BRABUS Bodo Gran Turismo Coupe
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Founded in 1977, Brabus is a leading German luxury tuner, creating record-breaking supercars and authentic classic restorations. Official website: BRABUS
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Brabus are building this car for survival. Their breed and butter used to be tuning and boring B8 AMG engines. AMGs are increasingly hybrids or EV. This kills Brabus bread and butter.
Neither can they rest on their laurels and live off the G-Wagon which has more aftermarket options than 10 years ago. They have expanded s bit to Porsche and Range Rover models. However there’s no competitive advantage there and it’s easy to be copied.
This car and other bespoke ones are not easy to copy or undercut in price. If it sells well, Brabus might build more custom cars.
BRABUS was supposed to be the first people to swap a V8 in the W206, People would be banging their door, Crying for a 4.5L W206 C63.
But they chose to do a turquoise blue interior Vogue like all the car shops in Miami/Dubai can
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The proportions of the body's architecture are...imposing. An embodiment of the "long, wide, low & sleek" luxury GT school of design. Curvacious muscle mass but not sinewy or vascular. I personally appreciate BRABUS´ resistance to applying excessive afterthought tacky, rubbish ornamentation. And IMHO, it resembles an M-B more than it does an Aston Martin. Perhaps that can be construed as a positive attribute-an attribute that achieves the link to what BRABUS was once exclusively about. An interesting automobile that only very, very few will actually see on a public road/street.
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They scanned the Maybach 6 and did this
"Personalization" possibilities will surely be immense. My "AI Slop" attempt at bringing a bit more color into focus:
...or...my "AI Slop" vision of a 4 door GT...:
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...or...my "AI Slop" vision of a 4 door GT...:
Excuse my being pedantic, but my initial AI Slop version looks so unfortunately proportioned with that massive rear overhang. Frankly, it looks like crap.
Here is some "New & Improved" AI Slop:
C257 CLS?
Basically, they reduced the "prestige gap" (I think that's what it's called, the distance from the base of the windshield to the front axle) by 1 meter and voila, this definitely has Mercedes' authorization and license to use.
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Still a lovely side profile though. You really can’t go wrong with that.Basically, they reduced the "prestige gap" (I think that's what it's called, the distance from the base of the windshield to the front axle) by 1 meter and voila, this definitely has Mercedes' authorization and license to use.
Not to mention the millions saved on a designer
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Temu? More like Zara.
I don’t think it’s an insult to the concept. This is a very pretty car and has a unique balance between grace and aggression. Interior and build quality will likely be way above anything creaking that Mercedes would build.
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It’s a real success for me!Temu? More like Zara.
I don’t think it’s an insult to the concept. This is a very pretty car and has a unique balance between grace and aggression. Interior and build quality will likely be way above anything creaking that Mercedes would build.
And the roadster version is coming out next year.
And there’s talk of a Rocket version too.
Rocket version? That’s craaazy. is it gonna have like 1300hp?
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