Bentley Flying Spur beats Dodge Charger

[Dave A]

Yeah well theres the key, it's not a production car. The Bentley is the fastest production sedan, if AMG tunes your CLK to go faster it's not production spec anymore so it doesn't count. The factory AMG models are production spec, but a specaily requested model thats tuned higher isn't.

 

[TheCracker]

Don't Brabus make 200+mph Mercs?

 

[Dave A]

Yes, but Brabus are a tuning company, not a manufacturer or part of a manufacturer.

 

[TheCracker]

Brabus are a manufacturer just like RUF is a manufacturer.

...from their website: BRABUS is also one of the most exclusive automobile manufacturers in the world: Recognized as such by the 'Kraftfahrtbundesamt' (German Federal Motor Vehicle Department) BRABUS produces stimulating and exciting ultra-performance vehicles such as the new BRABUS E V12 with 640 hp / 471 kW and a top speed of 350 km/h.

 

[Dave A]

Well then none of their actual manufactured cars can go faster than the Bentley. Either that or the ones that do are to low volume to count. I didn't know Brabus was a manufacturer though, I'll have to look into that. I thought they took assembled cars from Mercedes then ripped them apart and re-built them to their own spec.

 

[194GVan]

umm lets see.....similar power and weight right? not the same, but fairly close. so basically it boils down to AWD vs. RWD. wow. Big surprise that AWD won in a drag race... 💡

 

[Dave A]

That doesn't work out right, the Bentley was on road tyres, the Charger was on slicks, theres so much more than power to weight involved, suspension, aerodynamics, torque, grip, weight distibution, center of gravity, power delivery, gearing, ect. To put it all down to power to weight is wrong.

 

[TheCracker]

Also just noticed this on their site: The world's fastest four-door coupe comes from BRABUS and celebrates its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show IAA 2005 in Frankfurt/Main. This automobile, built in small-series production based on the Mercedes CLS model series, is powered by a 730-hp / 537-kW 6.3-liter twelve-cylinder twin-turbo engine, that was implanted with almost surgical precision into the engine bay of the four-door. The performance speaks for itself: 0 - 100 km/h in 4.0 seconds, 0 - 200 km/h in 10.5 seconds, 0 - 300 km/h in 29.5 seconds are just as unique as is the electronically limited top speed of 350 km/h.

..although it looks as if they've started limiting the top speed of their cars - they never used to!

 

[Dave A]

Ah right, yeah I have heared of that car before, but it's not actually out yet is it.?

 

[Young_Warrior]

I think several rappers have that brabus cls.

 

[TheCracker]

O/T Are you still going to famines bash in sheff on Sat?

 

[Dave A]

It's limited to 217Mph anyway, so I don't think it's officially the fastest either way until someone takes the limiter off and drives it faster than the Bentleys 218Mph with recording equipment to prove it, so officially it's still the Bentley,but the Brabus should no doubt be faster.

 

[Dave A]

O/T Are you still going to famines bash in sheff on Sat?

Should be, I'll be late though.