Anyone who likes to show that business is going well has a great car in the Mercedes-Maybach S-class. There is normally already a mountain of chrome parts on it and with an optional one two tonecolor scheme on it, the exhibitionistic party is of course complete. Yet nowadays it is apparently also very popular in wealthier circles to go for a car that is completely stripped of color. This is also evident from the many ‘black packs’ that can even be ticked by brands such as Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Maybach. Brabus now also gives the Mercedes-Maybach S680 such a treatment, but of course it does not stop there.
In addition to painting the various usually chromed accents black, Brabus has also provided the Maybach with various carbon accents. The most eye-catching is of course the diffuser and at the front we see carbon fiber parts in and under the bumper. The Brabus 850, as the dark S680 is now called, stands on jet black 22-inch light metal and is equipped with Brabus logos in black all around. It is also a dark affair in the interior and we see carbon fiber in various places.
For better performance, the carbon is not necessarily necessary, because the 6.3 V12 takes care of that. It has been fitted with new forged pistons and two new turbos developed by Brabus. As the name Brabus 850 indicates, these adjustments, together with a new exhaust system, are good for a power of no less than 850 hp. The maximum torque is completely insane: 1,400 Nm. For comparison; the regular Mercedes-Maybach S680 comes to 612 hp and 900 Nm. Despite that power spurt, the 0 to 100 km/h sprint is only 0.4 seconds faster in the Brabus 850, namely in 4.1 seconds. At such a sprint time you also need huge power steps to be able to shave off a few tenths. The top speed has remained the same, which is electronically set at 250 km / h and it does not seem that Brabus can get around that limit for you.
It is not known how much money has to disappear from a (no doubt Swiss) bank account to get the Brabus 850 handed over. The ‘regular’ Mercedes-Maybach already costs €335,308 here.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl