Wow. Nice C-class.

Wow! Sweet! Four foglights AND dubs!

The foglights look like a cheap afterthought. The bodykit doesnt integrate well. Almost looks like they designed it without knowing what the car will finally look like!

Brabus usually does nice stuff, but what’s with the hokey-ass side-skirt four blue lights?

Oh, F451, good call – I didn’t even notice the tacky running-board lights. Talk about downhill.

Brabus always brings the best in MB. and is one of the few that retain the warranty after they put their hands on (i guess lorinser does it as well).

hokey ass means its not even worth driving in compton, this garbage needs to be in a fast and furious movie. it was a nice merc now its beyond getto, just add spinners and its perfect.

im starting to like infinity more and more, 332hp and its tuned, what a joke, infinity is there without tuning and looks better, and is a more reliable car.
what ever happened down at daimler theyre starting to slip behind the aians, but at least if somebody needs to drive a german car bmw still has it going on.

Brabus always had the option of those LEDs for their cars…

Also ALL their designs have four foglights.

wow…it actually looks pretty damn good

Not even worth driving in Compton?? I think it’s sweet, I’d drive it in Beverly HIlls!

Wow !! Brabus or AMG? Mmmmm…

*yawn* boring.

The new g37 comes with 330 already, why pay all that extra to get 2 more horsepower than a stock infinity? Granted the top speed is high but we dont have the autobahn here in the states and i really doubt too many people are going to be going that fast in a c class.

The new c class looks like an outdated japanese compact sedan anyway. I dont like the direction of design that mercedez is going to, especially with the S class.

if this was on a toyota or hyundai people would be saying all sorts of ****ty things but because its BRABUS and that its a mercedez it gets all sorts of praise for this overpriced package.

^ Actually I’m not biased, I just think it looks cool?

^^^Scratch the question mark^^^

i dont. It looks like a typical mid 90’s body kit and the new c class looks like a merces-fied version of new jetta.

That looks sick. The blue lights are kinda odd though, if you’re gonna do that, might as well make them white.

Another hot creation from Merc, anyway, there has been no ugly model created out of the Brabus concept. And there are also cool and unique Mercedes aftermarket parts -http://www.mbpartswarehouse.com/mercedes_aftermarketparts.html- exclusively created for this particular model. And nice new kits as well!

COME ON!!! Mercedes conservatively estimates the new C350 will go 0-60 in 5.8, and other publications are suggesting 5.6…what’s with the 5.9 time from Brabus. Does the extra weight of all the goodies really add up to that much weight?

As for the people above suggesting a G35 sedan over a new C350…are you nuts? Mercedes rides better, handles better, much more solid build, overall performs better, and is a hell of a lot nicer inside then an Infiniti. Yes, the infiniti will hit 0-60 two or three tenths of a second quicker, but the Infiniti interior is awful compared to the MB. True also, the MB will be in the shop a couple times more a year, but when they pick up your car from your house, drop it back off when their finished, give you a loaner in between, and charge you nothing under the warranty…I don’t mind a bit. I’ll keep my MB or any other European car over a Japaneese equivelent anyday. If you disagree, then drive one right after the other. Test drive a MB and pull it right into an Infiniti lot and test the Infiniti. If you walk away saying the Infiniti is a better car, then I suggest finding a new interested to pursue other then cars…you obviously are clueless.

CTS DRIVER: I agree, at least BMW still has the thing down, and you’re right, Infiniti is really doing the right things at the right time

seems like a waste of money

anderson_b76, lexus does the same thing so im not sure what you have against japanese.

more on topic, only 330hp from 4 liters? seriously, whats the point…

“i dont. It looks like a typical mid 90’s body kit and the new c class looks like a merces-fied version of new jetta.” – RLX02

I see your point. I happen to like that boxier look of the ’90s though. I’m glad this new C-class isn’t following the trend of making everything rounder and bigger. The Brabus kit–to me–enhances the already more agressive looks of the new merc. Although, I like ’90s tuned Japanese cars too (RX-7, Supra, Skyline, and NSX).

gsh, Lexus doesn’t touch the performance of a European car. I drove a IS350 and it doesn’t have the handling of any of the equivelent European cars…it slid all over when you pushed it, similar to a honda s2000…slides all over. I’ve driven and owned quite a few cars and no Japanese car manufacturer overall matches the performance characteristics of a European car. And for the Jap. car lovers…don’t begin talking about the Skyline, cause I’ll respond with Ferrari F430.

On another note, it seems that too many enthusiasts throw our HP numbers and straight away (0-60, 1/4mile) times and figure the car is an amazing performance car. What you guys fail to realize is that HP is not the only tell tail sign of a powerful engine. Straight away speed times do not tell you how a car handles. Any idiot can press the accelerator pedal and go fast, but it takes a true driver to handles the twists and turns on the road or on a track. I can tell you from a Porsche owner perspective, that more driving thrills come from taking corners versus sitting on a straight away waiting for the light to turn green. This is what typically the Jap. cars have failed at, and especially all the young kids out their tunning up their Jap. cars. Lexus IS350, Supra Twin Turbo, S2000…sure they are fast on the straight away, but they can’t handle the corners or a track like a European sportscar. Examples…BMW vs. Lexus IS. Same thing for a Mercedes over Infiniti (G35 coupe asside as coupes have a bigger advantage over a sedan). This is also true for the Corvettes and Vipers until their most recent updates where the Corvette actually handles quite well.

I’ll take a standard pre-2005 Vette in my Boxster S and smoke it on a track because how the Boxster outhandles most sport cars on the road. Little known fact for all those that think a Boxster is a poor mans porsche…a Boxster and Cayman are the best handling Porsche’s ever massed produced-better grip then a 911 including the 911 Twin Turbo. You put a Boxster S on a figure 8 against a standard 911 and the Boxster S will win everytime. 0-60, the 911 runs 4 tenths of a second faster, but can’t handle nearly as well as the Boxster. Put a Boxster against a S2000 on a track and the S2000 will get smoked. Why am I metioning Porsche, outside of the experience I have with the car, Porsche is also the epitimy of German engineering.

The blue LED’s in the skirt only come on when you unlock the car connected into the interior light circuit and parking brake. They are purely to light up the road each side of the thing in dark conditions. Similar to those “coming home” lights that some manufacturers fit. They do not work whilst driving around, even if you turn on the interior light.

They have always been fitted to Brabus models

AMG models dominate where I reside; I see the occasion Brabus model, and the differences between the two are like those of the drivers of the two:
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AMG: Pretty much refined in a comprehensive way.
Brabus: Kinky, but comprehensive in their own sort of way.
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AMG drivers seem to drive fast, but too much in the way of drawing attention to them or from the authorities. Their drivers already know their rides cost some extra coin, and they know others know it as well, so they don’t flaunt them much—they don’t have too.
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Brabus drivers are aggressive, in your face, “Hey, let’s get it on!” style. Their drivers drive them like “Hey, this cost me some coin, and I want you to know it!” And the women I’ve seen driving the Brabus models are about the same—hot!

For that kind of money I could think of many other alternatives.

i prefer AMG to brabus so i guess I’ll wait for the C63.
anderson_b76- what about the Evo… what are you going to respond with. I think japs do make some decent handling cars and Lexus isnt bad

Maybe they can get the parts to work correctly and help Mercedes move up a few notches at JP Power.

Even Consumer Reports who HATES domestic products couldn’t find one Merecedes to recommend.

I wonder if they could have tacked the name Brabus anywhere else on the car. It’s not really that impressive to me but then again side skirts, badges, and heavy ass performance robbing 20 inch wheels have never made me open my wallet either. I think possibly the funniest part of the comments I am reading is that if someone else had done this to a CTS people would be quick to say it’s underpowered and a waste of money but because it’s German almost no one has said that. I would gladly take the AMG over this when it comes out. Oh and Anderson_b76 where exactly is it you go to beat the **** out of new cars like the S2000 and IS350? Since I know you are not taking them to 9/10ths on a test drive and being a fan of german cars you surely are not buying them either.

this is **** on the 4 wheels…

Could be worse, could be a CTS.

Not many buy BRABUS Mercs, but still amazing cars. Many of them can’t control their power though…the Brabus SL comes to mind.

Nice now if they would stop drooling over the Audi RS4.

did some guy up there try to say that an s2000 is only good on straight aways, i dunno what uve been smoking but it must be worse than crack

oh and waht exactly does a skyline have in common with a ferrari f430 u fool? nothing except they both handle extremely well and one costs nothing compared to the other, i am german and i def support european cars but i thnk ur mixing up american cars with japanese cars, sure some of those new lexus cars arent exactly layed out as performance benchmarks and i dont thnk theyre that great, but japanese cars are not just about straight line speed and if uve ever seen a tsukuba time attack, or footage of a mines skyline r34 ud know exactly what im talking about. go educate your self and then speak up again

anderson_b76

handling equivalent? You mean heavy, bloated and unresponsive? German cars were made for the autobahn, not for the autocross. Japanese cars were always made for smaller circuit tracks where nimbless and handling proved more useful than horsepower and top speed. What are you talking about jap cars and taking off from a green light? Thats strictly an american AFTERMARKET fad. Honda never thought “gee lets create the ITR as a drag car”. If you think that japanese designers had drag race in mind you’re clearly mistaken.

And how do you compare a skyline to a f430? They’re completely different cars and one costs twice as much as the other. Its like comparing a 3 series coupe to a z06. Dont skip around the subject by bringing italian cars into the fray. Mercedes cars arent nimble. Face it.

At any autocross event do you see any mercedes going around the track? I dont think so.

S2000 and Honda integras and civic are great trackday cars.

LAMBO THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WOULD NEVER CONSIDER AN INFINITY, BUT I THINK MY NAME WILL ME CHANGINF TO G37 DRIVER IF INFINITY KEEPS THIS UP.

you buy a bmw to drive because you love to drive, you buy a mercedes to tell everybody youre rich, amg or not, you buy a cts because youre too poor to afford the above but still get a car thats tuned on the ring and runs on 87octane. believe me i would love an m3 of any sort, but my wallet says no. so if the g37 can handle as well as the above its a definate option.

anderson_b76, haha you must be new to LLN buddy. i stopped reading your diatribe once you mentioned s2000. i already know youre some kid who has never tracked before. omg porsche is so awesome. skyline? ill bring my F430! so juvenile.

the upcoming HPDE at buttonwillow will have no less than 20 s2000s. there will be 1 335i. there are no ferraris. haha i dunno what to say, youre just plain retarded.

GSH

Ha, I agree completely. 90% of boxter owners would never take it to the track nor do they even know what an autocross is, whereas the s2k’s are driven hard at the track and don’t “slide around” like anderson_b76 says. Pro Solo II anyone?

Oh and furthermore, which of the 2 only comes in manual? Not the boxster…

Okay…to respond to the comparison of a Ferrari vs. Skyline or the new version of the Skyline, I was referring to the best of Japanese compared with the best of Europe. Since it is rumored on and off about a Skyline successor being brought to the states for $90k+, and is also the “king” of Jap. cars, I can name several Euro cars that will smoke it.

GSH…now you’re getting personal calling names…I wonder which one of us is under 30? If you honestly think an S2000 will beat out a Boxster on the track, you clearly are an idiot. We are talking about stock cars, not the tunned riceboxes you and your other 20 year-old friends drive on your toybox racing circuits. Any uneducated fool, like yourself, can go out and buy a used $25,000 S2000 and dump $20,000 to tune it up and think he has something close to the engineering of a Euro car. Try dumping $20,000 into a Porsche, or better yet, dump $25k into a Boxster S and you can convert it to a twin turbo. Tunning is an endless battle of who has the most money to spend, not necessarily who is the best driver or who started with the best car, and I can garuntee, a Porsche owner is going to have more money to tune then a S2000 owner.

RLX02, I have tracked my Boxster and have spent time in racing school. I have also had the opportunity to drive a Nascar at Lowes Motor Speedway, and an Indy car at Chicago Motor Speedway…since you’re bringing up professional racing. From my experience in a hell of a lot of cars, the S2000 and Jap. cars in general don’t handle nearly as well as European engineering. Think about LeMans? And for the Porsche’s comming in autos, so do Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Astom Martins, etc. so you have no point. Oh, and furthermore, which out of the Boxster or S2000 is a plastic POS? Not the Boxster…

Jonstew…Yes, I have pushed a S2000 hard and they don’t have near the grip of a European car. I’ve also pushed the hell out of a IS350 and they don’t handle as well as a BMW 3-series does.

Anderson_b76, I did not ask if you had pushed those cars I asked where you had, not too many people I know hand over the keys to their expensive new car so someone else can find out what the limits are in it and dealerships surely don’t, honestly I don’t think you have. Your argument you made to GSH is just complete crap and has no merit what so ever. So if I buy an S2000 for 32,000.00 and dump 20,000.00 into it you should be able to go buy a Boxster S for what 55,000.00 and dump 20,000.00 into it? How about stock Boxster S against a 55,000.00 S2000? now you have two cars that cost about the same amount of money. How about instead of comparing an S2000 to the Boxster S we compare the S2000 with the base Boxster which although still more expensive is at least closer than 20 plus thousand more of the Boxster S. What Euro cars are going to be “smoking” the GT-R (it won’t cost 90K either)? don’t even say M5 or RS6 either and surely you won’t say 911 TT which is MUCH more expensive. Now stop me if you have heard this one….but most automobile enthusiasts have what’s called a budget and have to chose something with in it, so if I can get 9/10ths the perfromance for 10, 20, 30 grand less I am going to just like a lot of people would unless that extra money is just not a problem. I would good and well chose the cheaper one knowing there was something better out there but I got what I could afford. The point is if you are going to say X Euro car is better than Y Japanese car make sure they cost the same or at least closer than the cars you were comparing.

jonstew…my cousin owns a Lexus dealership, so yes, I have an opportunity to beat the **** out of a lot of cars. The argument is, Japanese cars don’t handle or overall perform as well as a European cars. An S2000 is Honda’s direct response to creating a roadster…hence the Boxster/S2000 argument. And, as I clearly stated, if you talk about tunning cars, it boils down to who has the most money…did I not say that? So my argument to GSH was, don’t bring tuned up cars into the picture because somebody is always going to be able to spend more outside of the guys who budget themselves using a S2000 and end up with a much better performing street car. The reason for seeing so many tunned S2000 as opposed to tunned up Porsche’s or BMWs is, they are relatively inexpensive as a starting platform, especially considering a two or three year old one.

anderson you could get an s2000 tuned by spoon with 20k and that would outperform a tuned boxter cayman or pretty much what eva as a cornering machine, yea maybe ud have a twin turbo system and 600hp or and will kill on the straights but the s2000 would rape it in braking and cornering performance. i might be younger than you but i still think youre quite oppinionated esp for your over 30 or what eva

anderson_b76

everyone knows that a stock boxster, which is at least 20k more than a s2000, gets spanked on the track by an s2000. Its sad that you would have to pony up 25-30k more cash for the boxster s to beat out a car with 2 less cylinders. And what about it being a plastic POS? What part of it is plastic besides the same exterior parts that your beloved porche uses? Does the porsche have some special metal bumpers or something? Its a honda not a saturn.

As for your significant driving skills, taking left-turns only on a oval in a car that you’ll never own doesn’t count. How about competing in vehicles you can drive on the street that you dont have to break the bank for? And for lemans, are any of those anywhere near street car performance? We were talking about non-full out race cars right? How about you compare apples to apples instead of to oranges.

Oh btw, who supplied the engines to the last 4 winning indy cars? Hmm not european.

Oh and as for age, it surely hasn’t helped your spelling abilities as apparently age leads to maturity in your case…

One more thing.

A NSX-R, which comes from the factory, not tuned by some aftermarket company tied the Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale’s time in Nurburgring.

Sad to see the top of the line ferrari 360 can’t even beat a lowly japanese 6 cylinder car even though the ferrari costs about 75k extra.

So your cousin lets you beat the piss out of cars he is going sell?!?!?! I’m not saying you are lying but if I were a betting man I know what I would put my money on and it would not be you telling the truth. If the S2000 is the response to the Boxster….ummmm why is the engine in the front?!?!?! If you are going to make stupid comparisons at least pick a car that at least has the same layout like an MR2 Spyder which once again costs half as much as a Boxster S (too bad the Boxster’s performance is not twice as good).

RLX…you are an idiot for thinking an S2000 would spank a Boxster on the track…since you’ve probably never experience drive both cars, at least do your research. Seriously…go back to racing your ****ty ass honda civics in your toy car amatuer leagues. And where did you read a NSX beats out a Ferrari 360? Besides, isn’t it now a Ferrari 430? And where is the NSX these days? Another Japanese flagship sportscar that has been put to the grave.

Jonstew…Yes, we always take out new models and open them up. Also, the manufacturers hold dealer days at local tracks where we open the Lexus models up. Outside of Lexus cars, there are trade-ins, we also take those out and mess around with them on the street. To educate you a little, both the Boxster and S2000 are roadsters…same competition. If your argument had any validity, then the Boxster has virtually no competition…since it’s a midengine car? You’r an idiot! If you were in the market for a roadster, you would consider both…given the extra money wasn’t an issue. That is what I did, and I can tell you stock against stock, the S2000 is junk compared to a Boxster.

I’m not even going to continue this argument with a couple of idiots who probably haven’t even had the chance to drive both cars hard. Just keep reading car magazines, regeritating professional driver stats, racing around in your tunned up Honda Civics, and having wet dreams about what you will never own or experience.

RLX…one more thing…you seriously think racing on an oval is easy? You would pass out from the Gs you pull on a 15 degree bank at 180 mph. Keep talking, you show more and more of your ignorance.

Anderson_b76, I’m afraid you are the idiot here and it looks like I am not the only one calling foul on your comments, If you think for one minute that a because cars share a convertible top and 2 seats that should make them competitors, you are very sorely mistaken, the point is the S2000 is 20,000.00 less than a Boxster S…..yah if we say price is not a consideration then numbers for numbers the Boxster is marginally better but sadly here in the real world we have budgets to deal with and the S2000 is a great car for it’s asking price which is a point you fail to grasp.

So; you mess around on the streets and reach the limits of a car?!?!? (if you do it’s not just your generalizations of cars that make you stupid) Oh and I have been to one of Toyota’s dealer days and they let you beat on the car a little bit but not enough to get to the limits or close. Honestly from the way you wirte about I would bet you are just a 30 year old rich boy wannabe car salesman dreaming of the **** you are writing about on here.

The person here doing the regergitating is you….I am not telling you that an one car out performs another, I already know that but what you fail to realize is that you cannot compare two cars at vastly different price points.

I love your comment to RLX, it just proves you are talking out of your ass, like you have driven on a oval at 180mph. (but I have to say I got a good laugh out of it).

Jonstew…a carsalesman…lol. You obviously were not at a dealer day, but more of a customer/marketing day for Toyota…cause you’re right, they don’t let you beat on the cars at those days. Dealer days you can. Regarding your comment about going 180mph in an Indy and Nascar on an oval…you pay to play…obvious you don’t have the money to play, so don’t have an opinion cause you haven’t earned it.

Oh mr. anderson_b76

heres the video to prove the NSX-R’s capabilities.

http://www.fastdrive.org/pre/download.php?view.708

Cry me a river.

hah yea i remember when i first saw that on best motoring, go gansan kurosawa!

btw heres the link on youtube if u dont wanna log into that site:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkYDMPyycoo
if thats not grip and proper handling i really dont know what is

Wow Anderson, now you have resorted to trying to guess what my income is. Looks like RLX said it best so I’ll just add to it and say people that run around bragging about how much money they have normally have nothing but debt which I am willing to bet is all you have.

The 2008 c-class Benz: WHY oh WHY do they insist that I have a sunroof!!! I don’t want one (just like those wings on trunk lids that some manufacturers require). I think both are ridiculous, useless (if I want air I’ll get a convertible), and a conspiracy to impose cultural engineering on us the masses (I read that somewhere I think). If there’s no way to delete the sunroof, then adios Mercedes and hello bmw (egads I’m not crazy about those little runabouts, but if I don’t have to take a sunroof or wing, then sign me up. Am I right, or what?