What is it?
What's special about it?
Revived after more than a 60-year hiatus, Maybach (my-bock) returns this fall as a super-luxury brand of DaimlerChrysler. Though reporters attending the 2002 Geneva Auto Show did not get the opportunity to put their sweaty mitts on the real deal, the Maybach's 5.5-liter V12 engine was on display, and details of the car's official unveiling this fall were provided.
In its day, Maybach constituted "the absolute elite in German automotive manufacturing." The new car, called the Saloon, will be supremely roomy, superlatively engineered and highly exclusive, following in the tradition of the Maybach brand. It will also reap full benefit of leading-edge technology from Mercedes-Benz.
Two models will be on sale; a short-wheelbase version and a long-wheelbase version. Standard equipment includes four-zone climate control, multi-contour seating front and rear, Dolby surround sound and rear-mounted twin flat-screen monitors linked to a TV receiver and a DVD player. Extended-wheelbase models will get fully reclining individual rear seats that include leg and foot rests.
Power will come from a twin-turbocharged dual intercooled 5.5-liter V12 engine making a whopping 550 horsepower. An electronically controlled air suspension will underpin the Maybach, and the car will feature an electrohydraulic braking system with Twin-Sensotronic Brake Control.
Key to the Maybach ownership experience will be the ability to tailor the car to the buyer's specific tastes. To this end, all Maybachs will feature two-tone paint, creating hundreds of possible color combinations, making each vehicle more exclusive. Furthermore, each Maybach buyer will become intimately involved with the development, outfitting and assembly of their vehicle. Even after the sale, owners will have a Personal Liaison Manager that can be summoned day or night simply by pressing a button on the car's telephone keypad.
Assembly begins in the summer of 2002 in DaimlerChrysler's Sindelfingen, Germany, production plant, and each Maybach will take four weeks to construct. It seems silly to mention that each car comes with a four-year bumper-to-bumper warranty.
Why should you care?
Maybachs will be reserved only for the disgustingly rich, so this monstrosity is more a curiosity to most people than anything else. — Christian J. Wardlaw
What's special about it?
Revived after more than a 60-year hiatus, Maybach (my-bock) returns this fall as a super-luxury brand of DaimlerChrysler. Though reporters attending the 2002 Geneva Auto Show did not get the opportunity to put their sweaty mitts on the real deal, the Maybach's 5.5-liter V12 engine was on display, and details of the car's official unveiling this fall were provided.
In its day, Maybach constituted "the absolute elite in German automotive manufacturing." The new car, called the Saloon, will be supremely roomy, superlatively engineered and highly exclusive, following in the tradition of the Maybach brand. It will also reap full benefit of leading-edge technology from Mercedes-Benz.
Two models will be on sale; a short-wheelbase version and a long-wheelbase version. Standard equipment includes four-zone climate control, multi-contour seating front and rear, Dolby surround sound and rear-mounted twin flat-screen monitors linked to a TV receiver and a DVD player. Extended-wheelbase models will get fully reclining individual rear seats that include leg and foot rests.
Power will come from a twin-turbocharged dual intercooled 5.5-liter V12 engine making a whopping 550 horsepower. An electronically controlled air suspension will underpin the Maybach, and the car will feature an electrohydraulic braking system with Twin-Sensotronic Brake Control.
Key to the Maybach ownership experience will be the ability to tailor the car to the buyer's specific tastes. To this end, all Maybachs will feature two-tone paint, creating hundreds of possible color combinations, making each vehicle more exclusive. Furthermore, each Maybach buyer will become intimately involved with the development, outfitting and assembly of their vehicle. Even after the sale, owners will have a Personal Liaison Manager that can be summoned day or night simply by pressing a button on the car's telephone keypad.
Assembly begins in the summer of 2002 in DaimlerChrysler's Sindelfingen, Germany, production plant, and each Maybach will take four weeks to construct. It seems silly to mention that each car comes with a four-year bumper-to-bumper warranty.
Why should you care?
Maybachs will be reserved only for the disgustingly rich, so this monstrosity is more a curiosity to most people than anything else. — Christian J. Wardlaw
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