Brabus 911 Turbo S review: 0-60mph & Autobahn tested!

This is the almighty Brabus 720 911 Turbo S!
That’s right, whereas once Brabus was synonymous with working solely on Mercedes, it’s now venturing out to work with other manufacturers, leading to the creation of this incredible Porsche!
So let’s take a look at what you get over the standard 911 Turbo S. Starting with the design, there are a number of exterior tweaks over the standard 911 Turbo. Around the back, you’ll find a large carbon fibre wing, a carbon fibre rear diffuser, and 3D-printed exhaust tips! Up front, you’ll also find a new carbon fibre front splitter, and naturally, there’s Brabus badging across the car.
On the inside, you’ll find leather literally everywhere - including the floor mats and in the door bins! There’s also the option to add additional carbon fibre trim.
Brabus hasn’t just worked on the design, though. There’s a choice of two upgrades available for the engine - the 720 or the 820. The latter is the range-topper, where the power output on the 3.8-litre twin-turbo increased to 820hp and 950Nm of torque. It’ll hit 60mph in 2.5 seconds and has a top speed of 211mph!
In terms of price, well, it’ll cost you… the 720 costs £150,000 more than a regular 911 Turbo S, while the 820 costs £170,000 more! So is it worth it? You’ll need to stick with Mat to see for yourself!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:35 Design
02:37 Interior
04:02 Engine
04:50 Price
05:40 5 Annoying Things
07:18 5 Good Things
08:11 0-60mph
08:56 Driving
11:47 Verdict

[@carwow]

Is this the greatest 911 Turbo of all time? VOTE BELOW!

[@carwow]

VOTE: Hell yeah!

[@carwow]

VOTE: No way!

[@okithdesilva129]

Hell Yeah!

[@kalsder]

Hell way!

[@matthewnorman9803]

We need a Hyundai Getz on this channel day 41

[@GKBehindTheWheel]

One of the things that I love about the 992 Turbo S is how clean, simple and understated its design is. It has all the performance you need but stays under the radar and doesn't get unwanted attention. The Brabus, for me at least, is counterintuitive.

[@SoulTouchMusic93]

It's a porche, it's gonna be fast. If it was a skoda Octavia it would be understated.

[@ti8864]

Exactly!

[@Aemond839]

@@SoulTouchMusic93 you do have a very good point. I don't know why people are calling a 150k car "understated"

[@adriendebosse6941]

@@SoulTouchMusic93 Same opinion, i wouldn't call a 911, even more a turbo S, something that stays under the radar

[@supersploon4177]

@@Aemond839 It‘s not as ,,in your face“ as a lamborghini or RS8 even. There are a lot of standart 911 on the road and the turbo S doesn‘t stand out as much as other cars in it‘s price range. Of course everybody knows that Porsches are fast and expensive, but I think they would still be surprised by the Turbo S‘es performance

[@superperformance]

I will never give up a Porsche batch with a Brabus badge. This is a deal breaker.

[@audiovideotech9777]

I agree.. it looks like it has Ebay parts on it.

[@rl95719]

Looks so cheap.

[@audiovideotech9777]

@@rl95719 Brabus should stick to Mercedes Benz's and stay out of the Porsche World. It's like Brabus has never heard of Ruf.

[@trumptookthevaccine1679]

I wonder if they could do something almost custom like 🥴

[@trumptookthevaccine1679]

@@audiovideotech9777 why would you not want competition as a consumer?

[@simonbussey7530]

The 911 Turbo is about unassuming understated presence and epic performance for sensible money (compared to other cars at this performance point). This mod nulls both of those attributes.

[@exnihilonihilfit6316]

LOL You summed it up the best way I saw in the comments. It's really just for people with 'infinite' money who want the exclusivity of the brand... that's all this is about.

[@edtheduck6219]

So true. You can get the Litchfield LM820 tune complete with exhaust etc., do the interior with Porsche Individual and save ~£150k on the Brabus. And have a better looking car at the end of it. The depreciation on cars like this must be unreal, giving Maserati some competition...

[@OfSheikah]

Average Porsche 911 fanboy mindset

[@spdcrzy]

This has a warranty. Litchfield's doesn't. There's a difference.

[@2e0bgb]

What a transformation, Brabus are the gods of quality customising. Lucky man Mat reviewing these cars...All the Best mate..Andre..

[@glennmicheal5446]

This is just unreal that Brabus could make the best car ever better and fixed its main issue, the sound

[@MrMuz99]

When you have a new exhaust system, that'll do it!

[@gianni99999]

ruins the clean porsche look imo

[@_Atomic_impact]

Brabus did not fix or improve Porsche. Porsche designed it knowing their costumers. Turbo s drivers want the understated performance

[@krabbe969]

It actually sounds very good in reallife

[@kluchakiller]

For 150k my porsche would sound even better than brabus

[@jaimykok6533]

Brabus is just straight up printing money. 170 grand?! Absolutely bonkers.

[@dagurorarinsson2827]

170 grand is for the porsche version brabus charges 350 lol

[@shaheenshad5012]

It's like 370 not 170.

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@dagurorarinsson2827 for me more like $503k.

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@shaheenshad5012 the price is on par with GT40 MK1 1966.

[@shaheenshad5012]

@@purwantiallan5089 different tastes also maintaining a classic is verry expensive.

[@andreasschmidthaus7666]

Very honest test, respect !! Respect! Thanks. Brabus did amazing job its complete other look now.

[@WhatThePun]

That is just insane! One to add to the Christmas wishlist then 👀😂👀😂 Thanks for sharing!! Great video as always! 👍

[@maryjerry3885]

Thanks for your feedback ❤️, message me on telegram👆👆 I have something special to lecture you on 🎁🎁…..

[@hertzair1186]

I would stick with the factory original 911 Turbo S….

[@Editionsz]

God damn you and all your comments are such a buzzkill… DOT DOT DOT

[@milinddixit6583]

Same. The only issue is sound but could just put an aftermarket exhaust and that's solved easily.

[@iSOBigD]

This one also sounds like a 4 cylinder vacuum so I don't hear any improvement there

[@flavourinyourear]

The Brabus Badge simply doesn't fit Porsche. They have completely different approaches of what this car needs or wants to be.

[@milinddixit6583]

@@iSOBigD Agree. Saw another comment saying sound is better but it really isn't.

[@chrisogrady28]

170k for an upgrade is criminally steep, although at least it will keep them exclusive. 50k wohld have been about right

[@iLeetjeeh]

50k doesnt even pay for the leather

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@iLeetjeeh for me the price tag of this car is $502000.

[@dieterdohlen6386]

You can't possibly say what's "about right" since you don't have the numbers. Obviously, this is the first Brabus Porsche, hence there will be a shitload of development and legal costs, tests to run for road permissions etc. Especially in Germany. Even with those number you couldn't tell what's "about right", though, since you don't know their business plan and the other costs. This stuff is complex. You can't just add up the part costs and think that's the price.

[@youngmin47]

@@dieterdohlen6386 Their business plan always has been targeting super riches mainly out in the middle east with their "limited and exclusive" marketing theme. While we may be way off on the metrics wise, I agree with Chris because these "upgrades" can't just be slapping on a few carbon fiber pieces and badging/upholstery replacements because it just simply doesn't justify the $170k price tag from consumer's perspective even with other minimalistic mechanical upgrades (wheels/exhaust/suspension, etc.). But again, like many other luxury "tuners", Brabus is only after the riches who doesn't give a F paying the money as long as they get to have that no one else has.

[@993mike]

Basically it’s a Miami Beach pimp-out package with a tune. I can understand wanting a mild tune on a Turbo S, but go with a reputable performance tuner like Ruf and keep the baller bits off this beauty

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Great video Mat!

[@LifeofSmokey]

Had a blast driving this car some months ago. Epic machine! 🙂

[@MrPainfulTruth]

Nice story bro

[@kristianolsenlarsen]

I feel like Brabus really dropped the ball on the tuning trims. Stage one should have been 811 horsepower, witch would have given them the perfect opportunity to invent the 911 horsepower trim.....

[@GuyFawkesWitChu]

Wow Kristin, looks like you’ve got a sure thing with this guy! 😂😂 bots…. Ugh

[@GuyFawkesWitChu]

But yeah. I agree. Af.

[@kristianolsenlarsen]

@@GuyFawkesWitChu not a bot a scammer. What did I write in my rage? It always gets taken down cuz KZbin is cringe 😂

[@GuyFawkesWitChu]

@@kristianolsenlarsen lmao, I can’t remember, but same goes for me and rage posting 😂😂

[@OgiSeb]

Brabus is a shitty company, which got popular just because of caloborations with mercedes and youtubers, their tuning, for which they ask 50-150k its fking hilarious, you could get much better one for 10-30k basically everywhere

[@brianiswrong]

Willy waving I would take the stock turbo S add some nice porsche options and an aftermarket exhaust. I even think the stock turbo S wheels are much nicer than the brabus items.

[@abdobouchareb6791]

What a gorgeous machine! just beautiful.

[@techyspeky5831]

when i watch mats reviewa i totally forget about all madness that happen nowadays😍😇 Thanks mat for that

[@FordEdge3.5V6AWD]

Mat's reviews are always so good like fr

[@Mat-zt4bi]

Thanks

[@JeromeProductions]

Agreed

[@jd32k]

Would have to say are better than shmees

[@webfreakz]

@@jd32k shmee?! lol

[@jd32k]

@@webfreakz yes

[@Presto_001]

Brabus need to do this type of upgrade to more cars like this (Audi R8 and Mercedes GT-R). I would love to see a drag race between this and the regular 911 Turbo S Cabriolet. Awesome review there carwow. All the content you've been pumping out the past few weeks has been extraordinary.

[@prasannarajendran9315]

They actually do for many mercedes cars, it is upto to the customers. If u have a Merc GT-R, you can send it down to Brabus and they'll do it.

[@freddiejones4598]

R8 is N/A so can’t get hardly any more power out of it

[@rumapark494]

@@freddiejones4598 Well... they can fit a supercharger or a turbo on it.

[@Okrainskie_peremoXi]

Brabus is done already... - long ago ❗ That's just a brand and nothing more ❗ What are you talking about ⁉️

[@freddiejones4598]

@@rumapark494 that’s not what Brabus do

[@CragFragz]

One of the best looking cars right now!

[@acatnamedscamper3307]

THIS is the best 911 I’ve seen! 😱😊

[@sandangcobo2154]

Matt, truth is That turbo s was good as is without the Brabus

[@ProGamer-nu7dq]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZbNm4Zqrdd9Z8U

[@ChristianrnstrupRasmussen]

Exactly and other tunes it to have more power.

[@ti8864]

No, it was better without Brabus

[@TonyKimtheamusementparkfan]

Yeah it’s like Porsche overnengineered it to be maximum insanity

[@bigbraindane9572]

8:17 matt’s reaction to the launch says it all💀

[@genogeno7289]

It's a turbo s known for being quick. Also it's almost 200k stock. Brabus charges almost 200k for these upgrades. You better be able to feel it if you are basically paying for two cars.

[@benlecluyse]

🤣

[@DroneChannelUSA]

A plaid does 1.9s.. over 30% faster...and costs half

[@bigbraindane9572]

@@DroneChannelUSA sound? Looks? track time? 0-60 isn’t everything bro

[@delallish123]

@@DroneChannelUSA shit quality, no sound, slow around a track, u need to charge it

[@gspotlight04]

That interior is 🔥🔥🔥.. Overall 🙌🏼👏🏼👍🏼💯

[@danielngozika]

love the colour grading on this video.

[@AmvC]

I was literally this close to buy the 150k pound upgrade. Thanks Mat.

[@GurkiratXSingh]

Matt at 9:11 sums the whole 170grand worth of upgrades😂

[@rodmarr1844]

Agreed!!👍

[@RyuLongRHOG]

This comment is clever on many levels.

[@ahyaan2552]

@@RyuLongRHOG i know

[@tirami2321]

So cool seeing Mat cruising near my hometown

[@omarmashal4420]

mat is getting huge. good lookin man

[@realitychecks2920]

Looks epic, colour great , wheels are nice

[@mcw8465]

I do miss the quad exhausts on the Turbo S....looks much better here!

[@qwqwqwq2401]

The turbo s has quad pipes as Standart and just the Sport exhaust has the 2 pipes

[@gaming4ever418]

@@qwqwqwq2401 And if you want to be exactly the sport exhaust is also a quad and just the tip connects the 2 pipes like in the audi rs6.

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@qwqwqwq2401 Porsche Turbo S and even Chaparral 2D still better than this Brabus.

[@saphayr]

LOOKS GORGEOUS AF

[@ThatHoodNiggaBrik]

This is on top of my car wish list.

[@adityachampawat1414]

*This is what happens when you make a MONSTER even CRAZIER!!!* Already loved the stock turbo s and now BRABUS has just blown my mind!!!

[@purwantiallan5089]

BRABUS 911 really blew my mind away!

[@yrasphong]

Matt got the best job..he gets to drive all these beautiful machines

[@Ludeboi420]

Most definitely I wonder how you get into that career it really is pretty great to test drive all these fantastic cars

[@stuartsmith5308]

Everything about the exterior and interior is just so right. Not like other tuning companys, that make the cars look like hot wheels cars. The negatives are no feeling of extra speed or excitement and the big cost.

[@paulb1383]

Beautiful ride!💯

[@chesspiece81]

WOW!! So incredibly expensive for just some wheels, tune, interior and body kit. I'd rather get a Turbo S and swap the turbos, intercoolers, exhaust, tune, E85, and wheels myself. The interior and stock body is nice enough.

[@larryc1616]

You can install it yourself, but can you Dyno tune it all yourself?

[@VtecAbuser]

It’s not even a tune. It’s a tuning box!!! 😂😂

[@MrPainfulTruth]

First of all why would you change anything at all. THe current 911 turbo S is the perfect machine

[@karel.caslavsky]

"an extra inch is always handy when in a polyamorous relationship" True words right there... Top-class review, as always. Well done!

[@purwantiallan5089]

WELL DONE AGAIN BRABUS!

[@GatestecuVasty]

Great sharing! Have a lovely weekend my friend 🤗👍

[@godiskungen27]

Looks amazing

[@okithdesilva129]

Carwow reviews and drag races by Mat are always the best!

[@rasherbasher8203]

The bot is back..

[@okithdesilva129]

Mat thank you so much for this insane video!

[@rasherbasher8203]

There it is...

[@Mellow6996]

Liked before I watched the video!!! Power house car power house review no doubt!!!!

[@BRIZZY-fq5jw]

Sheeeesh it's such a beautiful beast😍

[@okithdesilva129]

That red and black interior of this new Brabus 911 Turbo S looks so cool and sporty!

[@Okrainskie_peremoXi]

Looks like TRASH 🤮

[@rasherbasher8203]

It doesn't matter to you because you're a bot👍

[@Okrainskie_peremoXi]

@@rasherbasher8203 who⁉️

[@diogoleitao8628]

Honestly I don’t understand why someone would pay £170k for this. Other than maybe exclusivity. Great review !

[@larryc1616]

People with too much of daddy's money and not enough brains....

[@Stierenkloot]

That is like two days of income for a lot of rich people. You clearly don’t understand how rich rich people are.

[@dutchy213]

Is the attention to detail that gets me all the time with brabus. I will own one 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@BoSSLeVeLs]

That interior is lovely

[@DDB-91]

Brabus have a great way of tweaking their cars to a degree that's stand out yet still relatively subtle and not too shouty. You know it's a brabus but it isn't over the top. They really do a fantastic job.

[@watch1236]

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[@jacobrev6567]

Brabus is such a cool brand for custom parts and this one is absolutely nailed it for this one

[@hah1738]

bro its a tune and some cosmetic shit for the price of another 911

[@Z3t487]

@@hah1738 Ikr

[@Lucas-m11]

@@hah1738 bigger turbos, and it’s not just simple cosmetics, they have literally completely redesigned the interior

[@fieldo85]

​@@Lucas-m11 No they haven't. They RETRIMMED the interior. They LITERALLY glued leather to it. It's right there in the video at 2:37

[@Z3t487]

@@Lucas-m11 That's still 150-170k £ in accessories, that's a ludricous amount of money just for that!

[@maqibafzal5]

What A Master Piece. I Fall In Love 😍

[@rutkowsky]

I love what Brabus has done with this awesome Porsche turbo

[@gillmartin4724]

This thing looks gorgeous 😮

[@purwantiallan5089]

Gill, i definitely agree. As gorgeous as Chaparral 2D.

[@HABO2210]

And Brabus ain't so bad, too

[@euphoric5172]

one of the best interiors i have ever seen honestly, love the colour scheme and the added lighting, not sure if its worth the price of a 911 GT3 though...

[@purwantiallan5089]

The Brabus 911 TURBO S had an $503000.

[@PIDOFREAK]

10:16 this sign does not actually mean the autobahn is unrestricted now, it means that the speed limit if the road was wet of 80km/h was released - if the normal speed limit was 120 on that strip, it would still be 120 after that sign

[@OMG-ef8qr]

It looks amazing

[@okithdesilva129]

I love this new Brabus 911 Turbo S! It have a cool, sporty and unique design with a lovely 3.8-litre twin-turbo flat-six engine with an amazing 820hp and 950Nm of torque! I will definitely buy this car!

[@rasherbasher8203]

Bots can't buy cars..

[@shinigamidziri3730]

For that kind of money I honestly wouldn't upgrade even if I were a millionaire, I'd rather get a standard 911 Turbo S and a Cayenne GTS!

[@sylism5086]

Even at idle, that car sounds amazing.

[@boxinggloves6834]

hey realy chilling style this time. . . more autobahn videos Mat :)

[@TheCrazy_boys]

Never thought they would design such a beast...awesome car

[@JeromeProductions]

Right?

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@JeromeProductions 👍

[@josphatbenja6358]

This is a masterpiece.

[@HakarDoski]

it looks magnificent

[@benlecluyse]

What an absolute rocket !! 🚀🚀🔥🔥

[@marmelaki]

You should do more Autobahn driving Matt - reach top speeds since you're allowed to ;-)

[@ChrisIsMeinName]

Would be more intelligent to use a proper race track than the Autobahn to reach top speed.

[@reseauxsociaux3681]

The highlight to me is the exhaust, this one actually makes noise vs the factory one. Everything else , optional I would say

[@peteragopian386]

I'd love to see a Brabus GT3 Touring. Tuning up the NA flat 6 would be awesome

[@blokbergen]

Is this the greatest review ever by Matt of all time?

[@garyboswell8478]

Damn limiter!!

[@maryjerry3885]

Thanks for your feedback ❤️, message me on telegram👆👆 I have something special to lecture you on 🎁🎁……,.

[@AudioFlat]

So, like all these Brabus mods, it’s 90% styling! RUF would be my choice.

[@scott7024]

90% styling and a remap - i dont know why they state it gets new turbos for 820 when litchfield get 820 from an exhaust/intake upgrade and a remap - also whats all this talk about a piggyback ecu - surely they mean a tune?

[@AudioFlat]

@@scott7024 No, I think they do mean piggy-back ECU. These boxes are notorious for underperforming - which is rather implied in the review when Mat says he can’t tell the difference…. They also add a blow off valve - which I couldn’t hear…. It’s all very ‘chav-tastic’ in my opinion. The leather floor mats are one of the stupidest ideas I’ve encountered. All in all it makes Porsches own (extensive) options list look reasonably priced - which it definitely is not (only Porsche could get away with charging extra for a rear window wiper!).

[@ezathel9294]

@@AudioFlat "chav-tastic" is the perfect way to put it, I would say.

[@Octocoupler]

My god that's one quick car.

[@busalove2013]

1991 Callaway Corvette ran a 0-60 in a mind-blowing 1.9 seconds and that was a million years ago!!!

[@CanyonsCarver]

Damn a 911 that actually looks like a supercar, this thing is badass

[@factinside_]

Pretty amazed by Barbus ❤ 911Turbo

[@zaksweeney5050]

Just wow!!!! 😍 Oh yeah CARWOW!!!!

[@Under_Construction100]

Is it me or Matt has gone from GREAT to UNMATCHED in the past 10 or so videos? I mean, yeah, he's always been on top of his game BUT I kinda feel like he has upped the ante even more.

[@87sandyD]

Love the fact that Matt points out you can hear the blowoff valve, and then shows you that you cant hear it😅

[@maryjerry3885]

Thanks for your feedback ❤️, message me on telegram👆👆 I have something special to lecture you on 🎁🎁……,.

[@melvinmascarenhas3299]

Good video

[@adamtomlinson1766]

New camera quality 😮‍💨🔥

[@Dyo17192]

170k just to go 0.3 secs faster to 60? That’s nuts lol. I’ll take the standard turbo S thank you very much

[@primuspilusfellatus6501]

I mean, shaving 0.1 seconds of a sub 3 second launch is difficult. As you can see, it took a 25% increase in power just to be 0.3 quicker.

[@franki68]

Having owned a few 911 turbos ,there is no such thing as a 911 turbo that needs more power .

[@CanyonsCarver]

You can always use more power, maybe it's not the car for you

[@davidkelly6011]

Love the interior minus the leather floor mats

[@andymilne6910]

Stunning looking car ❤❤❤

[@borjastick]

If you think 600bhp isn't enough you probably shouldn't be driving anything. This isn't for me. I love the Porsche 911 Turbo S just as it comes out of the factory and it also comes with Porsche badges and branding. Much better than the clumsy Brabus badges.

[@Octocoupler]

Just one of the best looking car ever.

[@barmanij]

Love you honest shiting, no matter the badge!

[@EhsanAfridi]

Mr Watson I like your way of talking, u r very funny, especially when u get a bit slow while talking etc it's funny

[@mysticzz6685]

That wheels looks really good

[@meme_the_bacon]

The way the brabus guy waved when Mat pointed at him was funny to me.

[@mrbrowz1000101]

I love how serious he gets when a proper vehicle come across his interest lol.

[@goldstadtpforzheim1]

Für mich das mit Abstand geilsten Auto

[@jeanpequignot80]

Oh man, amazing!

[@benbustama3430]

Had me lmao! Great car/great vid. Cheers mate… B

[@ashleytombs]

A part from the BMW E 92 M3 convertible this is my second favorite convertible of all time because it has all the requirements for me it’s Four-Wheel-drive it has power an acceleration to shock most supercars And it does 200 mph and it’s probably one of only a few convertibles you could use all year round What’s not to love about this

[@leeague]

Lovely interior

[@felinefriend6101]

I Agree. Porsche ….911…the classic shape alone speaks to the legend that it is. This means the badging is subtle . The excessive brabus badging… borders on turning the car into a mobile advert for Brabus

[@awesomfog345]

The stick of truth moment was hilarious

[@SamuelMousseau]

This has to be one of the best interiors I have ever seen on a Porsche, better then Singer

[@amosgenga321]

Love to see this brabus in a drag race..