Just when you thought the G-Class couldn’t get any more absurd, the Brabus 900 Rocket Edition Cabrio shows up with a hacked roofline, a canvas top and 900 horsepower. It’s the first open-top Rocket in the German tuner’s history and quite possibly the fanciest way to get a sunburn while off-roading, through a parking lot, that is. Based on the Mercedes-AMG G63, you can be sure none of the lucky 50 owners of the Rocket Edition Cabrio will ever take this anywhere near the dirt. Especially with pricing starting around $1.01 million, before taxes and before any of the personalization that makes the brand what it is.
Of course, being a Brabus, this isn’t a simple roof chop. They engineered an entirely new soft-top system from scratch, using over 500 bespoke components built to OEM quality. The two-piece roof opens or shuts in about 20 seconds, and Brabus claims the structural rigidity matches the fixed-roof G 63. They even dunked every finished car in a climate chamber for ten hours of water testing. Considering how much effort goes into keeping water out of a car with a fabric roof and the aerodynamics of a cabinet, that feels like a good call.
Powering all this drama is Brabus’ reworked 4.5-liter twin-turbo V8, bored and stroked from the standard 3,982 cc lump to 4,407 cc, with forged pistons and a hand-balanced billet crankshaft. The result is 900 hp and 922 lb-ft of torque, enough to send this 5,500 lb cabriolet to 62 mph in 3.7 seconds. Top speed, mercifully, is capped at 149 mph.
The Rocket Edition widebody kit has exposed carbon fiber panels, a two-tone matte and gloss black paint job, and 24-inch Monoblock II wheels wrapped in wide, meaty tyres.
The illuminated grille and glowing Brabus badge mean nobody is missing this thing on the strip, day or night. Step inside and it’s the usual Brabus excess. Quilted leather and Alcantara everywhere, red stitching, red switchgear, and paddle shifters with built-in LED shift lights. There’s even a blockchain-based digital passport hidden in the boot to verify the car’s specs and ownership history.
Brabus will officially reveal it at the Monaco Yacht Show, which might be the only place (outside of the Middle East), this car could debut without looking out of place.
