Brabus Rocket

Brabus Rocket
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
Successor	Brabus Bullit

The Brabus Rocket 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) initially, but was later uprated to 800 PS (588 kW; 789 hp) in 2011. It was replaced by the Brabus Bullit, which was based on the Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W204).

History

Police car (2006)

In the 2006 Tune It Safe! program created by German Federal Traffic Ministry and the Association of German Automobile Tuners (VDAT), Brabus unveiled a police car version of CLS V12 S Rocket, and quickly became the most publicized of any of Brabus' designs.

Engine

Type	Power, torque@rpm
6,233 cc (6.233 L; 380.4 cu in) V12 twin turbo (BRABUS SV12 S)	730 PS (540 kW; 720 hp)@5100, 1,320 N·m (970 lb·ft)@2100, electronically limited to 1,100 N·m (810 lb·ft)@2100

The engine was modified from a 5.5L V12 engine block (Mercedes-Benz M275).

Performance

Accelerations (km/h)			Top speed
0-100	0-200	0-300
3.2	10.0	29.5	365.7 km/h (227.2 mph), electronically limited to 350 km/h (220 mph)

Land speed record

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.

Brabus Rocket 800 (2011?-)

It is a C 218 sedan with a carbon-fiber ram-air intake system, two special exhaust manifolds with integrated high-performance turbochargers, and 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 V 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 millimeters wider width over 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.

The vehicle was unveiled in 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.

Engine

Type	Power, torque@rpm
6,233 cc (6.233 L; 380.4 cu in) V12 twin turbo (BRABUS SV12 S?)	800 PS (588 kW; 789 hp)@5500, 1,420 N·m (1,047 lb·ft)@2100, electronically limited to 1,100 N·m (811 lb·ft)@?

The engine was modified from a 5.5L V12 engine block (Mercedes-Benz M275?).

Performance

Accelerations (km/h)			Top speed
0-100	0-200	0-300
3.7	9.8	23.8	370 km/h (230 mph)?, electronically limited to 350 km/h (220 mph)

External links

• BRABUS Rocket page: English, German
• BRABUS 800 Rocket page: English, German