July 21st, 2010 |
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British mag Auto Express is reporting that Daimler executives have a plan in place to close the door on Maybach. The ultra-luxury brand, purchased by Daimler-Benz in 1960, was restarted as an automotive brand in 2002 following the 1997 introduction of the Mercedes-Benz Maybach concept in Tokyo. Maybach was founded as a heavy-duty engine production [...]
July 21st, 2010 |
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German automaker Daimler is denying reports from Chinese media that it plans to sell off its luxury brand Maybach. The Chinese newspaper Guangzhou Daily was reporting that China’s BYD Co. Ltd. was considering making a bid for the Maybach brand. BYD is a Chinese car and battery manufacturer 10 percent owned by billionaire Warren Buffet’s [...]
July 21st, 2010 |
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Auto China 2010 played host to the debut of the facelifted 2011 models from Maybach. The cars are being viewed by many as a last-ditch effort to keep the struggling Maybach brand alive. Daimler’s most luxury automotive brand was responsible for just 200 units sold in all of 2009. It is for this reason that [...]
July 21st, 2010 |
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A custom car body manufacturer in Weinsberg, Germany, has developed a new coupe body for the Maybach limousine that looks nothing like the Maybach Exelero concept seen five years ago. The Xenatec Group will produce their version in a loose partnership with Daimler, limiting the series to just 100 units. The Maybach 57S coupe will [...]
July 21st, 2010 |
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The awesome Maybach Exelero concept of 2005 received so much attention on sites like WCF that we thought Daimler would build it. Unfortunately that did not happen. Instead as soon as it had finished its mission of testing Fulda’s new high performance tyres and appearing at certain auto shows, the Exelero was retired to the [...]