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Written by Craig Jamieson
If you were to put labels on years, you"d have to say that 2019 is the year of environmentally conscious performance. Pininfarina"s sterling history as a design house and carrozzeria has now harnessed the power of electrons to launch its new chapter as a standalone manufacturer. Polestar has gone from racer of estates to full-electric family cars that can also belt out sub-fives in standing zero-to-62 sprints. Even storied names like Hispano-Suiza are coming back with volts at the ready. Well, one of them is. On the other hand, there"s those who seem content to use up all the petrol that the rest of us are saving. And it"s not just entirely unobtainable hypercars. Yes indeedy, it"s time to talk about the gigantic bull elephant that"s eyeing us off from the other side of the room: the Brabus 800 Widestar. To kick things off, Brabus has coaxed a stupefying 800 horsepower from the Merc"s already excellent 4.0-litre V8. That"s 789bhp, in Ye Olde English horsepower, or exactly as much as you get from a Ferrari 812 Superfast. Which is everything it says on the tin.
Date written: 8 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15093
If you were to put labels on years, you"d have to say that 2019 is the year of environmentally conscious performance. Pininfarina"s sterling history as a design house and carrozzeria has now harnessed the power of electrons to launch its new chapter as a standalone manufacturer. Polestar has gone from racer of estates to full-electric family cars that can also belt out sub-fives in standing zero-to-62 sprints. Even storied names like Hispano-Suiza are coming back with volts at the ready. Well, one of them is. On the other hand, there"s those who seem content to use up all the petrol that the rest of us are saving. And it"s not just entirely unobtainable hypercars. Yes indeedy, it"s time to talk about the gigantic bull elephant that"s eyeing us off from the other side of the room: the Brabus 800 Widestar. To kick things off, Brabus has coaxed a stupefying 800 horsepower from the Merc"s already excellent 4.0-litre V8. That"s 789bhp, in Ye Olde English horsepower, or exactly as much as you get from a Ferrari 812 Superfast. Which is everything it says on the tin.
Date written: 8 Mar 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15093
