The Brabus Rocket is a supercar

Supercar

Supercar is a term used most often to describe an expensive high end car. It has been defined specifically as "a very expensive, fast or powerful car"...

 based on the previous generation of Mercedes-Benz CLS

Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class

The Mercedes-Benz CLS is an executive-size sedan originally launched in 2004 and based on the W211 E-Class platform and was internally designated as the C219...

, the C219.

Police car (2006)

In the 2006 Tune It Safe! program created by German Federal Traffic Ministry and the Association of German Automobile Tuners (VDAT), Brabus unveiled a police car version of CLS V12 S Rocket, and quickly became the most publicized of any of Brabus' designs.

Engine

Type	Power, torque@rpm
6233 cc V12 twin turbo (BRABUS SV12 S)	730 PS@5100, 1320 newton metre@2100, electronically limited to 1100 newton metre@2100

The engine was modified from a 5.5L V12 engine block (Mercedes-Benz M275).

Performance

Accelerations (km/h)			|Top speed
0-100	0-200	0-300
4.0	10.5	29.5	365.7 km/h (227.2 mph), electronically limited to 350 km/h (217.5 mph)

Land speed record

In 2006, the Brabus Rocket set a world record speed for the world's fastest street-legal saloon (and for that matter, any car owned by a police organization), with 365.7 km/h (227.2 mph), on the track in Nardò

Nardò

Nardò is a town and comune of 31,185 inhabitants and comune in the southern Italian region of Apulia, in the province of Lecce.-History:...

, Southern Italy.

External links

• Brabus page: English, German