S-Class [Official] Mercedes-Maybach S600 (X222)
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The Mercedes-Benz S-Class, formerly known as Sonderklasse, is a series of full-sized luxury sedans and coupés produced by Mercedes-Benz. The S-Class is the designation for top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz models and was officially introduced in 1972 with the W116, and has remained in use ever since. The S-Class is the flagship vehicle for Mercedes-Benz, being positioned above the other Mercedes-Benz models.
Mick Briesgau
Tire Trailblazer
Very clever of Mercedes to revive the Maybach brand as a very luxury S class and then take it step by step further to a... exclusive designed Maybach in a few years time?
Besides of that, a really do like the photoshopped Maybach in it’s twotone coloursetting.
Besides of that, a really do like the photoshopped Maybach in it’s twotone coloursetting.
Mick Briesgau
Tire Trailblazer
SDNR
Kraftwagen König
The two tone is a bit too much for me. I have felt the success of the Mercedes Maybach is, in part, because it is a less conspicuous alternative to its main rivals. Mercedes should realize that if they bling it out too much they risk losing some potential buyers.
DjordjeC63
Vorsprung Visionary
Dislike. Brabus Maybach grille looks better.
Mr. Mercedes
Premium
New features for the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class: Even finer, even more exclusive – The Mercedes-Maybach
Is this official?
I’m glad tehy’ve taken it a step further with the unique grill. And the two tone paint, while not to my taste, will certainly broaden it’s appeal. Of course you can still get it in one tone and it looks splendid.
The people in HK loves their S class and Maybach, they sure get them on the road pretty quickly.
pre vs fl maybach.
looking forward to the post FL maybach
HUTSUTAo
High-Rev Hero
And as soon as they got their new fl maybach, there is a fl of the fl lurkimg around.
hannaz
Aerodynamic Artisan
A new Mercedes-Maybach showcase may be presented soon according to some rumors emanating from MB Passion. Geneva may be too early and may be more likely for the Beijing Auto Show.
What could that be??
Anyway I think its a very logical move by MB to slowly make the brand lovers to accostumed to the new design identity of Maybach which will be refleacting on the next gen S-Class in a wider manner.
However the new verticle grille & two tone paint is a welcoming move even though personally am into single tone (except for Rolls Royce). I would personally pick two tone paint for a body style matching for it. And the most accepted wheel would the forged plated wheels than the multi spoke.
Wolfgang
Kraftwagen König
^ Perhaps inspired by this design competition in 2012?
Car Design Awards China 2012 winners announced - Car Design News
Expansion of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in China continues under new management - Mercedes-Benz Passion eBlog
Car Design Awards China 2012 winners announced - Car Design News
Expansion of Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in China continues under new management - Mercedes-Benz Passion eBlog
hannaz
Aerodynamic Artisan
A new Mercedes-Maybach showcase may be presented soon according to some rumors emanating from MB Passion. Geneva may be too early and may be more likely for the Beijing Auto Show.
I have a wild guess; will that be a Landualet version of the Maybach???
sako97
Autotechnik Ace
One of the worst automotive articles I've read recently. A few points are made, but very amateur writing with a complete misunderstanding of what MB wants the Maybach sub-brand to be at this point in time. I guess that's Jalopnik in a nutshell.
Link/Title: The Mercedes-Maybach Isn't Expensive Enough
"No, this isn’t a post written by someone else. This is me, just me, so hear me out. Here goes: I think, based on Mercedes-Benz’s current lineup, the Maybach variants are too cheap. Mercedes is not charging enough money for them. And it’s not OK.
Maybach is technically a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz, but it’s meant to target the Bentley Mulsanne and the Rolls-Royce Phantom. So, if the S Class is the best of what Mercedes has to offer, then the S Class-based Maybach should be better than that. The best of the best.
But after spending a whole weekend in a Mercedes-Maybach and then also seeing how much you can spec a non-Maybach S Class for, I’m a little disappointed in the Maybach.
It starts with the interior materials. The Mercedes-Maybach has largely the same interior as the S Class that it is based off of, except the wheelbase is longer so rear passengers have more room to stretch out. And yes, there’s an optional champagne cooler and the back seats recline (a lot)—but other than all of that, the two are basically the same.
They look nearly identical, I can tell you that much. Take a look:
Just by looking at photos, I’m already put off by how similar the two are. Especially since the Maybach is all about the ride experience—being driven in it rather than driving it.
If that’s the case, wouldn’t Mercedes go above and beyond with the interior styling and materials? Wouldn’t it only use the butteriest of calf leathers and cut the carpets from the fluffiest of rabbit hides? Make it so radically improved that it’s a totally different vehicle on the inside—look and feel alike—and then charge way more for it? I’m talking, like, first-born child money. This is a Rolls-Royce competitor, for crying out loud! Don’t give me a recycled S Class interior with some quilted leather stapled to the top of the armrest and call it a day.
As an experiment, I went on the Mercedes website and built myself a Mercedes-Maybach S650, the one with the fat 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12. I gave it contrasting leathers, expensive wheels, special paint and a mini fridge in the back. It came to $216,545.
Then I went and built a Mercedes-AMG S65 Cabriolet coupe. I also gave it nice paint, forged wheels and a $9,000 set of brakes. The cost? $247,900.
Why is an AMG Cabrio more expensive than a Maybach, the big daddy of the Mercedes lineup—an opulent luxury sedan with two extra doors and some of the most incredible back seats available today? There’s something wrong here.
I can only conclude that there are probably a couple of things going on: first, that AMG models are disgustingly overpriced (probably true to some extent) and second, that Mercedes isn’t charging enough for the Maybach because it is insecure.
That’s why the current Maybachs feel half-hearted. (For the record, half of Really Great is still Very Good, but you get what I mean). Like somehow Mercedes doesn’t think anybody will buy them, so it saved money where it could by basically making a longer S Class and then charging only marginally more for it.
Look, Mercedes, if you want your Maybach to truly be a Rolls-Royce competitor, then you have to believe it is. Fill it with hides and furs that only royalty can dream of. Let people customize it until it is utterly unrecognizable. Cut down endangered trees to make dashboards out of. And then slap a price sticker on it so obscene that people start comparing it to family homes.
Only then you’ll have yourself a full-fledged Rolls-Royce adversary, my friend."
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I do agree with believing the S65 is the most overpriced car on sale. The premium over the Maybach S650 and S63 has gotten waaay too flagrant to justify.
Link/Title: The Mercedes-Maybach Isn't Expensive Enough
"No, this isn’t a post written by someone else. This is me, just me, so hear me out. Here goes: I think, based on Mercedes-Benz’s current lineup, the Maybach variants are too cheap. Mercedes is not charging enough money for them. And it’s not OK.
Maybach is technically a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz, but it’s meant to target the Bentley Mulsanne and the Rolls-Royce Phantom. So, if the S Class is the best of what Mercedes has to offer, then the S Class-based Maybach should be better than that. The best of the best.
But after spending a whole weekend in a Mercedes-Maybach and then also seeing how much you can spec a non-Maybach S Class for, I’m a little disappointed in the Maybach.
It starts with the interior materials. The Mercedes-Maybach has largely the same interior as the S Class that it is based off of, except the wheelbase is longer so rear passengers have more room to stretch out. And yes, there’s an optional champagne cooler and the back seats recline (a lot)—but other than all of that, the two are basically the same.
They look nearly identical, I can tell you that much. Take a look:
Just by looking at photos, I’m already put off by how similar the two are. Especially since the Maybach is all about the ride experience—being driven in it rather than driving it.
If that’s the case, wouldn’t Mercedes go above and beyond with the interior styling and materials? Wouldn’t it only use the butteriest of calf leathers and cut the carpets from the fluffiest of rabbit hides? Make it so radically improved that it’s a totally different vehicle on the inside—look and feel alike—and then charge way more for it? I’m talking, like, first-born child money. This is a Rolls-Royce competitor, for crying out loud! Don’t give me a recycled S Class interior with some quilted leather stapled to the top of the armrest and call it a day.
As an experiment, I went on the Mercedes website and built myself a Mercedes-Maybach S650, the one with the fat 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12. I gave it contrasting leathers, expensive wheels, special paint and a mini fridge in the back. It came to $216,545.
Then I went and built a Mercedes-AMG S65 Cabriolet coupe. I also gave it nice paint, forged wheels and a $9,000 set of brakes. The cost? $247,900.
Why is an AMG Cabrio more expensive than a Maybach, the big daddy of the Mercedes lineup—an opulent luxury sedan with two extra doors and some of the most incredible back seats available today? There’s something wrong here.
I can only conclude that there are probably a couple of things going on: first, that AMG models are disgustingly overpriced (probably true to some extent) and second, that Mercedes isn’t charging enough for the Maybach because it is insecure.
That’s why the current Maybachs feel half-hearted. (For the record, half of Really Great is still Very Good, but you get what I mean). Like somehow Mercedes doesn’t think anybody will buy them, so it saved money where it could by basically making a longer S Class and then charging only marginally more for it.
Look, Mercedes, if you want your Maybach to truly be a Rolls-Royce competitor, then you have to believe it is. Fill it with hides and furs that only royalty can dream of. Let people customize it until it is utterly unrecognizable. Cut down endangered trees to make dashboards out of. And then slap a price sticker on it so obscene that people start comparing it to family homes.
Only then you’ll have yourself a full-fledged Rolls-Royce adversary, my friend."
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I do agree with believing the S65 is the most overpriced car on sale. The premium over the Maybach S650 and S63 has gotten waaay too flagrant to justify.
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