Outrageous Horsepower For Brabus 1000 V8 Hybrid Supercar
I mean, the Mercedes-AMG GT 63S E Performance is nice and all, but have you seen the Brabus 1000? That's what a 1000hp supercar from Brabus looks like.
The northern German tuning house has been on a power-hungry tear recently, and the two-seat, Mercedes-based Brabus 1000 supercar coupe stands at the current peak of Brabus' outrageousness.
With 1000 metric horsepower (or 986 US horsepower) and 1342 ft-lb of torque, the Brabus 1000 has enough gristle from its ludricrously overstuffed powertrain to hit 62mph in 2.6 seconds, 124mph in 9.2 seconds and 186mph (300km/h) in 23.6 seconds. Its top speed is limited to 320km/h (199mph).
The four three-inch exhaust tips can at least be switched into a "coming home" quite mode. The ... More visuals of the wing and diffuser cannot. Photo: Brabus. Brabus
Known for extracting comical performance numbers from, especially, Mercedes-Benz-based vehicles, Brabus has expanded to other brands, but still returns to its favourite game of moving Mercedes-AMG from the flagship of Mercedes-Benz performance to the mid-range.
They've enlarged the 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8 to 4.5 liters, giving it 184hp (181 US hp) more than the peak AMG version. It matches this with a 150kW (201hp) electric motor, all punched through a strengthened version of the GT's nine-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive system.
Priced at $516,000, the Brabus 1000 also comes with digital proof of authenticity, with Brabus being part of the Aura Blockchain Consortium that includes Cartier, Prada and LVMH. That Engine
All the power increase over the AMG version has come from enlarging the 4.0-liter engine to 4.5 ... More liters of twin-turbo brutality. Photo: Brabus. Brabus
Extra capacity has always been the preferred pathway to power for Brabus, and the V8's bore was enlarged to 84mm (3.3 inches) to move it from 3982cc to 4407cc.
It uses matching forged pistons to fill the wider holes, and there are forged connecting rods that have added 100mm (3.9 inches) to the stroke length, and a precision-balanced, billet-aluminium crankshaft to take all that performance.
It uses Brabus' own stainless-steel exhaust, complete with metal catalysts and a particulate filter, and butterfly exhaust flaps give the driver a choice between everything from 'coming home' quiet mode to the loudest track mode.
The V8 itself delivers 585kW (785 US hp) of power and, from just 2,900rpm, 1250Nm (922 lb-ft) of torque. Brabus limits that stupendous torque to 1050Nm (774 lb-ft) in the production car to preserve the powertrain and minimize wheelspin. It's similar story with the overall peak torque of 1,820Nm (1,342lb-ft), which has been limited to 1620Nm (1,195lb-ft) for safer driving.
It didn't bother changing the 204 hp electric motor from the production car, and adopted it as a turn-key proposal. Body In Fright
Brabus's efforts to find more power overshot the engineering limits of the nine-speed transmission ... More and the all-wheel drive system, so it has limited the 1000's power, torque and top speed. Photo: Brabus. Brabus
Brabus has tweaked the GT's aero package, too, but that seems as much to stand out as it does to be practical.
All of the aero parts are made in exposed carbon-fiber, though Brabus gives the option of high-gloss or matte finish.
A combination of 21-inch monoblock wheels, developed just for the 1000, up front and 22-inch versions in the rear set off the look. The front rims are wrapped in 305/30 ZR 21 rubber and it's a pair of 335/25 ZR 22s down the back, both of which are available from either Continental or Hankook.
It rides on a combination of Brabus's own in-house springs and a height-adjustable suspension system from KW, which drops the ride height 0.8in over the AMG version.
The raised side flaps for the front spoiler are claimed to add front-axle downforce at speed, there are raised canards ahead of the front wheels for high-speed stability, there is a carbon-fiber diffuser, with space for four three-inch exhaust pipes, and a significant rear wing.
The Brabus 1000 stays true to the company's extreme luxury inside and power underneath. Photo: ... More Brabus. Brabus
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