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Inkblotz
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Georgia
Vehicle(s): 90 300GD "Thundering Turtle II", w/ 603A turbo
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| Brabus V12
Found this link. Thought you guys would be interested. That engine compartment is packed full! (#4 in the gallery)
http://www.autobild.de/projektor/galerie.php?pos=0&artikel_id=9226
Mark
Edited by Inkblotz 4/26/2007 8:40 AM
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UberXY
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| RE: Brabus V12
Very nice (and extensive) piece of work.
Steve
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Merz-Ben
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Date registered: Aug 2006
Location: Floyds Knobs, IN 47119
Vehicle(s): 230G, U1200, U1250 DoKa, U1300L, U1500, U1700, 416
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| RE: Brabus V12
I have always loved the V12 Benz engines, ever since I had my first S600. And the SL600's are a blast  . I would love to have a v12 G, although those engines are a bear to work on.
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ewalberg
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Past: San Francisco. Present: Germany
Vehicle(s): 2000 g500
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| Re: Brabus V12
and the Brabus Gv12 is only 350,000 euro. Slides 27. |
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Merz-Ben
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Date registered: Aug 2006
Location: Floyds Knobs, IN 47119
Vehicle(s): 230G, U1200, U1250 DoKa, U1300L, U1500, U1700, 416
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| RE: Brabus V12
Ah, it's only money, and you only live once  . |
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mortinson
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Madrid, España
Vehicle(s): '98 G300TD LWB, '98 E300TD Saloon
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| Re: Brabus V12
ewalberg - 4/26/2007 6:17 PM
and the Brabus Gv12 is only 350,000 euro. Slides 27.
Not bad... that's three and a half times as much as a 500 BHP- G55K
You must have money to burn and the will to show it to buy that G. |
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Adoni
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Sacramento, CA
Vehicle(s): '00 G500, '15 C300 4Matic, '06 L322 G4
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| Re: Brabus V12
Isn't that the G that the German media dubbed the "Flying Coffin"? |
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tclynes
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| Re: Brabus V12
its just dirtily excessive, but wouldnt say no!
keep driving past the RHD 55k on the way into town and dreaming, nearly ran a red light due to it last week! |
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Tjærand
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Date registered: Oct 2006
Location: Nøtterøy, Norway
Vehicle(s): 1996 G320
Posts: 403
| RE: Brabus V12
There is something about the V12 push though... A friend of mine drove a S600 Biturbo from Norway to Spain and back and swore he never had it over 3000RPM no matter what speed. Cruising gently and slowly along at 200km/h... Also, 1000Nm worth of torque is handy for pulling up those old fruit tree roots in the back yard. |
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VonEpp
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Date registered: Sep 2006
Location: Australia
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| Re: Brabus V12
I do believe the Brabus GV12 is only a 2WD. |
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Merz-Ben
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Date registered: Aug 2006
Location: Floyds Knobs, IN 47119
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| RE: Brabus V12
That's what I thought too, but the other pics show the interior and the switches for the 3 lockers... I wouldn't think that Brabus would leave switches that did not do anything, but I've been wrong before.
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4x4abc
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Vehicle(s): 02 G500
| RE: Brabus V12
The V12 is full time 4WD like all other 463. The story actually refers to the practise to lock the center diff (on pavement - yikes!) to achieve the acceleration from 0-100 in fourpointsomething seconds. If the center diff is not locked, ESP will interfere heavily and foul up your attempt to get a ticket faster than the other guys.
Article also mentions that the V12 is only kinda good going fast in a straight line (it sucked in fast turns) - and even that is so marginal at higher speeds that top speed is governed (240 kmh) to keep the driver out of trouble.
I know from Brabus that they sell more of those things than they can build (lotsa money in Russia). |
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Luky
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia, EU
Vehicle(s): 300GE LWB auto, E320CDI 4M, VW Polo Classic 1.6
Posts: 1062
| Re: Brabus V12
Nice car car this V12, but has anybody ever seen one other than at a motor show? Seems very rare, I ve been looking for some real life photos, but found nothing. How many of them do exist? Are they all in Russia? |
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petesherlock
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Date registered: May 2006
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Vehicle(s): 290GDT, Pinzgauer 710, 404 Unimog, SIIA Landy
Posts: 106
| RE: Brabus V12
My mate Gordon owned and drove one around LA for a while. He said it was an absolute beast and one of the best cars he has ever owned BUT it could not drive past a gas station and he eventually got rid of it because he could not resist the temptation to push the go button hard every time he drove it. |
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Luky
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia, EU
Vehicle(s): 300GE LWB auto, E320CDI 4M, VW Polo Classic 1.6
Posts: 1062
| Re: Brabus V12
On the old forum there was somebody with a Brabus from California, but that car was a V8. Your mate s car was a V12? Do you have any photos? |
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