At the end of the September, we reported about the failure of Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz to reach a deal over the future of Maybach. Mercedes was exploring options for what do do with ailing Maybach and sought out a deal with Aston to develop the next-generation range of cars. For a host of reasons, [...]
By any measure, Mercedes-Benz’s attempt to crack the ultra-luxury market failed. The Maybach failed to achieve its sales goals and come anywhere close to Bentley or Rolls-Royce. There are many reasons to speculate about why it didn’t do well – such as basically starting scratch with the name and a too-close similarity to the S-Class. [...]
The ultra-luxury and exotic market is highly lucrative if you approach it the right way. Even with a heavy global economic downturn sales didn’t collapse, and at the first signs of recovery they are beginning to show strong growth. Rolls-Royce and Bentley are two manufacturers that have been a beneficiary of this, thanks to strong [...]
The big German luxury automakers all have a high-end super-luxury brand to compete. BMW has Bentley and Volkswagen’s entry is Rolls-Royce. The two got a hold of these brands after a bidding war – for years Rolls-Royce and Bentley have been under the same roof. Mercedes-Benz’ entry into the segment is the Maybach, introduced over [...]
Say you’re rich, richer than your wildest imaginings. Richer than Paul Allen, richer than Bill Gates, hell, you’re richer than Croesus, what kind of car do you get as your daily driver? First off, you ain’t doing the driving, Jeeves will be taking care of that for you. And second, there is no second. What [...]
I know what you’re thinking. You’re saying to yourself, “In these tough economic times, what is the most PRACTICAL car I should get?” Well, we here at Automoblog think you should get the New Maybach Landaulet. Why? Well, for starters, it’s roughly the size of the Prince Eugene, and with a 6 liter V12 cranking [...]
Speaking of the Maybach Excelero (from the last post,) there is a new video out of the car. They only made one, and it features a twin-turbo, 5.9L V12 engine that generates 700hp. It kinda looks like a train, and honestly I\’m glad they only made one, as the only people who would get one [...]
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