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I was never crazy about the idea from the get-go.
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redliner
- Oct 2, 2007 10:27 am
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It might help sales if the Maybach looked sexy and sleek, insted of fat and drab.
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I've always felt that the Maybach 57 and 62 just looked like bigger and heavier S-Classes. With the styling of the new S Class this has never been more true. The RR Phantom, now thats a completely different deal and the car which I would buy....if only I had that kind of money. :(
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I just saw a couple of 57s when I was out in Bev Hills a couple of nights ago. Their problem was that there was an S55 Benz parked near them, which looked soooo much better. For, what, 1/3 of the cost?
Maybachs look like some kind of weird Merc limo designed in Korea.
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billt9
- Oct 2, 2007 8:45 pm
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Yes I add my vote to "styling killed Maybach".
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Sounds like Maybach needs more value in their product.
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If you can afford a car like this you should be buying a GT3, Carrera GT, Z8, Vyron...A House!-instead. Who needs such an expensive recliner??
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Not all the ultra-rich want sports cars.
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And the ultra rich have all that stuff already...this is just one car in their fleet.
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it's like the VW phaeton,
People as a whole expect something from a brand not more nor less
as it's part of a scale, ( platform sharing doesn't make it in luxury.
so when you buy a Maybach you don't want to have you entourage saying it's a Benz it's a MAYBACH YOU IDIOT!!
they simply need to have their car show a totally different car from a Benz.
the kind if design that would be so upscale that slapping s class on to it would devaluate the car . ( my suggestion start with the regected designs of previous s-class ( the 1980 ish ones and evolve it in a different way ( like what the s-class would be now if we went THAT way and add the usual pampering with sheep skin taken only from the Serta sheeps and a smart cruise control likned to the gps for the Chauffeur edition :P so you have somebody to share cheers with
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oh and that Evolution if the design went THAT way ...
Patent pending......
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Alright, if you need a recliner in your fleet, then make it a Rolls Royce, plain and simple. So much more beautiful if we're talking design.
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