You knew this day would come. This day sees the dawn of Brabus taking the might of the Mercedes-Maybach S600, and treating it – almost literally – to a rocket. Unveiled in Frankfurt today, this is the BRABUS ROCKET 900.

Not that the Mercedes-Maybach S600 needs any more power, because it comes as standard with a 6.0-litre twin-turbo V12 packing 523bhp. Even Brabus admits the base car is “anything but underpowered”.