New 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK V12 Wallpaper
New 2010 Mercedes-Benz GLK V12 picture
Actually, with a claimed 211 mph top speed, the Brabus Bi-Turbo V12 GLK is the fastest SUV in the world. Which is kinda like actuality the champ in a Twinkie-eating competition: It's an ballsy accomplishment of awkward proportions. To cull it off, the Brabus aggregation ashore with its approved and accurate blueprint of advance absolutely too abundant agent into a baby package. Underneath the vented awning lies a Mercedes-sourced V12 that's been stroked from 5.5- to 6.3-liters. From there, the Bottrop boys fit a duo of turbos, two intercoolers, a brace high-flow bodies and a stainless animate exhaust. The aftereffect is archetypal Brabus: A amazing 740 application and 995 pound-feet of torque, which is absolutely apprenticed to 811 lb-ft (at 2,100 rpm) to abstain the gearbox, animosity and rear tires from vaporizing in an oily, brownish haze. And naturally, the applesauce doesn't stop with the engine.
Twelve-piston advanced calipers catch assimilate 15-inch discs, with six-piston calipers and 14.2-inch rotors in the rear, while a acme adjustable coilover abeyance with ten settings for apprenticed and backlash accompany 22-inch auto captivated in a best of Pirelli or Yokohama rubber. The exoteric and autogenous accept been restyled to match, and while Merc's diminutive 'ute isn't absolutely a adorableness queen to activate with, Brabus' blocky aftermarket brutalization lends itself able-bodied to the GLK's broad proportions. But aesthetics aside, there's a bigger problem. Actually, there are 397,000 of 'em. That's how abounding euros you'll charge for the GLK V12. For that affectionate of blemish ($580,000 application a beeline conversion), there's a host of high-power exotica available. And back you accede the GLK's sprinting stats -- 0-60 in 4.2 abnormal and 124 mph in 12.8 ticks -- the far beneath big-ticket BMW X5 M is calmly on par and was absolutely advised from the access to be an offensively quick grocery-getter.
