Brabus Bullit: W204 C-Class with 1,320Nm of torque
For the relatively lower end of the C-class loving Brabus customer market you have the Brabus C-Class with bored and stroked 4.0 liter V6, and then on the opposite end of the market you have this monster – the Brabus Bullit.
Based on the W204 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, them engineers at Brabus have stuffed their frightening flagship 6.3 liter twin turbocharged V12 engine into it. Just a recap – this engine puts out 720 horsepower at 5,100rpm and 1,320Nm of torque from 2,100rpm on RON98 fuel. Yes, way over a thousand Newton meters of twisting action, but Brabus has taken the liberty of electronically limiting this to 1,100Nm of torque so that the car is actually driveable, not to mention to protect the gearbox and lengthen tyre lifespan.
A strengthened 5-speed automatic gearbox (4 speed plus 1 overdrive, 40% rear differential locking rate) sends power to the rear wheels, a few cogs less than most high powered supercars these days but to be honest with that kind of torque, I think it might just survive on just one gear from 0km/h to top speed. But with 5 cogs, you get from 0 to 100km/h in 3.9 seconds, and up to 200km/h in 10.49 seconds – much faster than most cars can even get to 100km/h. 300km/h is achievable in 24.5 seconds, and top speed is more than 360km/h.
The bodykit fitted on the Brabus Bullit has been wind-tunnel engineered and every little vent is functional, either providing cooling to the radiators or the front brakes, and their very shape minimizes aerodynamic lift. The engine bay hood is made of aluminium and features ventilation slots for cooling purposes. The Brabus rocker panels smoothen out the air stream along the sides of the car.
The aluminium fenders are flared, making the Bullit wider by 6cm compared to a standard W204. The extra width is necessary to accommodate the wide Brabus wheels wrapped with Yokohama Advan high-performance tyres – 265/30/ZR19 at the front and 285/30/ZR19 at the rear.
The Brabus height-adjustable coil-over suspension has been tuned to support the heavy V12 at the front and features 10 different selectable settings for bound and rebound. The setup uses a three-link, anti-dive geometry design with a sport sway bar at the front while the rear uses a 5-link, anti-dive and anti-squat design, also with a sport sway bar. Brakes are 12-pot aluminium fixed calipers and 380mmx37mm vented and grooved discs at the front, while the rear stoppers are 360mmx28mm discs with 6-pot aluminium fixed calipers.
Many more photos available after the jump.
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September 11, 2007 @ 4:22 am
Nice one. Where’s the luxury meet performance, Brabus.
September 11, 2007 @ 4:34 am
bordering the rediculous seriously !
September 11, 2007 @ 8:48 am
Cool and nice. Anyway, don’t really like the front bumper.
September 11, 2007 @ 9:09 am
Baby “Rocket”!!!!
Madness haha. Just luv how the Brabus guys keep on squeezing large engines into the smaller C Class
September 11, 2007 @ 9:33 am
Good piece from Brabus
Bravo!
September 11, 2007 @ 11:07 am
i can never imagien how nice a c-class can become after the fine touches from brabus… wow wow wooooow!!!
September 11, 2007 @ 11:09 am
Suddenly apek bcome serious.
September 11, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
With the aggresive looking bumpers and wheel arches, you’ll just need to stick a larger rear wing on and you’ll get the DTM look!
September 11, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
typical brabus , big power hard to handle .
September 11, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
1320nm????????????? FU-YOH!!!!!!!
that mean more torque than Audi Q7?
September 11, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
aghh!! the bumper is a pure air sucking monster!!
September 11, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
The overall look gave me the feeling looks like Dodge Charger…
September 11, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
Paul Tan,,stop torturing us la with all this kinda post,,organise some kinda of demostration la,,{i,ll make the molotov cocktails},,to bring car prices down.
September 11, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
6.3 V12 biturbo engine?! on a road legal car like this?! That’s crazy..purely insane….I mean in a good but totally irrational way.
September 11, 2007 @ 5:20 pm
I think the tailgate can be used for a ‘normal looking’ gen2 or persona right instead of the crop circle one.
September 11, 2007 @ 5:34 pm
how about fuel consumption? Great power also come with great responsibility hehe…
September 11, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
Hey, why compare this thing to Q7 when u can compare it to the bugatti veyron? Its got more torque than the bugatti veyron. This car is hell. It’s what the devil drives. You can’t even dream about it. This car is specially built for satan himself
September 11, 2007 @ 6:41 pm
wat happened to the mercedes logo?
September 11, 2007 @ 9:10 pm
The front doesn’t match the whole looks. If it was fit with a gt wing at the back. It looks really stunning.
September 11, 2007 @ 10:33 pm
I think this one even the speed trap guy cannot believe….360km/h. eh mesin ni rosak ke?
And I don’t think they bother chasing with their Waja too.
September 12, 2007 @ 1:21 am
A regular M3 can eat this car for breakfast…… on the track. Power corrupts …. absolutely….
September 12, 2007 @ 4:55 am
Just like the last time they tried to improve the SL model which results in 700bhp limited, and the power is so strong, cannot deliver to tyers, and car becomes slow. I am not suprised this is the same.
September 12, 2007 @ 8:23 am
haha what Waja……if u floor this flat, u’ll need a Veyron police car to catch up.
just when we think AMG is crazy with the 6.3 N/A on the C class, insanity has its name here. thumbs up to the engineering….of course to the neons as usual. what a trademark.
September 12, 2007 @ 9:07 am
how much it cost ha paul can u booking one for me hahahahahahah ehen brabus going to make up persona ??????/
September 12, 2007 @ 9:18 am
Fugly as hell. They should stick with stock looking front end. The engine on the other hand looks the biz.
September 12, 2007 @ 10:28 am
The ultimate muscle car. For straight line only. Handling gerenti hancuss coz nose too heavy.
September 12, 2007 @ 12:08 pm
enough torque to pull a train!!?/@%
September 12, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
With 1K++ NM at 2000 rpm you may have to change tyres every month….lol.. so much pulling power with so little traction…i think they should make it with AWD…
September 12, 2007 @ 7:20 pm
where is BWM answer to the beast
September 12, 2007 @ 11:29 pm
the front looks horrible from certain angles. 1300Nm ?!! thats just madness…now who needs an SLR anymore?
September 15, 2007 @ 8:12 pm
speed trap? at 360km/h the camera cant even detects it..but in malaysia 200 is hard enough