Built on the old W140 S-Class tank chassis resized with updated tech and with half W220 front and half W221 rear styling cues, the Maybach 57 and 62 are getting a little old. Sales figures are not up to expectations. What’s this – a new Maybach model we see? Not exactly. The Maybach Zeppelin series are basically the same old 57 and 62 with a more powerful version of the 6.0 litre V12 from the 57 S and 62 S, a two-tone exterior and a built-in perfume spray (the Peugeot 308 also has something similiar).
Power is up only 28 horses to 640hp while torque remains at a massive 1,000Nm, thanks to the V12′s twin turbocharged technology. The interior gets some high-spec California beige leather and shiny lacquered piano black trim. The car’s carpeting are made of genuine lambskin. The earlier mentioned perfume spray uses two scents (one light and refreshing and the other is heavier and woodier) developed for Maybach by Givaudan.
The price? €406,000 for the Maybach 57 Zeppelin while the 62 Zeppelin costs €473,200. The perfume spray is optional, costing an extra €3950.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
I like how it is put.
W140 chassis, W220 front styling cues, W221 rear styling cues and a perfume spray inside (even a Peugeot 308 has it).
Hahahaha.
I think Maybachs are P.O.S..
The Rolls-Royce Phantom is much better.
They named it after a balloon? OK OK its an airship but …
mahligai on wheels
It’s funny what names super highly paid consultants come out with…
The Zeppelin? Reminds people of something huge, caught fire and killed a bunch of people…
is maybach a buckingham palace on wheels ??
with that kind of money you can buy a whole car dealership!!…so lets slap on proton badge on it and call it the all new proton PERDANA!!!hahaha…:P!
the funny thing is , if my memory serves me right, is the RR actually outsold their target amount by 100% , while maybach is undersold by half .
the most important thing is maybach looks too much like a mercedes s-class. thinking that the s-class is revised now , and the maybach looks like something that comes from the previous generation. rolls score a point here where it has the look and it has a completely different look than the 7series although that certain components has been recycle inside the rolls royce.
at this price level, 2 things come together … prestige and comfort.
BMW better.
zeppelin? is this an airship?
I saw Raja Nazrin sitting on a -maybach- outside istana kinta during the swearing in of new BN MB (support nizar) of Perak on tv3 news report. Some demonstrator are trying block his car to enter istana…maybe they want to have a look inside it…hehe.
The old model cost about RM 8 million=8 standard merc s-class.
“The Zeppelin? Reminds people of something huge, caught fire and killed a bunch of people… ” well technically that would be the Hindenburg, so I guess they didn’t use THAT name!
Probably named by a Led Zeppelin fan.
What da’ heck?! 4 grand for a perfume?!! Then again…a person who could afford the Maybach, money is mere toilet paper for them only….like the Zeppelin name’s btw…plus limo with 1,000 of torque…nice!
One more thing missing…built in Smart Tag
Built in perfume…..makes your new car smell like 10 years old. You gonne miss the smell of new car very soon
waalau….4000 euros for a perfume? thats around RM19k.
you can buy a hyundai atos in europe with that money.
if i can buy a car with that amount of money..i still prefer supercar than this…for this kind of car..it should be enough to get a s-class tho..or my fav..mase quattroporte…