Brabus’ Ultimate touch on the smart fortwo
Naza-Brabus, sole distributor for Brabus in Malaysia and Singapore, has made available for sale the Brabus Ultimate 112, essentially a souped-up smart fortwo cabriolet. The 112 nomenclature in the model’s name represents both its horsepower rating and also its limited production run.
Featuring a custom paint job, the Brabus Ultimate 112 differentiates itself from the regular fortwo with styling touches that include an aggressive bodykit, and a set of 18″ Brabus Monoblock VI double-spoke alloys.
In the engine bay resides a 1.0-litre blown three-pot that makes 112hp @ 5,750rpm and twists out 150Nm @ 3,300 – 3,900rpm. These figures are in the ball park of naturally-aspirated 1.6-litre engines, but bear in mind that there isn’t a lot of mass to move around, so the Ultimate 112 hits the 100kph mark in 3.9 9.5 seconds. Top speed, for the sake of your good health, is capped at 170kph.
Although there are only 112 units of the Brabus Ultimate 112 worldwide, the unit brought to Malaysia is said to be tailor made specifically by Naza Group of Companies Joint Group Executive Chairman Dato’ Hj SM Faisal Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin. The price for that exclusivity is an eye-watering RM580,000. Pricing terms were not mentioned, but we won’t bet on it being inclusive of insurance.
In addition to the Ultimate 112, Brabus is also making available an ECO PowerXtra CGI performance kit for the latest crop of Mercedes-Benz CGI models. The tuning kit is compatible with the 200, 250 and 350 CGI models, though it should be noted that the 3.5-litre V6 350 CGI engine is not compatible with Malaysian fuel at this point in time.
Mercedes CGI engines are only available in the C-Class and E-Class at the moment, both featuring only the 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine in two states of tune – 184hp for the C 200 CGI & E 200 CGI, and 204hp for the C 250 CGI & E 250 CGI.
Editor’s Note: We had initially published this article stating that the Brabus Ultimate 112 sprints from 0-100kph in 3.9 seconds, which was, of course, not quite true. The correct figure is actually 9.5 seconds as reflected in the article now; 3.9 seconds is the time it takes to hit 60kph. An alert reader was quick to point out to us that the souped-up smart was no Ferrari, and he was right indeed. The error is regretted. 
Pictures: Official Naza-Brabus release
