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Old 03-02-08 | 07:21 PM
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Megayachts usually come with fancy tenders, so why not supercars, too? BRABUS has taken the idea and run with it, pairing one of its tuned McLaren SLR Roadsters with a matching runabout in the form of a smart fortwo-based ULTIMATE 112. The SLR is the beneficiary of the usual complement of upgrades, including a full body and trim kit (dig those carbon fiber replacement "gills"), a custom interior, and the requisite underhood tweaking, which bestows the roadster with 650 horsepower -- enough to make the Kessel run to 62 mph in 3.6 seconds, with a top end of 211 mph.

When its time to park the super-Merc and head into more constrained areas of the city, it's occupants can switch over to the car's ULTIMATE 112 "tender" which is finished and appointed to perfectly match its "mothership." In this case, that means the same white paint, deep red roof fabric, and right red leather interior -- right down to the waffle-patterned leather footwell trim. Of course, the little shuttlecraft gets a power bump as well, with 112 thundering horses prancing ponies under the wee bonnet. The cost of this matching set? A mere €699,000 gets the job done for owners of either an SLR or a Maybach, and it shows us that BRABUS is uniquely capable of finding new and innovative ways to separate the obscenely wealthy from large chunks of their money.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/02/r...te-112-tender/
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Looks like a Civic steering wheel on the Smart.
Yuck to both roof treatments...
Old 03-02-08 | 07:53 PM
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One of the nice SLR's I've seen, but don't like the canvas roof ...
Old 03-02-08 | 07:56 PM
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I like the Smart's looks better...
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Not sure I like the Smart car, but I like the "tender" idea.
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I like both cars, but the Smart looks insanely cool! I would totally rock one...
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I don't like how the waffle pattern footwell liner looks. It might be just photos because I've never seen a Brabus in real life but that looks ugly.
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Sweet combo! The wheels on the Smart look huge!!
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those wheels never seem to get old with me.
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wooooooo... yummy!
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They look nice, I just fear being blinded by the seat colors.
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That is the hottest color combo ever, IMHO. Perfect paint chip and interior.
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