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Maybach Adds Ultra-Majestic Landaulet, Priced at $1.35 Million
STUTTGART, Germany — The chauffeur age is not dead, at least where Maybach is concerned. The ultra-luxury brand has just released its fifth model, the Maybach Landaulet, which offers a "majestic open-air experience" — and a price tag of $1.35 million.
Based on the Landaulet study, which was most recently shown at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show last month, the Landaulet is mechanically similar to the Maybach 62S sedan. A major difference is that the Landaulet removes the rear roof module in favor of an electrohydraulically folding roof so "pampered rear-seat passengers" can look at the stars — or be stars — while a chauffeur drives. The car's body sides are reinforced with an integral tubular steel structure. Its interior dimensions are otherwise unchanged from those of the 62S.
The Landaulet's engine is an uprated version of the one that powers the Maybach 57S and 62S. The twin-turbocharged 5.9-liter V12 makes 612 horsepower.
Inside, the driver's compartment — excuse us, "chauffeur's workplace" — is trimmed in smooth black leather and piano-black lacquer. In back, passengers ride on reclining seats upholstered in grand napa leather. The tonneau cover for the folded roof is designed to match the rear compartment's interior, the color scheme of which is selected by the customer.
There's an intercom, of course, for chauffeur-to-passenger communication when the top is down.
The Landaulet will be hand-built at Maybach's Sindelfingen workshops in small quantities. First deliveries will be made in October.
What this means to you: Will you ever ride in one — or ever see one? Or will "Home, James" never enter your vocabulary? — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
Based on the Landaulet study, which was most recently shown at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show last month, the Landaulet is mechanically similar to the Maybach 62S sedan. A major difference is that the Landaulet removes the rear roof module in favor of an electrohydraulically folding roof so "pampered rear-seat passengers" can look at the stars — or be stars — while a chauffeur drives. The car's body sides are reinforced with an integral tubular steel structure. Its interior dimensions are otherwise unchanged from those of the 62S.
The Landaulet's engine is an uprated version of the one that powers the Maybach 57S and 62S. The twin-turbocharged 5.9-liter V12 makes 612 horsepower.
Inside, the driver's compartment — excuse us, "chauffeur's workplace" — is trimmed in smooth black leather and piano-black lacquer. In back, passengers ride on reclining seats upholstered in grand napa leather. The tonneau cover for the folded roof is designed to match the rear compartment's interior, the color scheme of which is selected by the customer.
There's an intercom, of course, for chauffeur-to-passenger communication when the top is down.
The Landaulet will be hand-built at Maybach's Sindelfingen workshops in small quantities. First deliveries will be made in October.
What this means to you: Will you ever ride in one — or ever see one? Or will "Home, James" never enter your vocabulary? — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
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