With just two weeks before the Dubai Motor Show, the new Maybach 62 Landaulet has been revealed. Altough the producer says this is a concept a limited edition of just 20 units will be produced next year. The new model is based on the Maybach 62 but in reality is a semi-convertible.
In the 1920s and 1930s, especially in the United States, the term “landau” became used for a simulated convertible, in which a fixed roof of a sedan with solid rear quarters was covered with fabric or leather and fitted with side landau bars to make it appear like a convertible top. This became the commonly accepted definition of ‘landau’ in North American usage thereafter.
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