
Mercedes Brabus SLS AMG 700 Biturbo Pearl White Minichamps 1:18

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Specifications
- Brand
- Mercedes
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 107032020
- Year
- 2013
- Era
- 2010s
- Body Type
- Coupe
- Vehicle Class
- Tuner Specials
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138117440
About the Mercedes Brabus SLS AMG 700 Biturbo Pearl White Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast reproduces Brabus's 700 Biturbo package on the Mercedes SLS AMG, gullwing doors and pearl white paint over Brabus's widened arches and forged wheels. A 2013 tuner special for collectors building a Mercedes performance shelf alongside factory AMG pieces.
Brabus doesn't just add power to a Mercedes-AMG halo car, it re-engineers the aerodynamics and cooling to match. This SLS AMG carries the Brabus 700 Biturbo treatment, a factory-adjacent upgrade that turns an already extreme gullwing coupe into something closer to a manufacturer skunkworks project.
Brabus's 700 Biturbo Treatment on the SLS AMG
Minichamps' diecast catalog covers plenty of stock AMG models, but the Brabus tuner variants sit in a smaller, specialist corner of that range, and Brabus never offered this widebody kit through any other scale, so 1:18 remains the fullest way to see the conversion at all.
Widened Bodywork and Forged Wheels
Brabus is the German tuner that works exclusively with Mercedes-Benz and Smart platforms, and its SLS AMG program went further than a chip upgrade. The 700 Biturbo body kit widens the front and rear arches beyond the factory AMG lines, fits a deeper front apron with larger intake ducts, and swaps the standard wheels for Brabus's own forged Monoblock design pulled tight against the arch lips. Minichamps carries that width into the tooling, and the wheel offset sits noticeably wider than a stock SLS casting from the same manufacturer.
Power Package and Naming Convention
Brabus names its upgrades after their target output, and 700 refers to the horsepower the biturbo package extracts once new turbochargers, a revised exhaust, and engine management recalibration are fitted. That figure sits well above anything Mercedes-AMG offered from the factory on this platform, which is the entire point of buying a Brabus car rather than a stock one. The pearl white finish was one of Brabus's signature launch colors, chosen to show off the redesigned body lines without a loud accent competing for attention.
Minichamps' Diecast Approach to a Tuner Subject
Tuner subjects ask more of a diecast tool than a standard factory casting, since every panel Brabus reshaped has to be re-tooled rather than borrowed from an existing mold.
Gullwing Hinge and Paint Finish
The SLS AMG's gullwing doors are among the hardest opening features to get right, pivoting upward on a diagonal arc rather than swinging out, and Minichamps' zinc alloy hinge holds the door open at height without drifting back down under its own weight. Lifted into the light, the pearl white paint shows a fine metallic shift rather than a flat white, and the shut lines around the door sill stay tight even with the hinge mechanism built into that same panel.
Zinc Alloy Weight and Interior Detail
Picking the model up off the shelf, the density is immediate. Zinc alloy construction gives this SLS a substantial hand-feel that a resin casting at the same scale would not match, and that weight is part of what makes the opening doors feel deliberate. Inside, Minichamps maps the Brabus-specific upholstery rather than reusing the standard AMG cabin, with contrast stitching picked out separately from the seat material. It is a mid-tier diecast approach, not a sealed showpiece, and the model is honest about that trade.
Placing a Tuner Special Alongside Factory AMG Models
A Brabus conversion is a different collecting lane from a factory Mercedes-AMG model. Factory AMG pieces document what Mercedes itself sold through dealers; a Brabus special documents what an independent shop did to that car afterward, and the two tell separate stories on a shelf. At roughly 21 centimeters long, this SLS sits comfortably among other 1:18 coupes in a standard cabinet, and kept out of direct sunlight, the pearl finish holds its color balance far longer than a flatter metallic would under the same conditions. For a collector building a Mercedes performance run rather than a strict factory chronology, this Brabus piece earns its place as the outlier.














