BRABUS Unveils 1,000HP Rocket GTS Shooting Brake

Courting again to 1986, BRABUS is a world-famous tuning agency headquartered out of Bottrop, Germany. The store is greatest recognized for its high-power engines, bespoke cabins, and carbon-trimmed aero kits, although for its newest work — a bespoke modern-day shooting brake often called the BRABUS Rocket GTS — it didn’t merely add some aero parts to a donor car, however slightly delivered a reasonably complete redesign that’s been delivered to life from the bottom up in uncovered carbon fiber. 

The Fundamentals

A part of BRABUS’ 2025 Assortment, the Rocket GTS relies on the Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Efficiency, although the already-potent two-door is now a far cry from its former self after an intensive collection of upgrades, each in and out. The whole lot from its engine to its suspension and wheels to its inside to its bodywork has been closely reworked — with a spare-no-expense method used all through.

Underneath The Hood

The Rocket GTS doesn’t simply look the half, as this hyper sizzling hatch exhibits in addition to it goes. Underneath the hood, the automotive packs a BRABUS-tuned twin-turbocharged 4.5-liter V8 engine that’s cranks out 796hp. Bolted to an computerized or paddle-shifted nine-speed Sports activities transmission, the Rocket GTS’ twin-turbo V8 has additionally been paired with a hybrid drive system comprised of a 150-kW synchronous motor on the rear axle and a 6.1 kWh Lithium-ion battery. 

Energy & Efficiency

Good for an additional 204hp, this hybrid drive system brings the capturing brake’s complete energy output as much as 1,342ft-lbs of torque and an excellent 1,000hp — figures that permit it to ship 2.7-second 0-60mph runs and a high pace of 197mph. Gaining an additional half-liter of displacement over the AMG GT63 S E Efficiency, BRABUS’ engine work leads to a significant bump in numbers from the inventory AMG’s 831hp and 1,000ft-lbs of torque. 

A Carbon Fiber Clown Shoe

The Rocket GTS’ most placing function is undoubtedly its new customized suite of bodywork. This transformative in-house redesign started with the Benz being reconfigured as a capturing brake earlier than the design was bestowed with flared, widebody-style fenders in any respect 4 corners, numerous useful consumption scoops to chill the engine and brakes, and a complicated aero equipment that helps hold the clown shoe pinned to the tarmac. This aggressive capturing brake design was then brought to life entirely in carbon fiber that’s left on full show all through. All the car rides on a set of BRABUS’ Monoblock P “PLATINUM EDITION” 5 spoke center-locking wheels that are precision machined from stable blocks of billet earlier than being fitted with carbon aero-disc covers. 

The Cabin

Similar to the surface of the automotive, the Rocket GTS’ cabin has additionally been radically reworked in BRABUS’ signature model. Decked out in an uncovered carbon trim bundle that matches the uncovered weave on the automotive’s exterior, the inside now boasts bespoke seats with mild grey ornamental topstitching and millimeter-precise quilting within the tuner’s Seashell Diamond design — a motif additionally extending to components of the door trim, the middle console, and the flooring of the cockpit and baggage compartment. Capitalizing on the newfound space for storing on the aft-end of the capturing brake, BRABUS has additionally bestowed the Rocket GTS with a bespoke suite of baggage that’s trimmed in the identical Seashell Diamond sample as the inside and designed to completely match within the trunk of the automotive. 

What Makes It So Particular

Within the Nineteen Sixties and ‘70s it was far more frequent to see coach builders reconfigure sports activities vehicles into extra sensible but nonetheless performance-focused capturing brakes — such because the Lamborghini Flying Star I or the Ferrari 330 GT 2 2 Vignale Capturing Brake and 365 GTB4 Daytona Capturing Brake. This pattern has largely fallen by the wayside, which is considered one of a number of components that play key roles in making BRABUS’ capturing brake-ified Benz so particular. Plus, when capturing brake conversions are carried out, these transformations are extra generally bestowed upon Italian and British-built autos, slightly than a Mercedes. Like each BRABUS car, the Rocket GTS’ inside additionally performs a pivotal function in making it so elite and so noteworthy, as does the 1,000 horses it has contained underneath the hood. 

Spec Sheet

Pricing & Availability 

Produced in extraordinarily restricted numbers, the BRABUS Rocket GTS is out there for order now, and whereas pricing is simply obtainable upon request, we anticipate a price ticket within the ballpark of seven figures. 

BRABUS Rocket GTS

BRABUS turns the Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Efficiency right into a customized, carbon widebody capturing brake with 1,000hp on faucet, a 197-mph high pace, and a 0-60mph time of simply 2.7 seconds.