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![Brabus Rocket GTS in exposed anthracite carbon, front three-quarter view on a cool platinum stage with a silver seam of light](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/brabus-rocket-gts/hero-wide-2560.jpg)

# Rocket GTS

The 1,000-hp shooting brake

Brabus turns the Mercedes-AMG SL 63 S E Performance into a fixed-roof carbon shooting brake with the 1,000-hp, 1,820-newton-metre Rocket 1000 hybrid drivetrain. The 25-car run costs €789,000 before VAT; the first resale ask is €855,000.

2024– · 25 cars · Bottrop, Germany

## The SL that traded its soft top for a carbon roof

Presented in October 2024 as part of the Brabus Collection 2025, the Rocket GTS moved the Rocket idea onto the Mercedes-AMG SL 63 S E Performance — and changed the body style entirely. The convertible donor becomes a fixed-roof shooting brake in visible carbon fibre, wrapped around the Rocket 1000's 4.5-litre biturbo V8 and rear-axle electric motor.

Twenty-five cars are built to order in Bottrop at €789,000 before VAT, each specified individually. The family has since grown around it: the Rocket GTC convertible followed in 2025, and by 2026 the first GTS resale — a Deep Blue car — was asking €855,000.

| Highlight | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| A convertible, coachbuilt into a coupé | The donor SL is a roadster; Brabus builds it the fixed roof it never had, in exposed carbon fibre, and adds a tailgate. The shooting-brake silhouette is tailor-made coachbuilding — no panel of the greenhouse is shared with the Mercedes. |
| Rocket lineage | The badge carries obligations: the 2006 Rocket on the CLS was the world's fastest street-legal sedan at 365.7 km/h, and the Rocket 800 pushed the record to 370. The GTS is the lineage's shooting-brake chapter — 1,000 hp, held back only by its own limiter. |
| Mean Green, Deep Blue | Within the 25-car run, Brabus shows what bespoke commissioning can do — the Mean Green and Deep Blue show cars wear their colours in the carbon weave itself. A Deep Blue example is the first to reach the open market, asking €855,000. |
| The GTC completes the family | In 2025 Brabus revealed the Rocket GTC — the convertible sibling coachbuild on the same base and drivetrain, unveiled during Monterey Car Week. Shooting brake or open top: the same 1,000 hybrid horsepower. |

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| List price | €789,000 ex VAT |
| Market ask | €855,000 (2026 listing) |
| Series | 25 cars |
| Donor | Mercedes-AMG SL 63 S E Performance |
| Presented | October 2024 |
| Width | 198.5 cm |

## Technical specifications

### Powertrain

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engine | 4.5-litre biturbo V8 | the Brabus Rocket 1000 increased-displacement engine, 585 kW / 796 hp |
| Hybrid drive | 150 kW / 204 hp electric motor | rear axle, two-speed gearbox, 6.1 kWh lithium-ion battery |
| System output | 735 kW / 1,000 hp | 1,820 Nm, electronically limited to 1,620 Nm |
| Transmission | 9-speed automatic, 4MATIC+ all-wheel drive |  |

### Body

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Construction | Carbon shooting brake coachbuild | the SL's convertible body gives way to a fixed carbon roof and tailgate |
| Width | 198.5 cm at the rear axle |  |
| Tyres | Continental SportContact 7 |  |

### Performance

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 0–100 km/h | 2.6 s | manufacturer figure |
| 0–200 km/h | 9.5 s |  |
| Top speed | 317 km/h / 197 mph | electronically limited |

## Heritage

> A Hyper-GT that wears its carbon openly — the fastest estate-backed silhouette Bottrop has ever built.
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> On the Rocket GTS, Brabus Collection 2025

### From roadster to shooting brake

The body

The transformation is structural, not cosmetic: a carbon roof where fabric used to fold, a hatch where the SL kept its luggage lid, widebody arches over Monoblock wheels with carbon aero discs. The exposed weave is the finish — paint appears only where the commission asks for it.

Underneath, the Rocket 1000 drivetrain: 796 hp of biturbo V8, 204 hp of rear-axle electric motor, 1,000 hp together, driving all four wheels through the nine-speed automatic.

![Brabus Rocket GTS in exposed anthracite carbon, front three-quarter studio view](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/brabus-rocket-gts/press-studio-front.jpg)

![Brabus Rocket GTS shooting brake in side profile, carbon widebody and ducktail spoiler](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/brabus-rocket-gts/press-studio-side.jpg)

![Brabus Rocket GTS rear view with carbon tailgate, diffuser and quad tailpipes](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/brabus-rocket-gts/press-studio-rear.jpg)

### One thousand, worn openly

The engineering

The engine bay makes the point in red-tinted carbon: BRABUS 1000 BITURBO 4.5L, with the hybrid system's electronics tucked behind. At the wheels, carbon aero discs cover the spokes and the fender badge reads Rocket 1000 GTS — the drivetrain's name, worn on the coachbuild's body.

Every car is built to order; twenty-five will exist.

![Brabus Rocket GTS engine bay with red-carbon covers over the 4.5-litre biturbo V8](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/brabus-rocket-gts/press-engine-bay.jpg)

![Brabus Rocket GTS front wheel with carbon aero disc and Rocket 1000 GTS fender badge](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/brabus-rocket-gts/press-wheel-detail.jpg)

### Milestones

| Date | Title | What happened | Standing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| October 2024 | Presented with the Collection 2025 | The Rocket GTS is revealed as a 25-car coachbuild series on the SL 63 S E Performance: 1,000 hp, €789,000 before VAT. |  |
| August 2025 | The GTC sibling | The convertible Rocket GTC joins the family at Monterey Car Week, on the same base and drivetrain. |  |
| 2026 | First resale ask | A Rocket GTS Deep Blue is offered on the open market at €855,000 — above its €789,000 list price. |  |

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