SPIED: Maybach's Updated Luxo-barge Spotted In Beijing

The Truth About Cars reports:

Despite rumors of Maybach’s imminent demise, or, even more shocking, a sell-off to China’s BYD (a rumor that had been debunked the next day) Maybach is alive and well. Why, we don’t know. But anyway, Maybach will introduce a facelifted model at the upcoming Beijing Auto Show. The car is already in town...

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OBie - 4/7/2010 11:05:11 AM

+5 Boost

Looks like a 1999 MB S-Class, no wonder it didn't sell well. If only the designers had the perception of seeing past the late 90s design trends...

Deutschland - 4/7/2010 11:53:29 AM

+3 Boost

I still can't believe that Mercedes didn't have the sense to give Maybach it's own unique design language.

Willis - 4/7/2010 2:23:13 PM

-2 Boost

They did. They showcased the Mercedes Maybach concept in the mid 1990s and it was well received. The design doesn't look like an S class to me at all, but it's simply to elegant and bland. I don't find the Rolls Royce Phantom attractive at all but it's a Rolls Royce - anyone can see that. The Maybach looks expensive and premium, but I think people have a hard time relating the design a particular brand, since Maybach has been dead since World War II.

Agent63 - 4/8/2010 5:34:48 AM

+1 Boost

China has a big market for uber luxury barges. They like to be driven rather than drive themselves. It goes for most of Asia actually. I am currently in the Philippines and I get transported around in a Landcruiser Prado (Lexus GX)