Rare clip of Clarkson admitting power isn't everything.

There's no such thing as too much power, only not enough grip.

Brabus ,for when AMG is not powerfull enough for you.

When the current top gear is so trash that you are coming back to 8 year old TG videos.

What amazes me is how it still manages to look so modern.

12 years later, still one of the best reviews and shows of all time

this is what a german muscle car looks like

putting a 6.3 litre v12 in a road car is insane

I just realized that we made a big fuss because the Hellcat had 700hp. If this SL was still covered by warranty when it came out of Brabus then we should all be thinking that in 2010 people were crazier than now.

The insanity of Brabus... 730bhp, 811 (I assume Nm) of torque, and 219 mph is still impressive today

"1000 torque is what you would use for restarting a dead planet" jeremy has some of the best lines lol lol niiice! hahaha

Limited to 219mph. I laughed.

This Gen of SL looks so much better than the new SL

Can confirm, I once drove a Brabus tuned SL , and anytime I went near the gas pedal it would just light up the tires. It was great,but not for the Inexperienced for sure.

Isnt he lucky to get such a job. Always test run some of the best cars on earth.

The moment when Jezza is talking about the engine block being modified, but camera pans over ABS module in its polished shiny glory.. #cannotunsee

These editing were ahead of its time. Still holds up well today

My Grandma has a Brabus smart car.

Lol the days of good ole topgear! Now thank god we have Grand Tour!

Claksson : Difting with a sl? Mercedes : No impossible. Brabus : hold my tools

Canada here...spied one near Toronto...soooo sweet...down to the Brabus rims! One love

This car is a work of art. Still looks better than most cars made today and every loser pulls up and wants to race when they could hang if you gave em a head start.

The best looking Mercedes ever, in my opinion. My dream car.

The standard SL65 Amg in 06 hit a top speed of 209mph (de-limited) It's also the German agreement of limiting their cars to 155mph. Nothing happens at all when you ECU flash the car (more bhp and speed limit removed) You just get more BHP and go faster.

"when they put it in the car it would not move the traction control just sat there saying this is impossible, and when the turned it off the rear wheels spun until the tires burst" that is how you know when you have too much horse power, but hey its brabus after all, they really don't believe in having to much of anything.

I had the chance to drive an SL55 AMG with 517PS which was already really quite insane. I guess the BRABUS SL is just for absolutely disturbed maniacs, far, far away from good or evil.

Man, those numbers are still insane in 2020, this car was total madness

Hey! i found my Feltzer!

I wonder how fast it would go if the limiter was removed.

i'll have the engine. 2 of them. thanks. it made me watch the entire clip. love it.

This will always be one of my favourite old school Top Gear features, classic Clarkson. Set off my love affair with the R230 SL and C215 CL from this era, all those years ago.

This is my favorite SL body from the last few decades.

This car is hugely underated, for it's abundance of hooliganism! So sick

Its 2019 and I want this car badly....

Mercedes claimed the top speed of even just the lowly SL55 AMG was over 200mph from the factory. They said the limited top speed of "just 155mph" was necessary due to no manufacturers making & selling 200mph capable DOT approved tires at that time. Not due to any design / engineering lacking or flaws. 200+mph tires did exist back then of course, but were manufactured for racing, and were not DOT approved for street use. This limitation was also true for every other super car sold in the USA during that period. The car itself was indeed designed for that level of speed from the factory, which is another reason why so many tuners gravitated to the R230 platform.

You can see from 6:37 that the rollover protection has slid into place on the rear window. The same thing happened when Vicki drove the SL 55 AMG around Angel Sea. Over protected lol. I'm pretty sure the Stig was surprised when he turned in aggressively in the 1st corner on his power lap.

My favorite car or all time. Awesome! Though incredible it didn't do any better on the track then the M5. They should had lightened the car with some carbon fiber materials.

I really miss the old Top Gear..

Thanks for cutting it just before the last sentence, glad the Grand Tour is there.

I would love to have seen Brabus tune up an SL65 AMG Black Series. Incredible looks with Brabus engineering would have been a sight to see.

2019 anyone? What a car!

I want to see this sort of reviews on The Grand Tour. Enough with the scripted genitalia jokes.😓

I have learned today that the brabus engines blocks were made in a shed in dortmund. Crazy when you think about it...

Old TG is so entertaining, Jeremy is the best.

I wish I had THAT hard Work!!!!!!! amazing car love the tyre squeal

i'm a BIG fan of BMW and MERCEDES i love both of the cars

Old top gear just hits different

Saw this car when I played Need For Speed Most Wanted. Bought it as soon as I could and LOVE IT. To this day, I'm not a Mercedes fan but this is still at the top 5 of my favorite cars.

What a spectacular car!!!

04:08 ''Reduzierte Bremsleistung - Werkstatt aufsuchen!'' = ''Reduced braking power - consult garage!''

Every angle of the body work looks so good

These olds shows were dope.

I probably watched this video half a million times. It was my absolute fav car when it came out and still is definitely in the top five. Astonishing and ridiculous at the same time but mainly MEAN

I used to work at a Benz dealership and one of these came in to get service done on it, I was in love 😍

This video is 12 years old now Time flies 😳

@Wirld thankx for the heads up on the issue

"I LOVE 'IM!" she shouted to the elements. "I, LOVE 'IM"

Limiting a car to 218 mph is the most German thing I've ever heard.

Awesome thing. And looks amazing in black!

Love this sl design, even the lower end models

KZfaq Recommendation: 2010: no 2011: no 2012: no 2013: no 2014: no 2015: no 2016: no 2017: no 2018: no 2019: no 2020: hey how about now lol

It sounds like a freaking tiger roaring! :D

The quality of the old topgear shows!!!!

these guys got the best job on the planet

I love this show :)

LOL "1000 torques is what you use for restarting a dead planet." So what could you do with 1600 torques coming from a Kenworth W900 or something?

I love the sound at 2:29.

Still have mine. Breaks every time you drive it but it goes like hell

I'd Top your Gear

How am I just finding out about this video?

I really miss the original Top Gear. Used to watch this stuff back in 2006.

Damn, this car still looks stunning, such great design.

I clicked on a link to watch in HD lol...

2018,anyone??

Glorious! I mean production of this era.

This is literally my favorite car,😍

A 1000 torques are used to restart a dead planet. So what would the 2930 torques of the Jaguar C-X75 concept do?

The Brabus SL can hit nearly 230 mph

You gotta love stigs playlist

Soft racing slicks and the torque de-limited would be insane.

Imagine the middle of the hood with a glass view of that awesome motor 🖐🇵🇹

This has a higher topspeed than a aventador

This car is probably what they used as a base setting for the Pagani Huayra. All those numbers sound pretty interesting even according to today's standards.

that camera work was nothing short of art.

brabus=fast

That's just a little too powerful

when he popped the hood I got chills haha

what a machine thats mad, 730 horsepower and almost 1000 torques is crazy.

torque vader. It's basically and overpowered muscle car. Even though it has extremely better traction, inless your bruce wayne it too much money.

Why didn't they make it 4*4 drive? That would of worked with the 1000 torque.

I miss this old TG. I'm trying to find an old TG episode where he JC does the E55, S-type R and RS6. Cannae find it anywhere

@TornTech no when u video tape light from a certain angle it does that weird pulsing thing

When you see the egine is Something like God(Signature)

OMG! BUY ME ONE!!!!! :D :))))))

Wow 11 years ago. Man how time flies. I remember when this first hit youtube.. So weird

@HighTreason610 That's not the handbrake. It's a warning. On the right display it says "Reduzierte Bremsleistung Werkstatt aufsuchen" - "Reduced braking power. Go to garrage"

I had this car (the stock AMG one) in Gran Turismo 4 :) 731HP with tuning

AAAAAI LOVE 'IM!!!!!!!!

what's the best site to get full top gear episodes

That Brabus Is A Monster!