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Maybach is a high-end luxury automotive brand that competes with the likes of Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Maybach, the company quit producing vehicles in 1945 until the brand name was revived in 2002 by Daimler-Benz.

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Report: Maybach to get facelift in Beijing before brand gets the axe 6 days ago on Autoblog

If a recent report out of the UK is to be believed, Maybach is set to get the axe in the very near future. However, as a last hurrah, all three models from the ultra-luxury division of Mercedes-Benz (57, 62 and Landaulet) will receive facelifts this year. The last round of top-zoot Maybachs will ...

Project Kahn tries to help the Maybach 57 1 month ago on Autoblog

If you want, say, a custom Chevrolet Corvette or Mercedes-Benz, there's no shortage of aftermarket tuners who'd be glad to help. If your taste (and budget) demand something a little more opulent, however, then there are only a handful of companies at your service. And one of them is Project ...

Highest and lowest depreciating cars of 2009 in the UK 1 month ago on Autoblog

Car price guide Parker's has produced its latest depreciation lists for cars in the UK. It's probably of most use if you're shopping at the lower-priced end of the car spectrum, since a straight-up comparison would be pointless. Seven of the 10 cars with the least depreciation are Japanese, ...

Zetsche: Maybach "not significant or relevant," but a facelift is coming anyway 3 months ago on Autoblog

Maybach's 2009 sales through the first eleven months of this year have declined about 20 percent. That's at the kinder end of the industry average, all the more impressive because the "cheapest" one starts at $358,000. The part that's not so kind is the actual number of sales: 88, versus 110 ...

Celebrated photographer David LaChapelle gets artsy with Maybach [UPDATE: Video added] 3 months ago on Autoblog

While its enduring legacy will forever be crippling hyperinflation and the inability to fight the rise of Nazism, Germany's post World War I Weimar Republic has something of a positive, cultural heritage. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, theater, art, architecture (Bauhaus anyone?) and music ...

Pics Aplenty: Maybach drops full slate of Zeppelin images 4 months ago on Autoblog

Hi everybody! You're looking at the $612,000 Maybach Zeppelin 62. We've already given out opinion as to why the new Zeppelin range of Maybachs probably ain't worth the extra money. So never mind the economics of the car -- at least for a few minutes. What we have here is a big old gallery worth ...

AB stops at the 27th Concours d'Elegance at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort 5 months ago on Autoblog

For its 27th iteration, Orange County's most prestigious classic car show returned to the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, and finally dropped the "Newport Beach" from its name. No longer would it be known as the Newport Beach Concours d'Elegance, instead adopting the Concours ...

Spy Shots: Maybach gets a nose job...sorta 1 year ago on Autoblog

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again .As if it knows already that slapping the Zeppelin name on its slow-selling flagship limo wouldn't do the trick, Daimler is back at it with a very mild facelift to its Maybach line. It's so mild, in fact, that the test mule was able to circulate ...

Lead Zeppelin? Maybach exhumes long-dormant nameplate for new super-lux model 1 year ago on Autoblog

One of these days, the guys at Daimler headquarters in Stuttgart will realize that, to make Maybach a success, the marque is going to need to do more than revive some old names and slap 'em on an oversized version of the old Mercedes S-Class. Until then, however, it's full speed ahead on the ...

Maybach leads luxury segment... in depreciation 1 year ago on Autoblog

Anybody want to buy a used Maybach? Hello? The idea may sound entirely preposterous – an anathema, even, to the brand's nouveau riche market – but it may be the best way to get your hands on Mercedes' super-lux big brother. Of course that's the positive way to look at it, but the flip ...

The six-seat Maybach 72, when 62 decimeters just isn't enough 1 year ago on Autoblog

As if the regular old Maybach 62 wasn't decadent enough, someone just went ahead and created a Maybach 72. Starting with a donor 2004 Maybach 62, the creator stretched it enough to add a pair of rear-facing back seats to make a true limo experience. Whereas the original model was 62 decimeters ...

First Lagonda to be based on S-Class? 1 year ago on Autoblog

It sounds like a match made in heaven. A new duo of sedans styled by Aston Martin with Mercedes-Benz engineering prowess propping them up. Assuming that these two automakers can get their next super-sedans bolted together well enough, the first sedan from the recently-revived Lagonda brand and the ...

Thus sprache Zetsche: Maybach not going anywhere 1 year ago on Autoblog

Seemingly nothing – not the credit crunch, not miniscule sales, not its own lengthy, lugubrious looks – can kill the Maybach. People who have wondered how long Mercedes will keep dishing out tiny servings of the enormous cars can wonder no more: top guy Dieter Zetsche has said ...

Super rich may avoid super expensive cars because of bad image 1 year ago on Autoblog

If you've got it, flaunt it. The super high-end automotive market has been counting on that attitude for years, and it may now be coming back to bite them. It seems that sales of luxury marques such as Bentley, Maybach and Aston Martin have been on a downward trajectory over the last year. ...

CAR reveals Project Alligator as big Mercedes/Aston Martin collaboration 1 year ago on Autoblog

Project Alligator. That's the internal code-name for a potential collaboration between Mercedes and Aston Martin on everything from drivetrains to platforms. CAR's September issue gets into all the details, which includes such tasty nuggest as the possible use of AMG's 6.2-liter V8 in the next ...

The Maybach Exelero can be yours... for $7.8 million 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Maybach Exelero Big-bucks enthusiasts annoyed that they're not the only ones at the club with a Veyron can now ensure that they arrive in total exclusivity. That's because the one-off Maybach Exelero, commissioned by Fulda to act as a high-profile ...

Maybach prices 62 Landaulet for America at $1.35 million 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view the Maybach 62 Landaulet in hi-res Okay, it just hit us: eccentric. That's what the Maybach 62 Landaulet is, in a word. In fact, you could apply that to the whole Maybach venture. Like Dennis Hopper said in the Keanu-tastic action flick Speed, "Poor people are crazy, Jack. I'm ...

Russian aristocrats travel in luxury cabs 1 year ago on Autoblog

It's a brilliant marketing come-on, really. Who wants to climb into a GAZ-24, however appealing it might be to obscure-car guys, when you could sink into the all-enveloping sumptuousness of a Maybach 62? Need to get to Gorky Park quickly? A Porsche Cayenne outfitted with a meter and checkerboard ...

Daimler considers shutting down Maybach 2 years ago on Autoblog

Daimler will take the next two years to decide whether to invest more in its failing Maybach flagship marque or else shut it down. This comes from the mouth of Daimler and Mercedes chief Dr. Dieter Zetsche, who inherited the problem-child brand from his predecessor, ex-CEO Juergen Schrempp. After ...

Maybach to put 62 Landaulet into production 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above to view more high-resolution images of the Maybach 62 Laundaulet Lord help us, for the automotive industry has sunk to a new low. As if it wasn't bad enough that Maybach created an ode to conspicuous consumption like the 62 Landaulet, but now Mercedes' big, goofy brother has decided to ...

Detroit 2008: Maybach Landaulet arrives in style 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above for more high-res images of the Maybach Lanaulet If you'd rather be driven by a chauffeur than get behind the wheel yourself, you might want to check out the Maybach Landaulet that made its North American debut in Detroit this week. The half sedan/half convertible allows for the ...

Tycoons catered to at Detroit Auto Show 2 years ago on Autoblog

Has Porsche's declined invitation spurred the lodge members behind the Detroit Auto Show to showcase their appeal to luxury brands? So that might not be the reason, but the NAIAS brain trust has put together a private soiree that will highlight the other exclusive marques, like Bentley, Ferrari, and ...

VIDEO: Maybach 62 S Landaulet 2 years ago on Autoblog

The rumors, the announcement, the official photos...none of it was enough to believe a once sensible company like Daimler-Benz could have created something so outrageously, ridiculously impractical as a six-figure, all-white, high-performance, partial-convertible, super-luxury limousine. Seeing it ...

Dubious pioneer: Russia's first stolen Maybach 2 years ago on Autoblog

Picture this, you're stuffing your face full of gourmet food, giving your gullet a real workout, and you look up from your plate just in time to see your Maybach speed by. That last bite sticks in your throat, refusing to budge. Whoever absconded with your über-uglified super S-Class boots ...

Brabus builds its own Exelero, hits 205 mph at Nardo 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the images to view in high-speed and high-resolution Remember the Maybach Exelero? The ultra-premium marque from Merceceds-Benz built it almost two years ago as a high-speed test vehicle based on its Maybach 57 luxury sedan, but unfortunately never offered production versions to the ...

Maybach 62 Landaulet unveiled 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image for high-res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/Leaked_Maybach_62_Landaulet_Return_of_the_four_door_convertible_pic'; The rumormill looks to have been accurate. Maybach will publicly unveil the Landaulet at the Middle East International Auto Show later this month. ...

Price of exclusivity rising: Maybachs get $3500 price increase 2 years ago on Autoblog

Mercedes has a novel idea to simulate sales of its sluggish-selling Rolls-Royce competitor. Since it's not selling as well as the company had hoped, why not crank up the price? The Maybach 57 and 62 have both received a $3,500 price increase for the 2008 model year, bringing their total tallies to ...

Enter the rumormill: Maybach 62 Laundaulet headed for Middle East debut 2 years ago on Autoblog

Even in the post-Chrysler age, Maybach remains a bit of a thorn in Mercedes' side. Its vehicles have been far less than the sales success hoped for, prompting Daimler to buy back 29 Maybach dealers. Subsequently the parent company wouldn't be so eager to invest more into the ultra-premium brand, ...

Mercedes-Benz buys back and closes 29 Maybach dealers 2 years ago on Autoblog

Audi has Bentley, BMW has Rolls-Royce (check out our review of the $400k Phantom!), and Mercedes-Benz has Maybach. Both Bentley and Rolls-Royce have proven to be valuable upper echelon assets for their respective parent companies, but Maybach has never made it that far. Expected to sell around 600 ...

Enter the rumormill: Mercedes to absorb Maybach into self 2 years ago on Autoblog

While we won't question the rationale behind dropping over $300-large on a tarted-up last-gen S-Class, Maybach dealers in the U.S. may be asking if it's smart business. According to Automotive News, M-B originally intended to sell 500 Maybachs each year from the over 70 dealers spread throughout the ...

�ber-CLS may be next from Maybach 2 years ago on Autoblog

Any way you look at it, Maybach has not been the success DaimlerChrysler had hoped for when it revived the old super-luxury badge a few years back. Industry sources – and by industry sources, we mean our magic 8-ball and cabinet of stuffed-animal advisors – all seem to agree that the ...

VIDEO: What does Evil look like at Speed? The Maybach Exelero 2 years ago on Autoblog

"The Exelero show car did more for us than all the tweaks to the 57/62 series combined." That's what a source inside Maybach had to say about the gargantuan showcar when speaking of future Maybach models. The Exelero, more than any other, looked like it was built to transport Darth Vader. But it ...

Joy Ride Rally combines fun and fundraising 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click image above for high-res gallery by the author and guest photog Jason Thorgalsen There are several Cannonball Run-type rallies that take place around the country (around the world in some cases). Fast cars breaking the sound barrier as they hustle from coast-to-coast in search of fame and ...

HP intros Maybach laptop with 64GB solid-state HD 2 years ago on Autoblog

We have no idea why branding a laptop computer with your logo is so attractive to high-end automakers these days, but apparently you're not a player until you've got one. First there was the Ferrari-Acer partnership, then ASUS and Lamborghini got together, and now we have Hewlett Packard, or HP as ...

Maybach expansion may include convertible, SUV 3 years ago on Autoblog

By most accounts, Maybach managed to move less than 300 units in all of 2006. These are low numbers even for an ultra-exclusive personal limo manufacturer. We can personally attest to the Maybach sedan being a very fine road car that is sumptuous and coddling, while simultaneously being capable of ...

Watch out Buick! Maybach drives for golfers 3 years ago on Autoblog

DaimlerChrysler would like to see more of its super-luxe Maybach limousines at local country clubs and has launched a new marketing campaign, principally in Europe, to promote its brand in the golf world. The campaign includes a sponsorship deal that places legendary professional golfer Nick Faldo ...

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