Brabus brought no less than 11,920 hp at this year's edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show. Out of those, 850 horsepower are sitting in this black beauty alone.
Based on the Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG 4Matic, the Brabus 850 6.0 Biturbo 4Matic is the fastest-accelerating street-legal sedan on the face of the Earth.
The displacement of the 5.5-liter M157 V8 in the “normal” E 63 AMG was increased to 5.9 liters, while most of the engine internals and peripherals have been either replaced or reworked by the engineers from Bottrop.
There's a new gold-wrapped intake, a more free-flowing exhaust system with electronically-controlled butterfly valves, larger compressors for the two turbochargers and a bespoke ECU.
The 850 hp and 1450 Nm (1069 lb ft) of torque would be enough to wrinkle the asphalt under the wheels, but Brabus has limited the torque to a “puny” 1150 Nm (848 lb ft) in order to make the drivetrain last longer.
The all-black (exterior and interior) model can reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from a stand still in just 3.1 seconds, while its top speed is electronically-limited to 350 km/h (217 mph). Beware of the camera motion induced sickness in the following video, if it's too much you should probably just check out the live photos below.
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