This V8-Powered Brabus Is A Super Sleeper Station Wagon Living In São Paulo
Forgotten in the archives of the radical station wagons that roamed the world before the craze for SUVs wiped them out of many a market is the 20th century’s fastest wagon of them all: the 7.3L Brabus E V12 Mercedes-Benz S210. With an impressive 574bhp on call, 0-62mph achievable in 4.9 seconds, and with a top speed just two mph under 200, this was the wildest long-roof a lot of money could buy. However, many people don’t know of this unique machine’s existence.
Only two of these monsters were produced in period, and even though one of them was owned by none other than Michael Schumacher you aren’t likely to hear about them nowadays. Brabus also tuned a limited number of “lesser” S210 wagons back then—the number of these ranges from three to 15 depending on whom you ask—and while there was no exotic cylinder count under the hood, the big bad V8 was still providing plenty of thrust. Powered by souped up 6.5L M119 V8s, this engine still had a lot of cred, seeing as it formed the basis for M-B’s CLK-LM, the Sauber-Mercedes C9 Le Mans winner, and the C11 prototype.
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