets its own custom suspension and brake package, designed to accommodate the power and weight of the twin-turbo V12 engine. Engineers installed a height-adjustable coil-over suspension set-up and sport sway bars to improve handling. The brake package consists of monster 12-piston aluminum fixed calipers gripping vented and grooved 380mm discs up front, and six-piston units biting 360mm discs in the rear.
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Not feeling the flat black on this car but everything else is great!
 
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Such a serious engine and interior!
 
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brabus definitely do the best benz mods/upgrades.
 
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Hot as faque! I would rock that. Love all the CF....
 
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holy crap! thats an amazing exterior and interior
 
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very interesting looking car... but still I think that C63AMG looks better... ofcource not the interior but exterior AMG is better for me.
 
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Now that is one MeanMachine, this car is a car I would love to use as a daily driver but with red stitching and contrast pipping in the interior and red pinstripe around the edges of the wheels.

Thanks for sharing.
 
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I am speechless,amazed and painfully impressed !!!
Subject to a test drive,basis the above pics and qouted numbers,this is imo the most original and sexy thing to come from Brabus just when i started to be totally bored and uninterested in their cars.

Any ideas regarding the price?(if you have to ask.....)
 
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WOW! They really do build some monsters. Its just sad you need to get their 'Rocket' or 'Bullit' type packages to get serious power levels. It would be nice to see more US owners doing this sort of stuff.
 
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WOW! They really do build some monsters. Its just sad you need to get their 'Rocket' or 'Bullit' type packages to get serious power levels. It would be nice to see more US owners doing this sort of stuff.

The CLS Rocket costs around 500-510,000 usd. The Bullit gets you a few 0,000 cheaper.
 
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the car's price is around 348,000 Euros around 500,000$
 
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they are insane!
 
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Can it do a burnout?

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I love it!
 


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