Run, the Brabus is coming

On my way to work I passed a local church who decided to have its spring festival today. And that is where I spotted a couple of spotless Belairs in the parking lot. HMM, mini car show, I thought. I looked at the time, and figured I would not be able to pop in, purely because I would be late for work. Yes, work, on a Saturday, a day I should be spending with family, not answering phones and helping people who are, for a lack of a better description, frustratingly stupid. All this because one SOB on the other side of the pond decided an entire weekend with family is too much.

So now, instead of admiring these beauties from the ‘60s, you are now stuck with me going on about how cool Brabus actually is, and how many people will die when they own one, because of stupidity. The same kind of stupidity like the people who insist on phoning on a Saturday to find out why they

can’t take a ak47 on an airplane.

Onward then. The Name Brabus sound like it may be some monster from Greek mythology, and rightfully so. If motoring was to have comparison adjectives, Mercedes would look something like this;

Quick, Kompressor, AMG, shit that’s fast, AMG Black series, Saturn v5 rocket speed, Brabus

Although Brabus is not officially related to Mercedes, they are the chosen performance tuning company when your AMG just doesn’t cut it. No what they do though, is not tune your car, instead, they take apart the entire engine, do some black magic, and add enough power to make one wonder where you can get adult diapers.

The youngest in their line-up is the 850 6.0 bi-turbo coupe, based on the S63 ACoupe. That’s where it stops though. The 850 pushes a mind bending 625kW and 1450Nm. The name 850 is picked because that’s the amount of horsepower. It claims to do 0-100 in 3.5 seconds, and run all the way to 350km/h.

They also hold the record for the world’s fastest street legal saloon car, clocking in at 366km/h set in 2006– fast enough to make some Ferraris look like a snail. The news gets better though. Brabus is now available in South Africa, and although some models can be seen alongside McLaren, Aston Martin and Rolls Royce in South Africa and Cape Town, plans are made to open a standalone Brabus dealership in Melrose arch in 2017

Want more info on how to get a Brabus, call Daytona in Johannesburg or Cape Town. Just don’t ask how much they are, because you can’t afford it!