The Maybach Exelero can be yours... for $7.8 million
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Big-bucks enthusiasts annoyed that they're not the only ones at the club with a Veyron can now ensure that they arrive in total exclusivity. That's because the one-off Maybach Exelero, commissioned by Fulda to act as a high-profile demonstrator for its tire line of the same name, is now for sale. The Exelero isn't some delicate flower of a show car. Based on the Maybach 57 and powered by a 700-horsepower version of that car's turbocharged V12, the Exelero reached 218 mph at Nardo. In many ways, Exelero represents what Maybach could have and should have been -- a place where daring styling and incredible performance could merge with extreme luxury to compete with Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Instead, while the marque's sedans clearly get the luxury part of the equation right, in terms of styling, they basically work in anonymity, looking like peculiar old S-Class sedans. There's nothing anonymous about the Exelero, though, and for €5,000,000 (around $7.8 million USD), you can drive the sybaritic supercar that Daimler should have given Maybach all along.
Gallery: Maybach Exelero
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Colin Smith 1:08PM (7/06/2008)
Alien to all my beliefs: but I like it.
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Alex 5:02PM (7/06/2008)
What a hugely missed opportunity here... Maybach's product line would have been incredibly impressive had they put the Exelero into production as well as marketed the SLR...
(The SLR would have fit the image and intention of the Maybach brand a lot better than it does those of the Mercedes)
Lucas 7:42PM (7/06/2008)
who other than Satan will like to buy this car...
Mobius_1 9:27PM (7/06/2008)
@ Lucas
In another world, this IS Darth Vader's ride
Kumail 1:13PM (7/06/2008)
this will shut up all those people with their veyron's in dubai.
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paul34 1:34PM (7/06/2008)
Yes, because they won't see the Exelero in their rearview mirror anymore as they continue on to their top speed of far more than 218 MPH
Jeff Banks 4:17PM (7/06/2008)
paul34, I don't think you get the point...
Bryant 4:27PM (7/06/2008)
Jeff, the veyron's top speed is 253mph/407kph
CarlosMC 4:45PM (7/06/2008)
Hmmm... and where do you think this will, most likely, end up in??
3seriesisking 1:11PM (7/06/2008)
I like everything but the buckteeth grille. If they smoothed that out it would make it a whole lot better looking from the front
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Jon 2:30PM (7/06/2008)
looks like something geeley would design
Torrent 4:57PM (7/06/2008)
OMG 2nd commenter... it looks almost exactly like the Geeley.
A good idea... 2:47AM (7/07/2008)
Wrong! Geely looks like this, you gotta remember what was designed first...yeah.
jcar302 1:17PM (7/06/2008)
Pretty sweet, could use a black grill, and lose the ricer tail lights though.
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TIMMAH! 1:28PM (7/06/2008)
Yup, I was thinking the exact same thing about the taillights.
jcar302 1:18PM (7/06/2008)
Oh, and a billet gas cap? come on, the best kind of gas door, is the one you can't find.
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Kingcyrus 1:30PM (7/06/2008)
+1
Kingus 2:06PM (7/07/2008)
They have 2!
pat 1:26PM (7/06/2008)
Is there warranty and service maintenance that come with this car?
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slotownbrian 1:51PM (7/06/2008)
Hope there is; a Mercedes out of warranty is a nightmare, i couldn't begin to imagine a one off Maybach's reliability nightmare.