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Video: This Mercedes-Benz V-Class is no stranger to drag racing

As one would expect, sports cars and performance cars are the most frequent guests to the drag strip, lately often accompanied by EVs and restomods. Seeing a minivan trying its darnedest to run the quarter-mile as fast as possible is something new, though.

YouTuber Automotive Mike posted a video featuring a rather normal-looking V-Class riding on some aftermarket wheels. The big surprise lies under the hood, though, where a custom twin-turbo V8 by GAD Motors toils, producing 592 PS (585 hp / 435 kW).

The German tuner had dismantled the original engine with its 193 PS (190 hp / 142 kW) and put an eight-cylinder crate engine in its place. The chosen model proved not that good of a match for the minivan, so the GAD team took the M177 mill of the Aston Martin DBX and built a custom engine based on it.

After all was said and done, the van was sending the aforementioned 592 metric horsepower to the wheels. It also received a new exhaust, improved suspension and ceramic brakes to better cope with the load.