Maybach has announced that it will increase pricing for its 2008 lineup. Despite disappointing sales, the 2008 Maybach 57 will start at $341,750 — a price increases of $3,500. Likewise, the range-topping 2008 Maybach 62 S will list for $432,250 — also a price increase of $3,500 over the outgoing model.
The new pricing puts the 2008 Machbach 57 squarely against the 2008 Rolls-Royce Phantom, which lists for $342,000.
Sales of the Maybach brand have been slow — causing 40% of dealers to close their doors — and 2006 sales totaled only 150 units. When Mercedes-Benz introduced the ultra-luxury brand six years ago, it set an annual sales goal of 600 vehicles.
It has also been rumored that Maybach will show a Landaulet convertible at this month’s Middle East International Motor Show.
10/23, 8:58 AM
posted by:
55amg
increase prices to increase sales..umm interesting
10/23, 9:00 AM
posted by:
sharpie
Flawed logic
10/23, 9:01 AM
posted by:
autonut
It was favorite Fuhrer car. Of course Saudis and Syrians being students of Mein Kampf would appreciate the memories, the rest of the world can adjust to Rolls
10/23, 9:22 AM
posted by:
nowei
I think if you were going to buy a Maybach for $338,250 an increase to $341,750 probably wouldn’t stop you.
Furthermore, I don’t really think the increase puts the 57 squarely against the Rolls-Royce, because again, I doubt that $3,750 difference, now reduced to $250, really prevented a lot of people from cross-shopping the two cars.
10/23, 9:43 AM
posted by:
R1GHT30U5
What they are asking for that car is crazy. It just looks like a long Benz. Nothing worthy of the price of a nice house (in Texas). I would opt for the Rolls any day… sheesh.
10/23, 9:50 AM
posted by:
55amg
they need to change the looks of the car thats what. Id prefer a rolls any day. Who here would rather have this over a Phantom?
10/23, 9:53 AM
posted by:
autonut
Goebbels, Goering, and all sultans of House of Saud, mein dear 55amg
10/23, 9:58 AM
posted by:
Commodore
I don’t get why you increased the price? So you can buy a lesser car at the same price as the Phantom? No thanks. And six years already? Time for a redesign don’t you think?
10/23, 10:06 AM
posted by:
autonut
Benz did redesign: now S class looks like this monster (a bit shorter and rear quarter not as fugly)
10/23, 10:55 AM
posted by:
LamborghiniZ
$3,500…wow! Somebody dropping 350K on a car most certainly will be turned off from the purchase by a $3,500 increase…
10/23, 11:19 AM
posted by:
Wickedated
Having been inside a 62S and a Rolls Phantom at the Frankfurt Auto Show, I can tell you, yes, the Phantom is cooler looking outside, but the 62S puts the Phantom to shame in terms of interior ammenities. The thing is like a corporate jet. Seats fully recline, access to internet, several huge LCD displays… The Phantom is cooler but it’s meant for a different market.
10/23, 12:43 PM
posted by:
jimothy
Well, that’s just frickin’ great. They’ve gone and raised the price completely out of my reach.
10/23, 12:44 PM
posted by:
LP640
Just sell the Maybach to the Arabs, they acnt semm to get enough of it. Agreed Wickedated the maybch is like a corprate jet inside. Both the Phantom and Maybch have different interpretations of luxury and personally i’d buy a Phantom.
10/23, 1:14 PM
posted by:
Get Real
Maybe they will get better looking wheels.
And REAL 5-mph bumpers to tear off a BMW front end and say: “I’m so sorry I bumped your car, Buffy”
10/23, 4:17 PM
posted by:
CA36GTP
Who honestly gives a **** about Maybach?
10/23, 5:31 PM
posted by:
Bryce
I wonder if the dealers are haggling over prices.
10/23, 5:39 PM
posted by:
The Stig
Last gasp for this land yacht. It’ll be gone and forgotten by the end of the decade.
10/23, 6:21 PM
posted by:
Stridder44
R1GHT30U5
Yeah but who wants to live in Texas?
Really though, this is pretty outrageous. I love Benz but Maybach was always about as exciting as watching grass grow.
10/23, 8:10 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Nobody will buy this…Rolls-Royce is King.
10/24, 2:03 AM
posted by:
fan
who should buy this? well, answer is rather easy… anyone looking for a ultra-luxury car that does NOT look like a Tank, ie RR
i really liked RRs design earlier, but the phantoms frontend simply is too much of an emphasize of the “doric temple” theme in their grille… people want to get a car, not a pile of stones.
and raise the price to get more buyers? in this segment, this IS a workable way… people who get 300K+ cars dont care about the price being LOW, they care about showing off to their peers… and anyone who drives a 299K Car when all his friends got 300K cars is a poor bastard… (yes, id like to be a bastard that poor, too)
still, i wonder if they shouldnt have updated the car some more to make the increased price valid…
10/24, 3:40 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
R1: My house in cali didn’t cost that much