Presenting: the Brabus Rocket 900 Desert Gold

Not a vehicle for the blushing desert rose
Brabus Rocket 900 Desert Gold... is gold
Piston Heads|Graham Scott21 November 2015

You may not be surprised to hear that this new Brabus was launched at the Dubai motor show, rather than, say, the Durham Autojumble.

It lives up to its name. It has gold. The paintwork is gold, the underbonnet is gold and there is gold on the 21in wheels. Inside 300 components are painted gold.

Inside, 300 components are painted gold

There’s also carbon fibre to help keep the car from lifting off its 15mm lower ride height. That’s 15mm lower than it was originally. Since that was on a Mercedes S65 we are now getting seriously low. The Brabus sits on air suspension and there’s a proper limited-slip differential in the back. It needs all this.

You have a top speed somewhere north of 217mph, yet the thing is Euro 6 compliant

Take a ‘standard’ S65, which is more than enough for really anyone. Then give it a longer stroke on wider bores. Make both turbos bigger, as well as the intakes and exhausts.

You now have 6.3-litres producing 900bhp. But that’s not just a screaming figure that needs chasing. Torque is a massive 884lb ft, and that’s limited. Apparently the full-fat figure is 1106lb ft.

It can reach 124mph in just 9.1sec

Put all that together and you have a top speed somewhere north of 217mph, yet the thing is Euro 6 compliant. It can reach 124mph in just 9.1sec, which is nearly a second quicker than a Lamborghini Huracan.

Nearly a second quicker than a Lamborghini Huracan – monstrously quick

Monstrously quick then, and something to shield your eyes from on a sunny day.

Of course, if you actually want to cross a desert, as it intimates in the name, then a stock S65 might get a little further. A camel would get considerably further.

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