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Mercedes and Aston Martin Working Together to Save Maybach?
Mercedes-Benz finally appears to be getting its head straight in regards to the laughable Maybach brand. The Financial Times indicates that Mercedes is courting Aston Martin to help bring the Maybach name back from the brink; the plan is to allow the British automaker to both design and manufacture Benz's Bentley competitor. All these murmurings involve a lot of back-and-forth; in this case, Aston would do Mercedes's Maybach work, while Mercedes could provide powertrain tech to the British marque (think smaller displacement engines). Apparently outsourcing the next Maybach's assembly and coachwork to Aston could be cheaper than if Mercedes did it on its own.
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Review Compares New Mercedes-maybach S600 To Maybach 57s
It's really sad that Maybach didn’t make it as a standalone marque and had to be relegated to a Mercedes-Benz sub-brand. As luxurious and capable as Mercedes-Maybach S-Class limousines are, they lack a certain sense of occasion, that very...
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Mercedes-maybach Suv Coming After All, Based On The Upcoming Gls
Although Daimler ruled out a Mercedes-Maybach SUV when the new sub-brand launched late last year with the Mercedes-Maybach S600 luxury sedan, it appears that plans are changing fast. Read more »...
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Mercedes-maybach S-class Priced From €134,053 In Germany
As expected, owning a Maybach-badged Mercedes-Benz does not come cheap, with a €134,053.50 entry ticket in Germany for the S 500. Scheduled to arrive in European markets from February 2015, the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class models are available to order...
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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,...
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Mercedes-benz Reportedly In Talks With Aston Martin
The latest gossip from Rumorville county or shall we say Car magazine concerns a potential alliance between Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin. The British magazine reports that the two famous brands have been in talks for a while now and even though the...
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