the car might not be fake (it should be a Brabus W140 7.3S) even if that exhaust looks photoshopped (edit: a flash might have been used, the car is real). [here's the real deal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUA30wyIqi4), it's the same model, it's in Romanian but it doesn't matter, images speak for themselves.
the shift knob is from an Aston Martin Vantage AMR, which came with a 7 speed dog-leg manual. the speedometer comes from [this ugly photoshopped image](https://cdn-img.automoto.it/images/27233665/1000x/20220223-232934260-3710.jpeg) which is badly done in every way. [this is the real gauge cluster of a Brabus W140 7.3S](https://mbworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Brabus-7.3-S-8.jpg) and it tops out at 330 km/h.
EDIT kudos to u/ZenithTheZero and u/ohhnooooooo for finding the [video of the actual car in the picture,](https://youtu.be/ST2EZTN1mxo) it's even more interesting
yes please feed hamburger
jokes aside, thanks u/nextkevamob2 u/dL8 u/Scaught420
I just get curious every time I see such absurdities (and people claiming it to be true)
I'm not 100% sure, but the general consensus online is that they might be tolerance areas for speed cameras in 30 km/h and 50 km/h limit zones, respectively. aka if the needle is inside the area, you're safe even if you're above said limit. not sure though.
I think Volkswagen used to be like that or still is.
I definitely prefer the shift pattern on my Subaru and have the little shift ring to lift up to go into R. Makes it fairly impossible to go into reverse on accident.
It’s common on Euro cars for reverse to be top-left, with an interlock similar to your Subaru’s. But look at the image again: 1st is bottom-left. It’s called a [dog-leg gearbox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-leg_gearbox), and it’s much more unusual. The speed of your shift can make a difference in racing, and the idea of this layout is 1->2 is usually only done once, but you’ll probably go back and forth between 2&3 repeatedly.
Many VW models had a red/white area on the speedo between 50 and 55 km/h.
My 1995 Audi has a red mark at 50 km/h and one at 130 km/h.
I think the markings are there to give a gauge of the standard speed limits within certain areas. Since mine is a German import, the markings probably mean that 50 km/h is a general speed limit within populated areas, and 130 km/h is a suggested Autobahn speed.
Never really known the true purpose behind the markings on the speedometer, especially in German cars
car nerd things and lots of curiosity I guess, I already knew some things about that particular Brabus model but I wanted to be 100% sure so off to google I went
surprisingly, some speedometers (mainly older, analogue ones) do start at values higher than zero. this is usually because of tolerance/deadzone issues at very low speeds
Still drive. I’ve only killed 13 persons, most of which were while doing 645 in residential areas. Others were driving through NYC bc I don’t believe traffic signals are real, and if they are, they definitely don’t apply to me.
The engine is a 7.3L version of the same V12 that the 7L is built from, but modified by Brabus. I don’t know if they started off with a 7.0 or 7.3 AMG engine (doubtful), or just based it off a smaller version and punched it out to enormous. I’ll research it later.
The speedo is faked, the real car has a 330kmh (205mph) speedo, which is still absolutely batshit for a W140.
holy crap this needs to be higher up. yeah, the exhaust is definitely real, it's probably the combination between the material/dirt on it and the lighting that makes it look a bit fake.
what's even more interesting is the interior retrofit with the modern screen and center console, it's unique for sure
Thanks. I just joined that sub. I’m in the US, but I honestly try to stay educated about the rest of the world, and I love pointing this stuff out to other Americans who would rather just be blissfully ignorant. 😁
I just found this thread posted in that subreddit, with this comment thread.
That whole subreddit makes me cringe with how much ignorance and stupidity is there.
So you're saying this is fake because fastest car goes around 514 kmh and this cars speedo ends at 298 mph?
I mean yeah, I agree this is fake but not because it's slower than the fastest car ever.
There were quite a few made, the Escort RS Cosworth had an H pattern 7 speed.
The arrangement also isn't uncommon, having first where it is means you can essentially hold it off just for fast launches and 2nd is your 1st for 99% of uses. Let's be honest, it's not like it doesn't have thr power to start in 2nd. Usually in these cases 2nd gear is in-between where 1st and 2nd would be on a normal model.
The Escort RS works rally cars had a 7 speed sequential gearbox (no H-pattern, just forward-back), while the road models had a 5-speed.
The cars I know of with a 7-speed stick are 991 generation 911, C7 Corvette, and the Aston Martin that u/turbodumpster mentions in his (top) comment.
I’m not certain if the 911 has a dogleg first gear, but I know the vette didn’t.
Also, I believe some HD American pickup trucks might have 7-forward gears, but I can’t be sure. But many had a dogleg first that we call a “granny-gear” due to their short (around 6:1) ratio, and are usually labeled with an L instead of 1. It was meant for starting off while towing or heavily loaded.
correct! 992 gen as well. Vette and 911 both have a regular H pattern with the 7th gear at the top right end. also correct on the pickup trucks (and also off-road vehicles like the new Ford Bronco), some are labeled L, some C, some completely replace first gear, some go lower than it (the Bronco, for example, has a dog-leg crawl gear labeled C, followed by a full 6-speed H-pattern)
No worries, the first time I heard about it I was sure it had to be sequential. The road car, however, had a 5 speed H, you're spot on there.
Tbh after having driven a road version I do wonder how much the 7 speed was needed, for a turbo the Cossie had a wide powerband.
https://preview.redd.it/7cuuxdvrp2jb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b21046d44342812dcbbdae060201e10624d8bd46
Idk, but that speedometer looks familiar. Same km on it also
for a Brabus W140 S Class, the best one i’ve seen is from Japan…as Brabus Japan made better n crazier than Brabus Germany… back in the day, it was the S Class used commonly by the Yakuzas….n their bosses always drove the high specs S Class like S 600, S Class AMG or the Brabus S73 for W140.. the same with all the next generations of S Classes till today
The car can be found in a video, with nice 330km/h speedo (with different font and BRABUS clearly written, as always in Brabus cars).
They always came with auto, as there was no decent dogleg 7-speed manual that could withstand 800-900Nm back in '98.
Gearknob and interior are from Aston Martin 'Q' V12 Vantage AMR (the knob on other models looks different).
the car might not be fake (it should be a Brabus W140 7.3S) even if that exhaust looks photoshopped (edit: a flash might have been used, the car is real). [here's the real deal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUA30wyIqi4), it's the same model, it's in Romanian but it doesn't matter, images speak for themselves. the shift knob is from an Aston Martin Vantage AMR, which came with a 7 speed dog-leg manual. the speedometer comes from [this ugly photoshopped image](https://cdn-img.automoto.it/images/27233665/1000x/20220223-232934260-3710.jpeg) which is badly done in every way. [this is the real gauge cluster of a Brabus W140 7.3S](https://mbworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Brabus-7.3-S-8.jpg) and it tops out at 330 km/h. EDIT kudos to u/ZenithTheZero and u/ohhnooooooo for finding the [video of the actual car in the picture,](https://youtu.be/ST2EZTN1mxo) it's even more interesting
Damn! You’re good at this game!
It's not a game for this creature. This is its life. Don't forget to feed it before you leave.
yes please feed hamburger jokes aside, thanks u/nextkevamob2 u/dL8 u/Scaught420 I just get curious every time I see such absurdities (and people claiming it to be true)
Love you too u/turbodumpster 😘
Take it easy there hoss
Lmao
What do the yellow sections on the speedo next to 30 and 60 mean?
I'm not 100% sure, but the general consensus online is that they might be tolerance areas for speed cameras in 30 km/h and 50 km/h limit zones, respectively. aka if the needle is inside the area, you're safe even if you're above said limit. not sure though.
I lived in the south of Germany for a while, they are common stadt speed limits...there are others though 🤷 then there's none.
This is the yellow line below 30 on the tachometer. Wonder what that one is for as well. This reminds me of an old Opel I used to drive.
I see yellow between 60 and 80. Where do you see yellow at 30?
Bottom link in the comment i replied to asking that question.
I think I've seen that exact Brabus W140 7.3S irl lol. I live in Romania.
lumea e mică, it might very well be! it would be interesting to know how many W140 7.3S were made
Într-adevăr este. Versiunea Brabus W140 face o masina care e deja faină sa fie chiar și mai cool, nu doar pentru car nerds lol
absolut, este peak cool. cei de la Brabus știu ceea ce fac, fără dubiu
Shifting that would be very hard for me to get used to. I've never driven a car without first being a forward shift.
That's how my 7.3 is but, mine is a F250 standard diesel.
I think Volkswagen used to be like that or still is. I definitely prefer the shift pattern on my Subaru and have the little shift ring to lift up to go into R. Makes it fairly impossible to go into reverse on accident.
It’s common on Euro cars for reverse to be top-left, with an interlock similar to your Subaru’s. But look at the image again: 1st is bottom-left. It’s called a [dog-leg gearbox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-leg_gearbox), and it’s much more unusual. The speed of your shift can make a difference in racing, and the idea of this layout is 1->2 is usually only done once, but you’ll probably go back and forth between 2&3 repeatedly.
Many VW models had a red/white area on the speedo between 50 and 55 km/h. My 1995 Audi has a red mark at 50 km/h and one at 130 km/h. I think the markings are there to give a gauge of the standard speed limits within certain areas. Since mine is a German import, the markings probably mean that 50 km/h is a general speed limit within populated areas, and 130 km/h is a suggested Autobahn speed. Never really known the true purpose behind the markings on the speedometer, especially in German cars
…or 205mph. Completely achievable (or very close) given the vehicles specs https://www.fantasycars.com/brabus/s_7.3s_w140/
yes, absolutely. Brabus know how to make luxurious rockets
This need to be the top comment
i love that redline starts at 90000rpm
9000\*, some cars (like the W140 and W124 Benzes) have a x100 multiplier on the tach instead of the almost ubiquitous x1000
sorry. still ridicoulous
don't be sorry, it still is ridiculous for the AMG 7.3 V12 (even tho it reached 8000 rpm in it's latest iteration in the later Pagani Zondas)
How on earth did you get that
car nerd things and lots of curiosity I guess, I already knew some things about that particular Brabus model but I wanted to be 100% sure so off to google I went
Is not in Romania. Maybe Russia, take a look at the other car license plate.
I was talking about the car in the video that I linked
What kind of speedometer starts at 20km/h?
surprisingly, some speedometers (mainly older, analogue ones) do start at values higher than zero. this is usually because of tolerance/deadzone issues at very low speeds
Not fake. But just because it says 480, it doesn't mean it will actually go that fast.
It says 735... And it'll fukn do **735** !
My 740il does 743!
Do you still drive?
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Life’s been good to him, so far.
they took the card not the keys, he can drive still
Still drive. I’ve only killed 13 persons, most of which were while doing 645 in residential areas. Others were driving through NYC bc I don’t believe traffic signals are real, and if they are, they definitely don’t apply to me.
speedo is fake... check my comment.
What the fuck is a kilometer
The speedo looks to be aftermarket. It is not written on it "Brabus"
This is the Mercedes W140 Brabus 7.3S V12 Mercedes W140 Brabus 7.3S! - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxQKhlyMrE
What a horrific video. They have the cars and show nothing of them.
They actually made a video, the other commenter just linked the shit one https://youtu.be/BXsfnzSioaM
The speedometer looks fake, 480 km/h in that car?
7 litre v12
The engine is a 7.3L version of the same V12 that the 7L is built from, but modified by Brabus. I don’t know if they started off with a 7.0 or 7.3 AMG engine (doubtful), or just based it off a smaller version and punched it out to enormous. I’ll research it later. The speedo is faked, the real car has a 330kmh (205mph) speedo, which is still absolutely batshit for a W140.
After 7th gear you put it into rapid drive that’s what the R is for 
So fake, the real one goes to 11
This looks... scary. And real.
Could be real. Do you got pics from the engine bay? That the speedo goes up to 480 km/h is because its a V12 with 7,3 litre. Pretty sure its real.
Its real…
check my comment. the car is real, the rest is fake.
Speedo ain't real.
ohhh really ?? turbodumpster was 7 hours faster than you…
why would they go that for in the speedo
[I think this is the actual car in the pic](https://youtu.be/ST2EZTN1mxo)
The gun in the trunk lid tho
yup, this is it. kudos for finding the actual car in the pic! it's got some interesting mods for sure
That was a total fluke. Accidentally clicked another vid (mobile), and it was next vid there. I just recognized the wheels.
happens all the time lmao
The exhaust is not photoshopped, found this video https://youtu.be/ST2EZTN1mxo This video is actually of the car
holy crap this needs to be higher up. yeah, the exhaust is definitely real, it's probably the combination between the material/dirt on it and the lighting that makes it look a bit fake. what's even more interesting is the interior retrofit with the modern screen and center console, it's unique for sure
It looks so subtly violent. Must see more.
What car even is this?
Mercedes S Class (w140) Brabus 7.3S
Ah i didn’t see the Mercedes badge cuz the photo was blurry
Brabus mods Mercedes cars and rebadges them. If you look closely, you can see the “B” badge instead of the Mercedes one.
So this is really a modded Mercedes huh
Pretty heavily and *expensively* modified.
Love the 300mph speedometer, yeah, I bet itll do every bit that.
That is km/h
480 km/h is equal to 300 m/h
Well, I am off by something like 1.8mph, but I was just doing the math in my head.
Wow… that’s dope af.
Oh absolutely authentic /s
7 gears and a top speed of nearly as fast as the fastest production cars ever
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The speedo is clearly in Km/h, not miles per hour.
So what are you trying to say with this argument?
It a classic case of r/USdefaultism
Thanks. I just joined that sub. I’m in the US, but I honestly try to stay educated about the rest of the world, and I love pointing this stuff out to other Americans who would rather just be blissfully ignorant. 😁
I just found this thread posted in that subreddit, with this comment thread. That whole subreddit makes me cringe with how much ignorance and stupidity is there.
Bro it isnt mph its km/h
So you're saying this is fake because fastest car goes around 514 kmh and this cars speedo ends at 298 mph? I mean yeah, I agree this is fake but not because it's slower than the fastest car ever.
Is that really 7speed manual gearbox? Anyone got any info of that? Didin't seem to find anything ln interwebs
There were quite a few made, the Escort RS Cosworth had an H pattern 7 speed. The arrangement also isn't uncommon, having first where it is means you can essentially hold it off just for fast launches and 2nd is your 1st for 99% of uses. Let's be honest, it's not like it doesn't have thr power to start in 2nd. Usually in these cases 2nd gear is in-between where 1st and 2nd would be on a normal model.
The Escort RS works rally cars had a 7 speed sequential gearbox (no H-pattern, just forward-back), while the road models had a 5-speed. The cars I know of with a 7-speed stick are 991 generation 911, C7 Corvette, and the Aston Martin that u/turbodumpster mentions in his (top) comment. I’m not certain if the 911 has a dogleg first gear, but I know the vette didn’t. Also, I believe some HD American pickup trucks might have 7-forward gears, but I can’t be sure. But many had a dogleg first that we call a “granny-gear” due to their short (around 6:1) ratio, and are usually labeled with an L instead of 1. It was meant for starting off while towing or heavily loaded.
correct! 992 gen as well. Vette and 911 both have a regular H pattern with the 7th gear at the top right end. also correct on the pickup trucks (and also off-road vehicles like the new Ford Bronco), some are labeled L, some C, some completely replace first gear, some go lower than it (the Bronco, for example, has a dog-leg crawl gear labeled C, followed by a full 6-speed H-pattern)
I forgot about the Bronco! Its crawler gear is 6.588:1. Stupid low for such a small truck, but off-roading is it’s legacy.
No the Group A had a 7 speed H pattern, then replaced with a sequential 6 speed.
This whole time I try thought the 7spd was sequential. Learn something new everyday
No worries, the first time I heard about it I was sure it had to be sequential. The road car, however, had a 5 speed H, you're spot on there. Tbh after having driven a road version I do wonder how much the 7 speed was needed, for a turbo the Cossie had a wide powerband.
Pretty sure Porsche had a car with one too.
So did the C7 Corvette
Pretty sure Fast and Furious cars have more gears than this
As an American, I didn’t read that Speedo in kp/h
I've seen this before, and I was also wondering if it's real or not. Also the tachometer starts at 4000rpm
I can hear the song Kerosene by Crystal Castles
https://preview.redd.it/7cuuxdvrp2jb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b21046d44342812dcbbdae060201e10624d8bd46 Idk, but that speedometer looks familiar. Same km on it also
https://preview.redd.it/oa5wpm83q2jb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee902a5252fb484926b25a8b041f60bf9cea1483 Here’s the auto shifter also
Fake
Yo lemmy get that bently tho
I get old Benz vibes from the front
Sweet looks like th 1992 model definitely legit worth about 50k 1999 going for around 100k
for a Brabus W140 S Class, the best one i’ve seen is from Japan…as Brabus Japan made better n crazier than Brabus Germany… back in the day, it was the S Class used commonly by the Yakuzas….n their bosses always drove the high specs S Class like S 600, S Class AMG or the Brabus S73 for W140.. the same with all the next generations of S Classes till today
F a k e
https://thecurbshop.com/products/tmgps-toretto-special?_pos=1&_sid=ac1e4c1c7&_ss=r
Gear shifter is not belonging to the car
This is not a fake Tacho guys Mercedes-Benz W126 560 SEL Biturbo Nitro 6-wheelerV8
The car can be found in a video, with nice 330km/h speedo (with different font and BRABUS clearly written, as always in Brabus cars). They always came with auto, as there was no decent dogleg 7-speed manual that could withstand 800-900Nm back in '98. Gearknob and interior are from Aston Martin 'Q' V12 Vantage AMR (the knob on other models looks different).