Some people have barely gotten a good look at the new Chevrolet Trailblazer production study and started saying it looks like a Mercedes. It is to those people that I would like to dedicate this short piece of writing.
What Brabus unveiled in Dubai, an large coupe they call the 800 is what looks like a Mercedes and that’s because what it really is a Mercedes CL.
![Brabus 800](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/11/Brabus-800-1.jpg)
A heavily modified, much faster than usual Mercedes CL, but a Mercedes CL nevertheless.
As you’d imagine, Brabus didn’t really kill much of their time in tuning up the more frugal V8 versions and instead went for the 5.5 liter twin-turbo V12 powered CL600.
![Brabus 800](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/11/Brabus-800-3.jpg)
Having drawn up some plans and gotten to work, the powerplant they put back into the CL600 is now the same V12, only it’s been bored out to a considerable boost of 6.3 liters. And speaking of boost, the turbocharger setup they put in is one they’ve borrowed from the Saturn V rocket.
Final outputs stand at 800HP and 1.047 lb-ft of torque and that’s so monstrous that no set of tires could take it, that’s assuming the gearbox wouldn’t crack under the enormous power being unleashed in a fast start. The solution was to limit the torque to 811 lb-ft of torque.
![Brabus 800](https://www.automotorblog.com/storage/2011/11/Brabus-800-2.jpg)
Even with such a muzzle fitted, the Brabus 800 can go from 0 to 62 in just 3.9 seconds and it can complete the 0 to 124 mph sprint in as little as 10.3 seconds. Sadly, the top speed was also limited, to a very tasty 217 mph.
Now that’s the sort of car you roll up in Dubai with and you get noticed.