Friday, February 25, 2011

The second Mercedes CLS Brabus: sport and elegance

The streamlined dacoupéche not lose sight of the interior space and comfort are among the sporting flagship of the Mercedes CLS asset, whose new generation debuted in recent months after being submitted to the Paris Motor Show. For the massive premium coupe in Stuttgart is the time of the operation - tuning.

To deal with, as always, Brabus, a privileged partner of the three-pointed star, which alSalone Geneva will present its 2011 revised edition dellaMercedes CLS. The proposals are two editions: the 250 CDI and 350 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY BlueEFFICIENCY, whose power is increased, respectively, 31 and 48 hp.

To prepare the four-door, Brabus has pointed to an aesthetic sport and elegant at the same time, but without overdoing it. The kit for the car body, head to the wind tunnel, including the style "classical" drawing geared to the refined sportiness: a front spoiler mounted beneath the bumper, new air intakes with LED daytime running lights, vertical slots profiles to the wings with aluminum-colored, chrome moldings below the rib oblique side "skirts" and, in the rear, an appendage to the bumper that houses the four exhaust pipes (twin) created especially by Brabus.

Complete kit a center speaker. The offer for the set consists of seven levels of processing, ranging from a simple kit springs lowered by about 30 mm to a full suspension upgrade, which also includes adjustable shock absorbers. For CLS models equipped with Airmatic semi-active suspensions, we developed a module that allows the set of decline of 35 mm while maintaining the same basic settings.

The wheel rims are Brabus Monoblock, available in six designs, with measures ranging from 8.5Jx17 to 10.5Jx20, available in one piece or broken down into three pieces. Mechanical preparation and electronic uses, essentially, the use of the kit processing plug-and-play unit for the ECU of the engine.

The CLS 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY receives the Brabus Eco PowerXtra D4, which increases the power of the 2.1-liter 235 hp (204 from the home) and 560 Nm of torque. For the CLS 350 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY, the 3-liter V6 and 265 hp kit is equipped with the Eco PowerXtra D6s, in "Eco" mode increases the maximum torque from 620 Nm to 690, and in Sport mode delivers 48 hp more than the production model, allowing the car to 313 hp.

With this configuration, the 350 CDI to 100 km / h from a standing start in 5.9 seconds (3 / 10 less than the standard CDI). The maximum speed is 250 km / h.

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