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Brabus SV12 R Biturbo 800: The World's Fastest and Most Powerful Sedan

Wondering who makes the fastest, most powerful sedan on earth? Wonder no longer: it's the new Brabus SV12 R Biturbo 800. Based on the twin-turbo, twelve-cylinder Mercedes-Benz S600, the latest from the Benz tuner par excellence packs an enormous 788 horsepower and 1,047 lb-ft of torque, catapulting it to 62 miles per hour in 3.9 seconds and on to a top speed of 217 mph.

Those numbers are so unfathomable that Brabus says they had to limit both the torque (to "only" 811 lb-ft) and the top speed to keep things within reason. To get there, they've bored out the engine and fitted it with a new crankshaft, camshafts, cylinder heads, air intake, exhaust, turbochargers, quad intercoolers and bigger pistons, along with a custom limited-slip differential, bigger brakes, wheels and tires and modified the bodywork to keep it stable at its insane capabilities.

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Mercedes Downsizes and Upgrades the S63 AMG

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Bigger is better, right? That's been the prevailing wisdom in the automobile market, but consumers of luxury goods know better. Case in point: the newest Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG.

For the 2011 model, Mercedes has swapped out the enormous 6.2-liter V8 for a more efficient – and more powerful – 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8 with direct injection and fuel-saving start-stop engine management, coupled to the company's latest multi-clutch transmission. The result is 571 horsepower instead of 518, a four-and-a-half second sprint to sixty and improved fuel economy. Now that's our kind of downsizing.

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