REVEALED by Mercedes-Benz efficiency modification specialist Brabus this week is what’s referred to as the P 900 Rocket Version One Of Ten, an AMG G63-based pick-up (ute) with tremendous automotive efficiency.
Because the identify suggests, you’ll must be fast as a result of manufacturing can be restricted to 10 items worldwide.
Brabus shouldn’t be an organization to do issues by halves. In a historical past relationship again many years, the German-based automotive engineering and aftermarket firm has earned a status for taking excessive efficiency to a different degree with a concentrate on Mercedes-Benz automobiles.
However the P900 Rocket Version takes the cake.
Within the face of latest power, whisper quiet, monumentally highly effective, ‘inexperienced’ tremendous and even hyper-cars comes this raucous, gasoline guzzling, CO2 belching sledgehammer of a truck boasts as much as 1250Nm of torque, 662kW from a petrol-powered 4.5-litre twin turbo V8 engine that pushes the brick-like car to a V-max of 280kmh.
Regardless of the heft of it, P900 Rocket Version can get right down to mixed gas ‘economic system’ of 14.4-litres/100km and 330g/km of CO2, Brabus says.
Brabus rightly describes the P900 Rocket Version as a next-level efficiency pick-up that’s as unmistakably Brabus-brash as something going earlier than it from the corporate. It has given a brand new id to the boxy, old-school Benz SUV by no means earlier than seen.
The corporate has successfully mixed the uncompromising energy of the Brabus XLP off roader and the assured energy of a track-ready supercar for the very first time. They are saying it’s a “purebred Brabus masterpiece” however is to us at GoAuto it’s extra a crossbreed with a mongrel’s chew.
From the Mercedes-AMG G63 donor car comes a nasty factor radiating unstoppable power and hallmark Brabus class in each element. Underneath the utilitarian-looking bonnet is the Rocket 900’s beating coronary heart… a 4.5-litrer V8 twin-turbo with specifically developed turbochargers.
The gargantuan output ensures scintillating efficiency however is fortunately delivered in a managed style because of superior engineering.
The inside design specialists of Brabus’ personal saddlery have developed a bespoke, totally handcrafted two-tone leather-based inside, characterised by an extravagant “Seashell Diamond” quilting sample and impeccable consideration to element.
The P900 Rocket Version options Brabus’ Widestar exterior idea what they name: “An important a part of the supercar’s unique design.”
The entrance fascia inserts and entrance spoiler are made out of pre-preg uncovered carbon fibre in addition to the putting “Rocket Pink” aspect flaps in live performance with the distinctive “Rocket Launch” atmosphere mild built-in into the carbon entrance grille to offer the P900 Rocket Version its distinct, aggressive face.
That’s together with 24-inch Monoblock Z Platinum Version Aero-Disc solid wheels in addition to a high-performance valve-controlled sports activities exhaust system, developed to supply ‘earth-shattering’ sounds and putting Brabus seems to be irrespective of the place an proprietor could journey. No synthetic sound mills right here thanks.
The P900 Rocket Version was developed to increase and improve the corporate’s signature Rocket design language whereas sustaining their typical wow consider each element. That is the debut of Brabus’ PowerView. bonnet, designed to supply a direct view of the twin-turbocharged V8 engine.
The upgraded carbon fender (mudguard) flares in addition to the rear diffuser full with accentuating aspect flaps, spherical off the P 900 Rocket Version’s id.
The totally Brabusized engine pushes this muscular trying pick-up from 0 to 100 km/h in simply 3.7 seconds transmitted immediately by way of a nine-speed automated transmission, which could be shifted mechanically or manually. With an electronically restricted high velocity of 280km/h, you can say the P900 Rocket Version is prepared for take-off.
The chrome steel high-performance exhaust system full with full-carbon tailpipe trims, actively managed valves and built-in Rocket launch atmosphere mild supplies the appropriate acoustics and appears whereas perfecting energy supply by decreasing exhaust backpressure.
Energetic sound administration allows the motive force to modify between an exceedingly throaty V8 sound in ‘Sport’ mode and a delicate whisper in ‘Coming Residence’ mode on the contact of button.
With RideControl aluminum coil-over suspension, the experience top could be adjusted by as much as 45mm considerably bettering driving dynamics via a decrease centre of gravity. Excessive-performance tyres are provided by Continental.
No Brabus can be full with no bespoke, totally handcrafted inside design to finish its unmistakable seems to be. Refined down the final element, the elegant two-tone leather-based idea combines black with Rocket Pink and impresses with its end, full with a particular diamond quilting as effectively perforations utilized with pinpoint precision across the total cabin together with the seats, trim parts and the foot wells.
Built-in into the centre console is a Panerai Luminor design analogue watch that underlines the pickup’s next-level feel and appear.
Many inside parts have been completed with the Heritage model sample, which pays tribute to Brabus’ founding 12 months – 1977.
