Brabus’s $1.2M Bodo Cabriolet Uses Its Rear Spoiler As An Air Brake At 87 MPH

Three months after Brabus showed the world its coachbuilt Bodo, based on the Aston Martin Vanquish, the Bottrop firm is back with the roofless version. Production is capped at 77 cars, matching the hardtop, and buyers who want the open-air variant will hand over more money for the privilege of having no roof.

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Monterey Car Week is the venue, and the Bodo Cabriolet arrives with a body made from pre-preg carbon fiber, laid up at Brabus’s own composites facility. The shape is the coupe’s, more or less unchanged, with the obvious exception up top where you’ll find a soft roof that cycles open or shut in under 15 seconds.

The Bodo’s Aston Martin underpinnings may be familiar, but there are no signs of the donor vehicle when it’s viewed from the outside. The front includes a large grille with pronounced vertical slats, sitting alongside distinctive blacked-out air intakes and custom headlights.

The rear is bespoke too, including an electronically controlled carbon fiber spoiler that adds downforce and swings up as an air brake under hard stops above 87 mph (140 km/h). The taillights are dense with dozens of protruding red LEDs, an arrangement that recalls the Aston Martin Vulcan. Stacked exhausts and 22-inch wheels round things out, the latter wrapped in Pirelli P Zero rubber measuring 285/30 up front and 335/25 at the back.

Supercar Power

The engine of the Bodo coupe has been carried over. That means you’re looking at a 5.2-liter twin-turbocharged V12 with 986 hp and 885 lb-ft (1,200 Nm) of torque, available between 2,900 and 5,000 rpm. Just like a Vanquish, power is sent to the rear wheels courtesy of an eight-speed automatic transmission.

Sprinting to 62 mph (100 km/h) takes just 3 seconds, all while drivers can enjoy having the wind in their hair. In 8.5 seconds, the Bodo Cabriolet can hit 124 mph (200 km/h) and reaches 186 mph (300 km/h) in 23.9 seconds. The top speed has been electronically limited to 223 mph (360 km/h), which is identical to the hardtop.

You’ll Pay For the Privilege

Brabus has showcased the Bodo Cabriolet in two configurations. The first is painted in black and has a matching black soft top, while the second is bathed in a jaw-dropping shade of Silk Stone and equipped with a two-tone black and gray roof. As for the cabins, both retain many Aston Martin elements, but the black car has distinctive Saddle Brown leather while the other has a Silk Stone cabin to match the exterior.

Then there’s the number everyone scrolls down for. The Bodo Cabriolet starts at €1,077,000, or roughly $1,242,000, which puts it €77,000 ($88,800) above the Coupe. Seventy-seven cars, €77,000 over the hardtop. Something tells us that Brabus knew what it was doing.