Maybach to put 62 Landaulet into production
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 put the thing into production.
Following a spat of rumors, Maybach initially unveiled the half limo/half convertible/half marshmallow in Dubai this past November, and then laid it on us in person at the Detroit show. It starts with the Maybach 62 S and then peeled off half the roof like a can of sardines and slathered whitewash all over the thing. Unfortunately, as we could see by the yellow Cayenne we showed you yesterday, money and taste don't always go together, and Daimler seems content to separate the former from those who don't have the latter. The reported list price rivals the concept itself for sheer lunacy: $1.19 million. That's an unfathomable $756k premium over the $433,750 list price for a 2008 Maybach 62 S, though we've found conflicting reports that it will start at £350,000 or around $685,000 USD. We'd like to speak to any potential customers considering buying a Maybach 62 Laundaulet about this bucket of extremely rare sand that we're offering for a very reasonable price.
We've added some new official high-res images of the 62 Laundaulet to our gallery of live shots from the 2008 Detroit Auto Show below.
[Source: Motor Authority]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
JPA914 12:07PM (1/23/2008)
I believe maybe you mean a *spate* of rumors not a spat. It changes the meaning of the sentence.
Regarding the Landaulet; I agree it is vulgar but it would be much less so in a more subdued color like black or even a two tone charcoal over navy. Then it might even be opulent. There can be a very fine line between the two.
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Tom 4:21PM (1/23/2008)
You would think for that kind of money they could have designed a more elegant way to store the roof.
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AntBee 5:20PM (1/23/2008)
I really like this car! If I had the money, and the need for it, I would buy it.
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Clarence Young 12:09PM (1/24/2008)
Thank you, Maybach, for adding some spice to the automotive world. You will be rewarded with 20 sales in Dubai and one to AntBee if she wins the lottery.
I continue to be amazed at the number of people posting here who want less and less variety.
icetraxx 5:43PM (1/23/2008)
I know a certain Austrian would have loved to have one of these...
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chad.dawkins 5:49PM (1/23/2008)
As the resident Maybach lover on Autoblog I want one!! It's the ultimate cruiser vehicle. That interior is also just *drools*
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AMcA 8:43PM (1/23/2008)
This will be very popular among Third World dictators. You know, the President-for-Life crowd.
And just think - we'll all pay for their Laundauets through the World Bank!
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Lamborrari 9:18PM (1/23/2008)
The reason why it costs over $1,000,000 is simple, they need to make up for the other Maybachs that they didn't sell. Maybach production is nowhere near where Daimler hoped it would be, and the brand is losing them money.
What Daimler needs to do is make Maybach's cars less like Mercedes-Benz's and more like their own brand. BMW didn't revitalize Rolls-Royce just to sell a restyled 7-Series, and now Rolls sold over 1,000 cars in a year for the first time in its history.
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Suraj 6:02PM (2/03/2008)
probable competition for the rolls royce drophead coupe.
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Alex 9:11AM (1/23/2008)
i really want to know how many they sell. i'm going to set the bar pretty high at 15.
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Jon 9:36AM (1/23/2008)
I'll take the under for $10
Overengineered 9:17AM (1/23/2008)
Landaulet - The dream of every army sniper whose mission is to get rid of the bad guy from africa or so...
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Evotec 9:21AM (1/23/2008)
lol...
steve 9:16AM (1/23/2008)
that is the ultimate pimpmobile, talk about bad taste
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Jon 9:38AM (1/23/2008)
First they fubar Chrysler and now this. Silly Germans...
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John P. 9:39AM (1/23/2008)
*shakes head*
I'd say if you want something exclusive and have the cash, something like this is the last thing in the world you'd want. Why not just jet into LA with your Shiny Haliburton Brief Case full of cash and have a one-off barge built by Chip Foose or something, not this ugly thing.
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ChrisL 9:42AM (1/23/2008)
Just for kicks I'd like to see a video of the transformation from closed to open. I'm thinking it's a pain to do with that tall cover over the folded roof section.
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Koko 9:50AM (1/23/2008)
I just can't fathom spending this kind of money. Or even fathom people have this kind of money. I'll take the under for $10 as well.
XJ X-traordinaire 9:45AM (1/23/2008)
I dont think we'll see a single one of these outside the Middle East.
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John Johnson 9:45AM (1/23/2008)
Haha, reminds me of Hammond's car in the Top Gear Limo challenge.
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