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The new flagship model in the Maybach
line-up, the newly developed Maybach 62 S, is celebrating its world
premiere at the Auto China 2006 international motor show in Beijing
this November 2006 – a move which further expands the brand’s range
of high-end luxury saloons.
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The "S" in the model
designation stands for "Special" and draws attention to the
fact that the Maybach engineers at the state-of-the-art
Manufaktur workshops in Sindelfingen have incorporated
features requested by their highly discerning customers into
the 62 S model. The result is a new dimension in traveling
comfort, especially for the passengers in the generously
proportioned rear compartment of the new high-end luxury
saloon.
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Not to mention a prodigious
power output thanks to the enhanced potency of the
twelve-cylinder engine developing 450 kW/612 hp, making the
new 62 S model the world's most powerful chauffeur-driven
saloon in series production.
Following the immense success
of the Maybach 57 S – which blends luxurious comfort with a
sporty temperament and, on account of its dynamic sports
car-like handling, is favoured by highly discerning
customers who harbour a profound passion for motoring and a
desire to drive the Maybach themselves – the Maybach 62 S is
the fourth and latest model to join the Maybach range of
luxury saloons. It is primarily designed to be
chauffeur-driven and meets the very highest of standards in
terms of space and comfort – for a truly relaxing ride – and
dynamism for saving that most precious of commodities: time.
Precisely what is needed in these increasingly frenetic
times.
Armed with this ideal
combination of attributes, the Maybach 62 S sets new
standards at the high end of the passenger car industry and
also continues the tradition of the legendary Maybach
saloons which represented the elite in German and
international carmaking circles back in the 1920s and 1930s.
Even then, many Maybach cars were built and equipped to be
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Dynamic elegance further emphasised by
the exterior Eye-catching exterior features accentuate the dynamic
presence of the new Maybach 62 S and clearly distinguish it from the
62 model.
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These include a modified front end
with a strikingly redesigned radiator grille as well as new,
distinctive 20-inch spoked wheels and a modified light-cluster
design. Like the 57 S model, the new Maybach 62 S boasts lavish
single-tone paintwork in black or silver, both of which are
available exclusively for the "S" models. Alternatively,
customers can now specify a special paint finish in shimmering
white. Discreet "62 S" lettering adorns the front wings beneath the
A pillars and the boot lid, while a modified rear apron with two
integral, trapezoidal exhaust tailpipes hints strongly at the
immense performance potential of the 62 S.
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Further enhance the interior
The contemporary Maybach
interpretation of lavish luxury and consummate comfort and
superlative dynamism is also reflected in the interior of the 62 S.
Here high-grade materials are hand-finished to perfection for an
intentionally distinctive and particularly exclusive look, all in
inimitable Maybach style.
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Carefully coordinated
applications of exquisite piano lacquer and sporty carbon
create an atmosphere of exclusive elegance both in the rear
compartment and in the driver's direct field of vision and
activity. Newly designed, high-grade leather upholstery
tastefully accentuates this overall impression.
Twelve-cylinder powerplant and
comfort-tuned chassis Effortlessly superior performance in
any situation comes courtesy of a Mercedes-AMG-enhanced V12
powerplant developing 45 kW/62 hp more than the engine
specified for the Maybach 62. The twelve-cylinder engine in
the Maybach 62 S has a displacement of six litres and an
output of 450 kW/612 hp by virtue of a twin turbocharger and
a water-type intercooler. The impressive maximum torque of
1000 Nm (electronically limited) is available over a wide
engine speed range between 2000 and 4000 rpm. |
This provides even the most sportily
inclined of Maybach drivers with effortless power reserves at all
times. With acceleration from zero to 100 km/h in only 5.2 seconds,
the new Maybach 62 S impressively demonstrates its outstanding
performance potential. The top speed is electronically limited to
250 km/h in chauffeur-driven vehicles.
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The exclusivity of the twelve-cylinder
powerplant is underlined by a model plate on the cover bearing the
personal signature of the Mercedes-AMG technician who assembled it
by hand based on the now familiar "one man, one engine" principle.
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In contrast to the sportier
configuration of the 57 S models for owner-drivers, which
features a stiffer chassis, the Maybach engineers decided to
retain the full spring travel for the 62 S in order to
achieve an outstanding, practically unsurpassed level of
ride comfort?
In terms of comfort, the
chassis marks the absolute pinnacle of automotive
engineering. Yet it also offers a high degree of dynamic
potential for reliably transferring the power to the road
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Hence the Maybach developers have
succeeded in reconciling, to a near perfect degree, two very
different requirements.
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