Supermodel status
The price tags might scrape the half million mark, but then these new limos do come with their own perfume atomiser “WHAT? HOW MUCH?” These are the first words you are likely to hear when you tell people the cost of the new Maybach 57 and 62 Zeppelin special editions. Property prices may be falling, [...]
The price tags might scrape the half million mark, but then these new limos do come with their own perfume atomiser
“WHAT? HOW MUCH?” These are the first words you are likely to hear when you tell people the cost of the new Maybach 57 and 62 Zeppelin special editions. Property prices may be falling, but these two super-limos from Maybach, the car brand owned by Mercedes- Benz’s parent, Daimler – will set you back more than the average family house in the UK. Exactly how much? Try £419,750 (for the 57) and £488,750 (62). That includes VAT, of course.
For that bank-breaking figure you get contrasting paintwork – the one pictured here is in Taiga Black contrasted with the exotically named Rocky Mountains Light Brown – as well as a perfume atomiser, lambskin carpets and metallic champagne flutes inscribed with the Zeppelin logo. The important stuff like the walloping 6.0-litre V12 engine (tweaked to produce an extra 28bhp to take it up to 631bhp) and new 20-inch wheels almost appear an afterthought.
And just in case you’re wondering, the Zeppelin name is a historic one for Maybach. When the company was founded 100 years ago, Maybach was a subsidiary of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin company who made the airships that went on to be used as bombers in World War I and eventually the ill-fated Hindenburg passenger airship.
We suspect that if you can afford this automotive behemoth, you’re in the type of business that, unlike the Hindenburg, won’t go up in smoke.
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Stephen Worthy
