Daimler Puts a Third Option on the Table: Turn Maybach into a Sub-Brand for Mercedes
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Daimler Puts a Third Option on the Table: Turn Maybach into a Sub-Brand for Mercedes



The future of the ailing Maybach brand will be decided, according to reports, until the end of July. Up until now, the German firm’s parent company, Daimler, was faced with two options: either axe the brand entirely, or work with another carmaker, preferably Aston Martin, to share the development and manufacturing costs to the successors of to its not-so-well received uber-sedans.

Now, according to Automotive News, it seems that a third option is on the table: that Maybach will become a sub-brand of Mercedes-Benz.

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