After being shutdown a couple of years ago, the German luxury car maker is bringing back its flagship ultra luxury car – the Maybach. At the world premiere in Guangzhou and the presentation in Los Angeles held simultaneously just a week ago, the new Mercedes-Maybach S-Class was unveiled in its two key markets.
The car has come a long way since its previous design in 2012 and at 5453mm long and with a wheelbase of 3365mm, the flagship of the Mercedes-Benz model range is 20cm larger in both dimensions than the S-Class Saloon with long wheelbase.
The interiors are more luxurious than ever before and the rear passengers benefit from this increased size as well as from standard equipment that includes executive seats on both left and right, and other exclusive details such as innovative voice amplification. In the rear, the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is also the world’s quietest production saloon car. The top-of-the-range model is the Mercedes-Maybach S 600.
This version gets the massive V12 biturbo engine that has an output of 530bhp. With a displacement of 5980cc, the maximum torque of 830Nm is available from just 1900rpm. The V8 biturbo engine in the smaller capacity Mercedes-Maybach S 500 generates an output of 455bhp from a displacement of 4663cc and its peak torque is 700Nm. The all-new Maybach will be ready for sale in February 2015.
Designed to eat the earth