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BRABUS Goes Full Pebble Beach: Carbon, Power, and Absolute Excess

Pebble Beach isn’t your average car meet. This isn’t a supermarket car park filled with burbling Golfs and squeaky Civics. No, Pebble Beach is where the planet’s most ridiculous automotive egos turn up, dressed in hand-stitched leather and diamond paint, to sip champagne and politely ask each other, “And how many horses does yours make?”

And this year, the Germans at BRABUS are crashing the party once again. Not content with merely tweaking Mercs until they look like gym-bro caricatures of themselves, BRABUS has decided to go full throttle at the 2025 Concours d’Elegance with a lineup that reads like an automotive fever dream.

First up, the BRABUS ROCKET GTS MEAN GREEN. Yes, that’s its real name. It sounds less like a car and more like an energy drink your parents warned you about, but under the outrageous paintwork is a creation with enough performance to rattle tectonic plates. Alongside it, there’s the BRABUS 800 DEEP RED, which starts life as a Mercedes-AMG G 63 before BRABUS cranks everything up to “Armageddon Mode.” If you’ve ever thought a G-Wagen wasn’t expensive or ridiculous enough, this is the one for you.

Not satisfied? Fine. How about the BRABUS 700 based on the Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II? That’s right: BRABUS has decided Rolls-Royce needed more horsepower, because apparently the word “excess” doesn’t exist in Bottrop. Somewhere in Goodwood, a Rolls engineer has just fainted into his Earl Grey.

And then there’s the Range Rover P615, which BRABUS has turned into the BRABUS 700. It comes with a “Frostline White” Masterpiece interior so bright you’ll need sunglasses to sit in it. For those who enjoy power with a side of existential terror, the BRABUS 930, based on the Mercedes-AMG S 63 E PERFORMANCE, churns out—yes—930 horsepower thanks to its hybrid drive. It’s painted in something called “Sedona Dusk,” which sounds less like a car color and more like an overpriced cocktail in a Malibu beach bar.

Of course, no BRABUS lineup would be complete without something apocalyptic. Enter the BRABUS 800 SUPERBLACK, entirely finished in black, with 800 horsepower and a body draped in exposed carbon fiber. It looks like Darth Vader’s company car.

But wait—there’s more. Because BRABUS doesn’t just tune cars anymore. No, that would be boring. They’re also bringing along a restored 1969 Mercedes 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet, polished and pampered until it gleams like it just rolled out of Stuttgart. And if cars aren’t enough for you, BRABUS will gladly sell you a Shadow 1000 Cross-Cabin Phantom Gray Superboat. That’s 1,000 horsepower and 60 knots of nautical lunacy wrapped up in a boat that looks like Batman designed it during a midlife crisis.

And for the discerning gentleman who feels all of this still isn’t enough? Fear not: there’s also the BRABUS Motor Heritage Collection—fashion and accessories designed to match your outrageously overpowered, carbon-drenched super-SUV. Because obviously your wallet and belt buckle need to scream “BRABUS!” just as loudly as your exhaust pipes do.

So yes, Pebble Beach 2025 will be a place of elegance, refinement, and polite applause. And then BRABUS will arrive, revving at 7,000 rpm, carbon fiber flapping in the Pacific breeze, and politely shouting:

“Ladies and gentlemen—subtlety is dead.”

Source: Brabus

Tuning

Brabus Rocket GTC: A Convertible That Wants to Warp Time

Monterey Car Week isn’t short on spectacle. You can’t swing a silk scarf without hitting a seven-figure hypercar that looks like it’s just landed from Mars. But this year, Brabus decided that wasn’t quite enough noise and rolled up with something called the Rocket GTC—a name that sounds less like a car and more like a Cold War missile silo.

The donor car is no slouch: Mercedes’ SL63 S E Performance, a plug-in hybrid grand tourer already packing 816 horsepower. But Brabus, never content with “quite powerful enough,” got the spanners out, bored out the V8 from 4.0 to 4.5 litres, wound the turbos up to “are you absolutely sure?” and came back with a 1,000 horsepower convertible. That’s right. Four figures. In a drop-top. Because sanity is for accountants.

Torque? An interstellar 1,820 Nm, although the engineers politely limited it to 1,620 Nm. Apparently, that was the point where the gearbox and driveshafts started filing complaints with HR. Still, even with the leash on, it’ll hurl itself from 0–100 km/h in 2.6 seconds. A Ferrari 296 would barely have finished checking its mirrors.

Of course, Brabus didn’t just crank the power and call it a day. The SL’s bodywork has been on a steady diet of carbon fibre and steroids: swollen arches, fresh bumpers, a ducktail spoiler, and so many air intakes you could confuse it for a jet engine. The wheels? Bespoke 21-inch up front, 22-inch at the rear, with aerodynamic blades and proper center-lock studs—because what’s a hyper-GT without race car cosplay?

And when you’re done terrorising time and space, you can sink into an interior that’s been drowned in red leather. Seats, dashboard, door panels, even the floor mats. It’s less “grand tourer” and more “Dracula’s lounge.” Brabus also fitted a new stainless steel exhaust, which, judging by the company’s track record, is less about emissions and more about ensuring the neighbours know you’ve just started the car from three postal codes away.

So, what is the Rocket GTC? It’s not a supercar, not really a grand tourer, and certainly not a convertible in the usual sense. It’s a 1,000 horsepower, leather-lined, carbon-clad act of lunacy—the sort of car you build because nobody told you to stop.

And we love them for it.

Source: Brabus

Tuning

Brabus XL 800 based on the Mercedes-AMG G63

The Brabus XL 800 is another outstanding creation from the German tuner based on the popular G-Class, the Mercedes-AMG G63. This SUV, capable of overcoming even the most difficult terrain, comes with a number of improvements and much more power.

The Brabus XL 800 has a ground clearance of 470 mm, which is 119 mm more than the Mercedes-AMG G63 4×4², thanks to a new suspension with portal axles, a tuned front axle, a special version of Brabus’ RideControl shock absorbers and springs. It is equipped with a Widestar carbon fiber bodykit that includes wide fenders with integrated ventilation openings, a hood, sports bumpers, a front apron, side-mounted exhaust pipes, a rear wing, retractable side steps, and additional LED lights on the roof. It sits on a new set of 22-inch Brabus Monoblock Z/HD forged wheels wrapped in Pirelli Scorpion all-terrain tires.

The interior features quilted gray leather, a Dinamica headliner, and plenty of carbon fiber accents. The headliner features gauges and additional screens for rear passengers.

When it comes to the powertrain, the Mercedes-AMG G63 is powered by a 4.0-liter V8 biturbo engine with 585 hp (430 kW) and 850 Nm of torque. The same engine, with the upgrade, now develops 800 hp and 1,000 Nm of torque, which is enough for a 0-100 km/h acceleration in 4.6 seconds and a top speed of 210 km/h.

Source: Brabus

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Brabus XL 800 based on the Mercedes-AMG G63