Mercedes is planning to launch its smallest Maybach model in 2009, according to a new report by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport. The V12 vehicle would offer between 500 and 600 horsepower, and would be similar in size to the Mercedes S-Class. Tentatively called the Maybach 51 — due to its 5.1 meter length — the car could even share a platform with the W221 S-Class. A coupe version is expected to follow the sedan variant, the magazine said. The sedan will be priced against the Bentley Continental Flying Spur and the forthcoming “small” Rolls-Royce model. (Pictured right is the new Maybach 57 S, currently the most driver-oriented model in the Maybach lineup.)
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06/06, 5:59 PM
posted by:
mark
what would be the difference then between that & the mercedes S65 AMG apart from the badge?!
06/06, 6:26 PM
posted by:
Niels
Complimentary wood-trimmed traytables and rear-seat gauges
06/06, 6:47 PM
posted by:
Franz Steinleitner
The profit margin.
06/06, 7:03 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
Small? That must only be a relative term to the rest of the Maybachs.
06/06, 7:16 PM
posted by:
manny
yeah… an extended-length s would be maybach small…
06/06, 8:18 PM
posted by:
Mike Rundle
Hahaha, Frantz, that’s the best comment I’ve read all day
06/06, 11:21 PM
posted by:
Jon
And the Badge.
Jon.
(ok, and the two-tone paint, big deal)
06/07, 1:39 AM
posted by:
jit
the hand crafted feel
06/07, 2:02 AM
posted by:
Steve
And a gaggle of unfunny comments, of course!
06/07, 4:07 AM
posted by:
Wotefuk
And the ugly rear lights… have u said this before?
06/07, 5:16 AM
posted by:
Anonymous
Profitability.
Mercedes has it, Maybach doesn’t…
06/07, 6:05 AM
posted by:
tradesman's entrance
I’ll buy an S65 AMG and an M5 with the change
06/07, 8:12 AM
posted by:
TW
Maybach styling doesn’t much for me, they look like oversized Kias.
06/07, 8:30 AM
posted by:
Zan
Maybachs are for people who do not actually drive themselves anywhere.
06/07, 9:23 AM
posted by:
Ins knee oder am arsch?
Does maybach as a brand mean anything to anyone apart from a few near-dead nazis?
06/07, 10:12 AM
posted by:
Alphard
rollers still dominate!!! a smaller maybach? why not get a top of the line s-class?
06/07, 10:13 AM
posted by:
Ins knee oder am arsch?
Poor little Maybach is Bentley and Rolls Royce taking all your sales boo hoo
06/07, 11:38 AM
posted by:
Xanadu
Maybachs have no class whatsoever
06/07, 11:39 AM
posted by:
Bukkake Boy
Why mercedes-benz ever let a japanese guy style a heritage model I’ll never know
06/07, 12:13 PM
posted by:
Veda
#19, why did Ferrari let a japanese design the Enzo which named after the founder of the marque and the flagship model of the company?
06/07, 12:33 PM
posted by:
No Body
Thats why the Enzo is the worst looking Ferrari
06/07, 7:21 PM
posted by:
Marc
I think its funny that you ask about a Japanese having a hand in the production of the Enzo because the 1985 288 GTO and the 1987 F40 had Japanese turbos. The GTO and F40 were Enzo’s personal projects.
By the way, what’s the appeal to buy a Maybach? I don’t get it. I work in banking among very wealthy people and I don’t think any of them would be interested in buying one either (assumption based on what many of them drive).
06/07, 7:22 PM
posted by:
Marc
I agree that the Enzo is ugly, they forgot to style it!!!! I think its funny that you ask about a Japanese having a hand in the production of the Enzo because the 1985 288 GTO and the 1987 F40 had Japanese turbos. The GTO and F40 were Enzo’s personal projects.
By the way, what’s the appeal to buy a Maybach? I don’t get it. I work in banking among very wealthy people and I don’t think any of them would be interested in buying one either (assumption based on what many of them drive).
06/07, 7:24 PM
posted by:
Marc
sorry about the double post
06/08, 7:44 PM
posted by:
Jaguar Sovereign
Hey 16 It’s actually bentley who has all of the sales in that sector. Rolls and Maybach are cars to driven in the bentley is a driver’s car.
06/10, 4:18 AM
posted by:
Luxurylaunches.com
Smaller Maybach coming in 2009
Long saloon cars have always been in vogue but parking them can be a real pain. What if there is no long driveway? What good is a car, be it a Maybach if it can’t take you where you want to take it. And the reason would be as puerile as its size, th…