Carlsson to Launch C25 Model

It seems that nowadays Carlsson is no longer a tuner, but is approved as an automobile manufacturer by the Federal German Motor Transport Authority. So it got things going and is about to present the Carlsson C25 at this year’s Geneva Motor Show.

The car is a Mercedes-Benz SL 600 based Super-GT which produces 753 hp and 1,320 Nm - however the torque has been limited to 1,150 Nm. Thanks to the six liter V12 Bi-turbo the C25 needs only 3.7 seconds to reach 100 km/h and has a top speed of 352 km/h.

“We exclusively make the cars to order and the delivery quantity for 2010 is already sold out”, says CEO, Dipl. Ing. (FH) Markus Schuster.

“There are more than enough super sports car in this world which can only be safely driven on a race track”, says Markus Schuster. “Therefore, we deliberately wanted to develop a car which is highly exclusive on the one hand and can be used for the daily journey to office on the other hand. “

“Therefore, a Super-GT which can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in only 3.7 seconds and still offers a very pleasant driving comfort. All security-relevant regulations such as pedestrian protection, crash behaviour, ESP, ABS, Airbag systems are identical to large series editions with most modern standards,” he added.

The C25 is a limited edition car, as only 25 units will be produced worldwide. Carlsson did not reveal the price, but said that all cars are already sold and they will only deliver one piece per country.