ˆ Thus sprache Zetsche: Maybach not going anywhere

tags : dieter zetsche , dieterzetsche , maybach , maybach 57 , maybach 62 landaulet , maybach 62 s , maybach landaulet , maybach57 , maybach62landaulet , maybach62s , maybachlandaulet , mercedes , mercedes-benz , zetsche

Seemingly nothing – not the credit crunch, not miniscule sales, not its own lengthy, lugubrious looks – can kill the Maybach. People who have wondered how long Mercedes will keep dishing out tiny servings of the enormous cars can wonder no more: top guy Dieter Zetsche has said Maybach is here to stay, and that the brand "is not losing money." We don't know how a division that moved just 146 cars last year, even if they start at $372,000, isn't losing money. But the $1.35 million Landaulet should help things, and to be to be fair, Zetsche has said before that Maybach's profitability or otherwise is not the issue – the car is a suitable competitor to Rolls-Royce and Bentley. And Daimler has demonstrated patience: it waded through the rough times with the smart car division for ten years, and now has black ink and a hot brand to show for it.

posted : 10/15/2008 @7:34:45 PM

ˆ Russian aristocrats travel in luxury cabs

tags : luxury taxi , luxurytaxi , maybach , maybach 62 , maybach taxi , maybach62 , maybachtaxi , porsche cayenne , porsche cayenne taxi , porschecayenne , porschecayennetaxi , russia , russian taxi , russiantaxi , techart , techart magnum , techartmagnum

It's a brilliant marketing come-on, really. Who wants to climb into a GAZ-24, however appealing it might be to obscure-car guys, when you could sink into the all-enveloping sumptuousness of a Maybach 62? Need to get to Gorky Park quickly? A Porsche Cayenne outfitted with a meter and checkerboard detailing awaits at the curb. It's not just a fancied-up VW, still carrying the VR6 behind the Porsche crest, either. No, this Cayenne is a TechArt Magnum, packing enough horsepower to light Long Island. Shaking that covey of shifty-eyed men in the shiny black Zil won't be a problem. It's not known if the fare is commensurate with the price of the vehicle, however.

posted : 4/7/2008 @1:07:03 PM

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