SpikyMikey
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BigJase88
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Most Brabus stuff is quite nasty. It's aimed at a certain cliantele i would assume
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ALFAitalia
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On most Brabus cars I'd just want the engine upgrades...they can keep the 147 different Brabus and "B" badges and the diamond stitched trim. I would not say no to a W212 E63 with the 850 Brabus conversion ( Brabus 850. The Biturbo M157 is taken from 5.5 to 6.0 litre and is capable of sprinting 0-62 mph in 3.1 seconds.and onto a v-max of 217 mph).....with nothing else other than the subtle Brabus badge on the boot lid. Less is more....
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Brabus can do as much or as little as you like
Skd884
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model 3 performance will leave it for dead, horrid tacky glued on body tat!
leef44
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Confusing advert says 5.5 CLS63 V8 bi turbo.
Brabus stickered up with V12 all over it.
Which one is it?
I would want to debadge the 800 (too many of them all over the place).
But yes, other than that, I wouldn't mind having a go.
Brabus stickered up with V12 all over it.
Which one is it?
I would want to debadge the 800 (too many of them all over the place).
But yes, other than that, I wouldn't mind having a go.
RogerSausage
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That's why I prefer the older Brabus stuff too.
Like the C58T...
Or the similarly converted W210 version...
I like that, especially the s202
SpikyMikey
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Liking the S202. It's nicely understated.
RogerSausage
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I like that, especially the s202
It's a stunner I agree! RHD too, with an MPH speedo. Probably holed up in a "collection" somewhere...
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It's perfect right? I love the saloon too, but with it being based on a US spec version, it has a bit of an "altitude problem". Nothing some springs couldn't fix though...
**Edited to add that the owner has addressed the arch gap now and fitted coilovers...
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RogerSausage
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Beat it at what though? Sound? No. Emotion? Definitely not. Feeling special and making every journey an event? Nope. Being not just some white goods misery-mobile? Negative.
It's special, it's something different, and still 400bhp in a relatively small package too. There's more to what makes a car desirable than some bullshit 0-60 time, surely you understand that?
Beat it in every single way, with torque and speed, economy, smoothness etc. Only thing missing will be the sound.
I drive a 500bhp V8 which gets single figure Mpg and is beaten by any modern car to 30
sounds amazing though!Progress is progress.
SpikyMikey
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Drool.
SpikyMikey
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Gotta say I agree.
But then I am fully signed up, t-shirt wearing member of the
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Me too.....but I never could get my head around the 210 headlights/front end on the one above.....just does not match the rest of the car. Same way I feel about the early CLS models with those odd headlights.......but beauty is in the eye etc.....
The W202 is basically a W124 (look at the rears!) - the W202 has a slightly sleeker front though.
Surely the W210 is the odd one out?
