2009 Brabus Tesla Roadster

The menacing chug of a big-bore V8 engine pulses through our test chariot and we can feel the pistons at work as the whole car shakes at idle.

At Brabus, famed for its reckless treatment of already substantial Mercedes power plants, this sort of thing should come as no surprise. But this isn’t a Mercedes; in fact, this car doesn’t have a V8, or even pistons. This is the electric-powered 2009 …