Mercedes Brabus SL Review | Top Gear

[@byCDMC]

There's no such thing as too much power, only not enough grip.

[@appelpower1]

I love that. It's a great saying to quote, really.

[@jorgekontor]

+by CDMC The best comment on youtube.. like EVER...

[@matthewcoupe393]

imagine EXCACT same car but with 4Matic

[@TStreakMLP]

That would be slower than the normal one.

[@lastiletto9082]

It doesn’t matter, you probably drive a 99 horsepower prius. I bet you’ll scream like a little girl when you encounter 300hp haha

[@doublep1980]

Brabus ,for when AMG is not powerfull enough for you.

[@MrMike95113]

I mean hell....They have a few C classes & SLK's with V12 in them..Crazy stupid fast..lol...

[@revinot]

Brabus; for when your AMG is not AMG enough

[@endaf]

My Modded CL55 pushes out nearly 900 TQ and it handles it pretty good

[@aaryeshg.6526]

@gottabump lmfao

[@OIR339]

doubleP brabus will never be the drivers car AMG is from what i know about brabus

[@PaoloFernando]

Rare clip of Clarkson admitting power isn't everything.

[@FEGTTTSDH]

yaa and the F12 test

[@rmw904]

Paolo Fernando A rare 1.2 Million video. Yes.

[@ax1s663]

FEGTTTSDH just about to type that

[@idreeskhan8885]

Well this car cant use all that power.

[@manaspradhan8041]

@@rmw904 how does the number of views makes this event any less rare? do you understand how frequency works?

[@SoulReaper599xx]

When the current top gear is so trash that you are coming back to 8 year old TG videos.

[@30redpillsaday71]

#truthbomb

[@bukanmatin5973]

@@30redpillsaday71 lol

[@bukanmatin5973]

@@30redpillsaday71 so true

[@proudtobeapothead]

Hollow Knight that’s just sad

[@Connor-kd3mv]

I like Chris and Leblanc personally.

[@vilhoaari9650]

What amazes me is how it still manages to look so modern.

[@mikelee7069]

not the interior though, i used to have a r230 sl55. the exterior looks nice but the interior didnt age well

[@visionist7]

@@mikelee7069 it's still a nice place to be

[@vclue846]

It looks super dated

[@melquicarvalho]

Good designs are made to be timeless

[@bruce5868]

All SLs look timeless. Except the latest generation

[@thabomabasa9544]

12 years later, still one of the best reviews and shows of all time

[@gullwin5672]

Agreed, made me happy, made me smile.

[@niconugishd9150]

Because i love a Brabus Mercedes well as the Mercedes Black Series

[@Lolfnatic1]

I just realized that we made a big fuss because the Hellcat had 700hp. If this SL was still covered by warranty when it came out of Brabus then we should all be thinking that in 2010 people were crazier than now.

[@thevillageidiot70]

Hellcat is much cheaper though, and built in much bigger numbers.

[@Fantastika]

Hellcat costs 80k instead of 160k

[@alvindahlbergpaby8060]

but the hellcat is american and the sl is german

[@zairmalik2775]

@@Fantastika 80k vs 252k in todays money for that you can get these ridiculous 2500hp gtr's who smoke bugattis like golfs

[@Fantastika]

@@zairmalik2775 In a dragrace, yes, but not in a circuit race

[@ashram7936]

this is what a german muscle car looks like

[@anthonydeluca6966]

German hellcat

[@Fiwek23452]

It has a v12 not v8. Would call the c63 more a muscle car

[@donjon5442]

Suicidé A V8 doesn’t make a muscle car otherwise all the V6 mustangs etc would be what ?

[@Fiwek23452]

@@donjon5442 he was talking about German muscle cars.. u goof

[@anthonyszarek6905]

"Look out Tommy, zee Germans are coming!"

[@jacobbahr9316]

The insanity of Brabus... 730bhp, 811 (I assume Nm) of torque, and 219 mph is still impressive today

[@lyalminchinton8825]

1000nm.

[@siddharthckiller3047]

Impressive? Laferrari, P1 have 217mph topspeed and you say impressive?.. What kind of monstrosity is that? Xd

[@deniskunstle3638]

@@siddharthckiller3047 Its a BRABUS

[@KevinBanke-kp4mi]

Siddharth Ckiller yeah go compare some of the most expensive supercars to a 10 year old Mercedes....

[@t.p.ggaming3884]

Yeah that 10 year old mercedes ain't playing

[@mrefiti]

putting a 6.3 litre v12 in a road car is insane

[@paulkevin7417]

mrefiti A Comment which is almost 10years old Crazy

[@sp4nrs]

With a couple of turbos on it!

[@jacobbahr9316]

Rolls Royce Phantom:I do beg your pardon?

[@A-G-F-]

@@jacobbahr9316 that thing is bigger and heavier

[@frisos8850]

@@paulkevin7417 Insane it is

[@aram442]

This Gen of SL looks so much better than the new SL

[@DanielSadjadian]

+aram442 Really? The new SL sort of resembles a wider/longer AMG GTS (at least from the front)... its pretty nice?

[@ogswagkillapbeastmode694]

amg gts is ugly. and those stupid ugly head and tail lights make new mercedes look like theyve got downs

[@opulan]

The epitome of merc longnose coupe design. It is amazing how 1almost 15 years down the line with technology and wind tunnel perversion, this design still remains timeless and gorgeous as it first came out.

[@10toes68]

All the cars except american muscles used to look better and be better

[@compulsoryspeech1411]

No one cares about your subjective opinions random weirdo on the net.

[@Andrew4181975]

Can confirm, I once drove a Brabus tuned SL , and anytime I went near the gas pedal it would just light up the tires. It was great,but not for the Inexperienced for sure.

[@SKILLMANXL]

"1000 torque is what you would use for restarting a dead planet" jeremy has some of the best lines lol lol niiice! hahaha

[@FalkonX3000]

Isnt he lucky to get such a job. Always test run some of the best cars on earth.

[@furiousninja133]

BOING! If you are alive than respond

[@jajanka10]

The moment when Jezza is talking about the engine block being modified, but camera pans over ABS module in its polished shiny glory.. #cannotunsee

[@VintageRKO]

These editing were ahead of its time. Still holds up well today

[@tyler9703]

My Grandma has a Brabus smart car.

[@ANDREWSAMY562]

Tyler cool g-ma

[@germalean88g77]

Tyler just cause it has a fake barbas badge 😂😂😂😂😂 ur nan spend 300k on it????

[@Pepega187]

@@germalean88g77 Die kosten VIEL weniger....um die 40K

[@Fantastika]

@@germalean88g77 brabus actually does tune smart cars, actually it's their main source of income

[@wizardrhyme9597]

@@Fantastika main source of income. Lmao

[@big_k8393]

Lol the days of good ole topgear! Now thank god we have Grand Tour!

[@druidofthefang]

Grand tour is very different, it was made to be full entertainment. this has some review value left.

[@Alps6408]

The standard SL65 Amg in 06 hit a top speed of 209mph (de-limited) It's also the German agreement of limiting their cars to 155mph. Nothing happens at all when you ECU flash the car (more bhp and speed limit removed) You just get more BHP and go faster.

[@DuBstep115]

Usually its because of the tyres, most sport tyres are rated for 250km/h. The car can do 300 or even 400 but the tyres would melt you would tune the car to go 350km/h.

[@ImranQureshi-mf2gc]

I wonder how fast it would go if the limiter was removed.

[@ImranQureshi-mf2gc]

No

[@ImranQureshi-mf2gc]

The0rangePanda faster than 230mph

[@Minecraftrok999]

TapGamingHD DEFINITELY NOT

[@heamees4822]

TapGamingHD Not even close 250mph, the car doesn't have almost any aerodynamic downforce, it would start floating around at these speeds

[@factoryrider9537]

Not that much faster I mean yes it has 730 hp but it's still an SL Body and at these speeds every mph is exponentially harder to achieve then the last one

[@nabiln.6055]

Claksson : Difting with a sl? Mercedes : No impossible. Brabus : hold my tools

[@frankburdodrums8984]

This car is a work of art. Still looks better than most cars made today and every loser pulls up and wants to race when they could hang if you gave em a head start.

[@OTRABlog]

I had the chance to drive an SL55 AMG with 517PS which was already really quite insane. I guess the BRABUS SL is just for absolutely disturbed maniacs, far, far away from good or evil.

[@soundboydesign1373]

Canada here...spied one near Toronto...soooo sweet...down to the Brabus rims! One love

[@roguedogx]

"when they put it in the car it would not move the traction control just sat there saying this is impossible, and when the turned it off the rear wheels spun until the tires burst" that is how you know when you have too much horse power, but hey its brabus after all, they really don't believe in having to much of anything.

[@DersNoNem]

not trying to be rude, I think he was talking about the torques not horseys

[@Stryke607]

roguedogx That's when you know, you need bigger tires!

[@druidofthefang]

The best looking Mercedes ever, in my opinion. My dream car.

[@civiere]

are you sure? have u seen this? ;) sl65 black topgear.nl/video/s13-e03-c01-mercedes-sl65-amg-black-series/

[@A-G-F-]

Man, those numbers are still insane in 2020, this car was total madness

[@starwars101917]

Hey! i found my Feltzer!

[@Fiwek23452]

Isn't it based more of the CL?

[@ann-alphabetabackfromthede9836]

Looks more like a weeny issi tbh😂

[@mosasako4679]

starwars917 the feltzer is a mix betweein the slk55 and the sl65 black series.

[@esaruddin8226]

Gta 4😂😂

[@DrKrishna2105]

I want to see this sort of reviews on The Grand Tour. Enough with the scripted genitalia jokes.😓

[@joelarun5057]

Watch their latest episode on Season 2. The main event of the episode is completely unscripted and see what happens

[@zezenspratama5189]

Joel Arun truee.. It didn't work

[@Jakerski]

Krishna Chaitanya funny thing is the old Top Gear was scripted too......

[@EvilDuckOfDoom3]

Jake N. Yeah but clearly not that heavily (I have only seen season 1 of TGT)

[@hammerheadeagleithrustakag9289]

Catfish season 2 was much better and true to form

[@ukwan]

This will always be one of my favourite old school Top Gear features, classic Clarkson. Set off my love affair with the R230 SL and C215 CL from this era, all those years ago.

[@Hamlet-wp2ri]

This is my favorite SL body from the last few decades.

[@aaryeshg.6526]

You can see from 6:37 that the rollover protection has slid into place on the rear window. The same thing happened when Vicki drove the SL 55 AMG around Angel Sea. Over protected lol. I'm pretty sure the Stig was surprised when he turned in aggressively in the 1st corner on his power lap.

[@OuterHeaven182]

04:08 ''Reduzierte Bremsleistung - Werkstatt aufsuchen!'' = ''Reduced braking power - consult garage!''

[@a7dfj8aerj]

04:08

[@miralemnermina142]

abs fuse probably pulled out to disable stability control

[@adambrazier1565]

This car is hugely underated, for it's abundance of hooliganism! So sick

[@Cojopuff]

KZbin Recommendation: 2010: no 2011: no 2012: no 2013: no 2014: no 2015: no 2016: no 2017: no 2018: no 2019: no 2020: hey how about now lol

[@paveldrumev2117]

Its 2019 and I want this car badly....

[@nicholastoo858]

These olds shows were dope.

[@mabrokenleg2388]

I have learned today that the brabus engines blocks were made in a shed in dortmund. Crazy when you think about it...

[@anthonyatapattu8895]

i'll have the engine. 2 of them. thanks. it made me watch the entire clip. love it.

[@DaytonCarCare]

My favorite car or all time. Awesome! Though incredible it didn't do any better on the track then the M5. They should had lightened the car with some carbon fiber materials.

[@vovka444]

i'm a BIG fan of BMW and MERCEDES i love both of the cars

[@AnyManProjects]

Mercedes claimed the top speed of even just the lowly SL55 AMG was over 200mph from the factory. They said the limited top speed of "just 155mph" was necessary due to no manufacturers making & selling 200mph capable DOT approved tires at that time. Not due to any design / engineering lacking or flaws. 200+mph tires did exist back then of course, but were manufactured for racing, and were not DOT approved for street use. This limitation was also true for every other super car sold in the USA during that period. The car itself was indeed designed for that level of speed from the factory, which is another reason why so many tuners gravitated to the R230 platform.

[@visionist7]

"I LOVE 'IM!" she shouted to the elements. "I, LOVE 'IM"

[@steveclark5206]

I would love to have seen Brabus tune up an SL65 AMG Black Series. Incredible looks with Brabus engineering would have been a sight to see.

[@bushvalk2008]

I really miss the old Top Gear..

[@EJ257IHI]

I really miss the original Top Gear. Used to watch this stuff back in 2006.

[@DomV123]

I used to work at a Benz dealership and one of these came in to get service done on it, I was in love 😍

[@vp5]

What year and dealership was that?

[@DomV123]

vp5 2017-2018 in Northern California

[@mixedboi]

Thanks for cutting it just before the last sentence, glad the Grand Tour is there.

[@bombastic00]

2019 anyone? What a car!

[@henryzhang9915]

Old TG is so entertaining, Jeremy is the best.

[@TermlessHGW]

I probably watched this video half a million times. It was my absolute fav car when it came out and still is definitely in the top five. Astonishing and ridiculous at the same time but mainly MEAN

[@salami99]

that camera work was nothing short of art.

[@limeddasch382]

A 1000 torques are used to restart a dead planet. So what would the 2930 torques of the Jaguar C-X75 concept do?

[@ANDREWSAMY562]

TrotelHD restart 2.93 dead plamets

[@limeddasch382]

Andrew Samy So Jaguar will be the one who will bring earth back alive in a couple thousand years.

[@yourerightmybad7363]

Well, "stay being a concept"

[@limeddasch382]

Pervy Sage Unfortunately.

[@josephcostello9620]

Limeddäsch it is a stillborn concept

[@RMechAlloy]

This car is probably what they used as a base setting for the Pagani Huayra. All those numbers sound pretty interesting even according to today's standards.

[@andreasx9208]

What a spectacular car!!!

[@StoneofElohim]

Saw this car when I played Need For Speed Most Wanted. Bought it as soon as I could and LOVE IT. To this day, I'm not a Mercedes fan but this is still at the top 5 of my favorite cars.

[@codyC423]

Limiting a car to 218 mph is the most German thing I've ever heard.

[@toniadvanced7726]

The fastest I ever go was in the audi a6 from my uncle. Quaddro 3.0 straight 6 zylinder turbo Diesel. At 173 I stopped accelerating. Holy fuck the trucks seem to drive backwards.

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

​@@toniadvanced7726 173 mph or kph lol tires were speed limited so thus manufacturer limits it an adds a couple mph to your readout to b safe

[@josejuan8129]

Still have mine. Breaks every time you drive it but it goes like hell

[@MrPressHere]

I wish I had THAT hard Work!!!!!!! amazing car love the tyre squeal

[@siddharthckiller3047]

Brabus Mercedes is like.... Calm, classy looking gentleman, you know when that door opens, a man with sensible mind and classy style will come out of it.... But when the door closes, you know he's more of a lunatic to drive a car like this because only wizards would think of buying it

[@bhagat6127]

2018,anyone??

[@gamarayburstwillpoweriwish6926]

meee

[@bjhe333]

Yes

[@Finesse460]

2019

[@THE-BUNKEN-DRUM]

Nope

[@ewoudvanwoerkom238]

I miss this old TG. I'm trying to find an old TG episode where he JC does the E55, S-type R and RS6. Cannae find it anywhere

[@storck08]

Here it is: www.220.ro/reclame/Top-Gear-BMW-M5-Vs-Jaguar-S-Type-R-Vs-Audi-RS6-Vs-Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-400Club/N3GLdwM3Wh/

[@jaylopes8489]

Imagine the middle of the hood with a glass view of that awesome motor 🖐🇵🇹

[@thegreat0220]

A V8 murrrr

[@kiryu-chan1590]

This video is 12 years old now Time flies 😳

[@DaVe-iSnOtHoMe.MaN.LemmingsWeB]

And now depreciation has its benefits

[@greigsanderson]

Why didn't they make it 4*4 drive? That would of worked with the 1000 torque.

[@Pommezul]

It would not be a Spotilich-Leicht if it was a four wheel drive.

[@WarBeast94]

I love the sound at 2:29.

[@miltos_carhub]

I had this car (the stock AMG one) in Gran Turismo 4 :) 731HP with tuning

[@pikeflyfishing5166]

Who ask

[@zoroyoung5870]

Nice one

[@Apacheman37]

Every angle of the body work looks so good

[@F8H]

It sounds like a freaking tiger roaring! :D

[@EmihleSibiya_144]

Old top gear just hits different

[@jasonr7035]

How am I just finding out about this video?

[@abuzayn1]

these guys got the best job on the planet

[@Angrybird660]

The Brabus SL can hit nearly 230 mph

[@SaiKumar-lr4pu]

The quality of the old topgear shows!!!!

[@michaelkennedy8573]

I clicked on a link to watch in HD lol...

[@kl75182]

Damn, this car still looks stunning, such great design.

[@JoeBird76]

I'd Top your Gear

[@vp5]

On the black one, what size are those rims? 22's? The front brake discs must be 400mm or 420mm diameter carbon ceramic discs I'm guessing

[@zTxETERNAL]

I love this show :)

[@nicogoliath4902]

2:00 topspeed is limited to 219mp/h "354km/h" no way ,.. how fast will it go then without the limiter 😧😱

[@starshape6650]

Well I doubt the car could handle going much faster than that. Maybe if they had done a similar treatment to the Black Series they could get a higher top speed

[@5staranis800]

This has a higher topspeed than a aventador

[@asgghanem]

If this car had awd it would lick the avantador of the line as well

[@neildempster2827]

Awesome thing. And looks amazing in black!

[@EzekielLeclerc]

torque vader. It's basically and overpowered muscle car. Even though it has extremely better traction, inless your bruce wayne it too much money.

[@aussiesean5140]

what a machine thats mad, 730 horsepower and almost 1000 torques is crazy.

[@gittyupalice96]

what a waste... Should take that monster of an engine and throw it in a 2.5 TON W140 Chassis car, where it actually could use the 1000 ft lbs of torque to move the behemoth, not to mention.. The Early W140 models did not have traction control (; They did however have a massive 26 Gallon fuel tank to feed the thirsty engine, and weigh down the rear tires lol.

[@claudiuskundanmal5401]

gittyupalice96 had one for 20+ years greatest car ever made, over $1 Billion spent on research and development

[@ahmedjabbar7467]

My uncle used to have one S600 V12 it was an absolute beast of a car, my grandad used it at one point and took it to the fuel station he filled it up and saw how much it cost then went home and gave my uncle a bollocking for keeping a car that drinks like a horse and costs so much to full tank and told him to get rid of it! Still one of the most luxurious cars to this day and in my opinion the most comfortable seats I've ever had the pleasure of sitting on in any car they were more like sofas I wish Mercedes would bring the w140, w124 and the w126 chassis's back again I'd take a 560 sec, a 500e or 320ce and an s600 over newer cars any day

[@codorin]

Check out 00:18. Warning light is already on.

[@sebalavalenzano2385]

Let's be honest, it's a waste of a V12 engine in a car that handle it

[@TheCls63]

Seba LaValenzano no other brand makes better V12 than Mercedes

[@A-G-F-]

bob roger Aston Martin makes better V12s

[@TheCls63]

you must be kidding...

[@ascarikz1r733]

bob roger not for the sound. Srsly, it sounds like a 'scream-ier' V8 instead of V12.

[@chiefdenis]

aston martin's v12s have been based on a 90s ford v6 since forever

[@Molo9000]

@HighTreason610 That's not the handbrake. It's a warning. On the right display it says "Reduzierte Bremsleistung Werkstatt aufsuchen" - "Reduced braking power. Go to garrage"

[@WeLdErNiKe77]

The enemy of BMW... is not Mercedes-benz, is not AMG, it is... BRABUS. (Well the other two are also better than any BMW)

[@erikskov8759]

Can't agree more!!!

[@OIR339]

I’ve never been a fan of brabus over AMG. The difference between the two is one can drag race and the other can race on a race track with corners

[@enfantterrible4868]

A 1000 torques? What is that supposed to mean? At least say Newtonmeter

[@babarakash]

Enfant Terrible 1.355,82 Nm

[@Zak-ob5ze]

He means pound feet not newtonmeter

[@GewelReal]

That's how they say that stuff. Like they say cals when talking about kilocallories

[@TheCls63]

Its 1000lb feet of torque

[@wafulamasikaAbbottjesselove]

1500 NM

[@jcadlols]

Soft racing slicks and the torque de-limited would be insane.

[@FFE1TB]

brabus=fast

[@HanabiiiUwU]

@TornTech The LED lights flash when filmed. i don't exactly know why, but it happens with every car with LED lights they film.

[@-smp-scientificmethodpersp838]

Never liked the Mercedes-Benz traction control. Never lets me have full drivers control of the car. Kind of unpredictable

[@SirFlukealot]

I'm not expert on car design, but I feel like a decent aero package (splitter, rear diffuser and a wing) would really help this car stick in the corners at higher speeds. Then again they only made a limited number of these so don't why I'm speculating, especially an 8 year old TG video 🤣

[@HastaLaVista6666]

When you see the egine is Something like God(Signature)

[@williamoleary9330]

Wow 11 years ago. Man how time flies. I remember when this first hit youtube.. So weird

[@Smart1529]

AMG obviously

[@TJSaw]

This car has so much power and torque it needed a 6x6 configuration. Crazy car.