Brabus Rocket
| Brabus Rocket | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Brabus |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 4-door saloon |
| Layout | FR layout |
| Related | Mercedes-Benz CLS |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 6.3 litre V12 |
| Transmission | 5-speed automatic |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Brabus E V12 |
The Brabus Rocket is a series of modified vehicles produced by Brabus since 2006.
It is a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class (C219), produced by Brabus since 2006. Fitted with a 6.2 litre twin-turbocharged version of the Mercedes-Benz M275 V12 engine, the Rocket produced 730 PS (540 kW; 720 hp).
In the 2006 Tune It Safe! program created by the German Federal Traffic Ministry and the Association of German Automobile Tuners (Brabus), Brabus unveiled a police car version of the Mercedes CLS V12 S Rocket, which quickly became the most publicized of any of Brabus's designs.
The engine was modified from a 5.5L V12 engine block (Mercedes-Benz M275).
In 2006, the Brabus Rocket set a world record speed for the world's fastest street-legal saloon (and for that matter, any car owned by a police organization), with 365.7 km/h (227.2 mph), on the track in Nardò, Southern Italy.
The Brabus Rocket 800 is a C218 sedan fitted with a carbon-fiber ram-air intake system, two special exhaust manifolds with integrated high-performance turbochargers, four water-to-air intercoolers, stainless-steel high-performance exhaust system with free-flow metal catalysts and butterfly valve, on-board electronics system (newly programmed engine mapping meeting the current Euro 5 emission standards, traction control, ESP, ABS and brake assist), motor oil from Aral, seven-speed quick-shift gearbox with Brabus limited-slip differential, air inlets above the radiator cutout, side skirts with integrated LED entrance lights, 40 millimetres wider width over the stock CLS sedan, a rear wing and a rear diffuser, height-adjustable coilover suspension from Bilstein with adjustable ride height the gas-pressure shocks on front and rear axle feature ten selectable settings each for bound and rebound, sport sway bars, Brabus high-performance brake system (380 x 37 millimeters vented and grooved steel front brake discs with 12-piston aluminum fixed calipers, 360 x 28 millimeters Vented and grooved steel rear brake discs with six-piston fixed aluminum calipers), 19-inch (9.5J x 19 H2) one-piece Brabus Monoblock F wheels with Yokohama Advan Sport tires (255/35 ZR 19 front, 285/30 ZR 19 rear), Brabus sport steering wheel with aluminum shift paddles, Brabus speedometer with 400-km/h dial, stainless-steel scuff plates with backlit Rocket 800 logo, all-leather gray interior with high-gloss-polished black piano wood and a headliner made from black Alcantara, headrests embroidered with a Brabus and a Rocket 800 logos.
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