753BHP Carlsson 'Super GT' Revealed

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German tuner Carlsson usually earns a crust from sticking go-faster bits to Mercs, but now they've decided to have a crack at making their own car - a V12-powered, 753bhp 'Super GT' dubbed the C25.

The exotic new machine represents Carlsson's first foray into car-building, and unsurprisingly is underpinned by the best of current Mercedes-Benz technology.

Happily, this includes a 753hp V12 Biturbo as seen in several top-end Mercs including the S600, CL600 and the outrageous V12 G-Wagen. With 973 lb ft of torque on offer, according to the press guff, the new car is designed to bridge the gap between a comfortable GT and an out-and-out supercar, with an emphasis on driveability and tractability as well as raw pace.

Speaking of raw pace, how does 218mph and 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds sound? Pretty fruity we imagine, as being a Carlsson the C25 will include the obligatory unsubtle exhaust system, with four custom tailpipes in neat interlocking shapes.

One major advantage to this promised tour-de-force of Mercedes tech is that the C25 can apparently be serviced by any Mercedes dealer.

Just 25 C25s will be produced, they say, and just to make it as exclusive as possible, Carlsson will only be selling one example per country at an undisclosed cost. What's more, all build slots for 2010 have been reserved already, so you can't have one even if you want it!

The striking design has only been shown to us as a set of sketches, renderings and models at this point, but we hope to bring you some real-life snaps before the car makes its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
 
973 lb-ft? :odd:

I love it, but real photos instead of renders will do a lot better.
 
OH, it's NOT about Japanese GT racing or GTA?

I dunno. Carlsson knows what they're doing, but building a car is a whole new bag of worms for a tuner...still, Saleen did a pretty good job.
 
TVR&Ferrari_Fan
German tuner Carlsson usually earns a crust from sticking go-faster bits to Mercs, but now they've decided to have a crack at making their own car - a V12-powered, 753bhp 'Super GT' dubbed the C25.
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Or as the rest of the world will call it, the Mercedes DBS.

Won't happen. They're making too few, the claims are too high and the name sounds too much like a Curry's stereo to make any Pagani customers pay attention. Doesn't help that it's from a company that puts big rims on A Classes for a living.
 
DBS?

Shares more of a resemblance to an E and S-Class hybrid than anything else to me.
 
Totally agree with you Jondot. 👍

This thing looks like the SLR McLaren and DB9 had a love child! :odd:
 
mafia_boy
Totally agree with you Jondot. 👍

This thing looks like the SLR McLaren and DB9 had a love child! :odd:
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You say that like it's a bad thing. Those renders look awesome.
 
Jondot
Or as the rest of the world will call it, the Mercedes DBS.

Won't happen. They're making too few, the claims are too high and the name sounds too much like a Curry's stereo to make any Pagani customers pay attention. Doesn't help that it's from a company that puts big rims on A Classes for a living.
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All those claims are well within capable for Carlsson.
 
Then front end favors a Mercedes SLK..

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And it has the same laid back body shape of a DB9... interesting.. looks like a fake car from burnout paradise.


Otherwise nice looking car.
 
Uh, actually, it's not hard to tell that it's just a modified SL65.
 
0-60 in 3.7 seconds? How did they manage that? It has 200 hp and 500 lb-ft over the SLS and they only manage to shave a tenth off? This thing is playing in the territory of cars with just a fraction of the power. And that's even considering RWD.

I think it looks fairly questionable. I'll stick to the Mercedes, thank you.
 
It has to be an SL65 if the thing is serviceable by every Mercedes dealer. There's no way they'd all be trained to work on some tuner's creation otherwise.
 
Philly
0-60 in 3.7 seconds? How did they manage that? It has 200 hp and 500 lb-ft over the SLS and they only manage to shave a tenth off? This thing is playing in the territory of cars with just a fraction of the power. And that's even considering RWD.

I think it looks fairly questionable. I'll stick to the Mercedes, thank you.
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Throw some fat mickeys on the rear and it'd be a different story.
 
Carlsson decide to make their own car instead of just tuning Mercedes.

So they make a car that looks exactly like a Mercedes, and then tune it.

Nice one chaps.
 
homeforsummer
Carlsson decide to make their own car instead of just tuning Mercedes.

So they make a car that looks exactly like a Mercedes, and then tune it.

Nice one chaps.
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I think the term you're looking for is coachbuild, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. If anything it's a much safer bet than just churning up a design that's 100% your own. You can work around architectures you're already familiar with, and the fact that's it's serviceable at any Mercedes-Benz dealer technically improves the rate of any kind of success for the car itself largely considering they haven't gone through the trouble of manufacturing their own hardware. It's more of a collaboration between the two when you get down to it. It's almost the same thing (albeit a few differences) as the Venom GT.
 
Robin.
Are they legally allowed to create something that looks so similar to a Merc?
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Ruf get away with it with Porsche don't they.

If AMG can't make a super-powerful version of the SL that can effectively get all that power down (the SL 65 AMG Black Series) I can't see how Carlsson can possibly do any better.
 
Robin.
Are they legally allowed to create something that looks so similar to a Merc?
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If it is based on any Benz present or past (I'm not specifically doubting that it is) then I think coachbuild projects require that you get into an agreement with the original manufacturer seeing as you're using their "base" for your eventual car design. It's more like Fisker Automotive than the Venom GT.

I had forgotten all about Henrik up until now. :lol:

If AMG can't make a super-powerful version of the SL that can effectively get all that power down (the SL 65 AMG Black Series) I can't see how Carlsson can possibly do any better.
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That's not necessarily true, remember, MB usually doesn't go all out on their cars unless their limited to some degree (The SLR and SLS are perfect examples) because they'd have to spend more money in R&D for 200mph+ brakes, 200mph+ suspension setups, 200mph+ tires, etc.
 
TheCracker
Ruf get away with it with Porsche don't they.
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Yeah but I think they have an agreement with Porsche to use the likeness of various body panels and light clusters.

Terronium-12
If it is based on any Benz present or past (I'm not specifically doubting that it is) then I think coachbuild projects require that you get into an agreement with the original manufacturer seeing as you're using their "base" for your eventual car design. It's more like Fisker Automotive than the Venom GT.
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The first thing I thought off when I saw this was Fisker. In sure some dialogue has to go through the original company when undertaking anything like this. I remember that Morgan wanted to use the Mini's lights for the Aero 8 and even with something as small as that they didnt manage to get the rights initially.

Robin.
 

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