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It's all over! Daimler-Benz will discontinue Maybach.
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The Maybach is a car for rich people in Westport CT who don't know anything about cars except that at the Westport country club that sort of thing impresses people. That market is now saturated so who needs it? It never ceases to amaze me how the rich who get the money are so dumb about how they spend it.
As far as bringing back old brands there is one that stands out - Ford Ranger. Ranger was a brand in the old E-division and for some reason they decided to put Edsel in front of it. Chrysler 300 is another one that may disappear again in a while.
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To me the new R-R Phantom looks exactly like what would have happened sooner if Germany had won WWII.
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Come to think of it, it looks more Stalin-esque than anything else.
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Come to think of it, it looks more Stalin-esque than anything else. That's what I would call a brilliant argumentation. An English car looks even more Stalin-esque than Stalin.  Good to know that this idea came into your head after mature deliberation. Attach file: (21.30 KB)
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That car was a long shot. They gave their best but lost several million dollars. As Howard already mentioned MB will fan out the S-class to six versions.
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Maybach was praised prematurely and received warm tailwind and that's no surprise - after buying Rolls Royce the eternal competitor BMW was close on the heels of MB in the luxury class.
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Lovely Maybach Zeppelin with body by Spohn at Hershey a few years ago. Unusual (but documented) color combination. Now an orphan car (again).
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The Maybaacchh looks like a Ford Taurus.
But I want to see is the NHTSA crash test videos.
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