225mph Brabus police car

225mph Brabus police car - (Info courtesy of MSN Cars)

If your country boasts the fastest roads in the world, you’re going to need something pretty special in which to patrol them.
And there’s no point in it being an impractical supercar as they don’t have back seats in which to bundle the miscreants after slapping on the handcuffs and uttering the German equivalent of “you’re nicked”.

So what you need is a sensible four door saloon, that does 227mph. Based on the Mercedes Benz CLS, the engineers at Brabus have somehow shoehorned a twin-turbo V12 under the bonnet to create the record-breaking Rocket. The car recently set the record for the world’s fastest production saloon by hitting 227.2mph at the Nardo high speed bowl in southern Italy. The German Polizei livery is simply for show – the car is being used as a PR exercise, turning up at tuning shows to discourage German chavs from speeding in their souped-up Opels – but the Rocket itself is very much real and yours for a mere £235,178.

For that you get a heavily modified Mercedes V12 which starts life as a mere 5.5-litres in the S-Class. A revised crankshaft, wider cylinder-bore and larger pistons take the capacity up to 6.3 litres. Then, and only then, do the Brabus backroom boys add a couple of turbochargers, some hefty intercooling and a performance exhaust system to ramp up the power to a frankly silly 730bhp. Peak torque is 973lb/ft but in the interests of not turning the five-speed automatic gearbox into shrapnel, this is limited to a paltry 811lb/ft. So as well as that record breaking top speed, the Rocket will, erm, rocket to 62mph in 4.0 seconds.

Hopefully the stopping ability will match the pulling power thanks to 12-piston calipers grabbing on to enormous ceramic brakes hidden behind 19-inch lightweight alloy wheels. Given that it can easily outstrip the rotational speed of a Jumbo Jet, it’s reassuring to hear that the car has spent significant time in the Brabus wind tunnel. A seriously purposeful front airdam reduces lift on the front axle as well as channeling enough air to that greedy engine while a vented bonnet helps release heat and pressure build up. Side skirts helps keep the airflow unruffled along the length of the car while a bootlid spoiler and diffuser keep the rear of the car stable and planted.

This is one serious piece of kit

Not bad, always loved the work of Brabus. Too bad it's pearls for pigs.

thats mental, i wouldnt mind getting pulled over to take a ride in that!

sweeeeeeeet! never has a police car looked so good!

you know, i never liked the look of the CLS... if they wanted a fast 4-door saloon car, they could have gone with the M5, much better car and lot less work to do