When Mercedes sent the new Mercedes-Maybach S600 to Motor Trend to test out, surely they knew the kind of clientele that the Motor Trend staff would put into the car. The new Maybach, although at least half the cost of the S57 and S62 über-limos that came out in the early 2000s, isn’t a stand-alone brand but is instead a sub-brand…think of it as the hyper-luxury equivalent of AMG for Mercedes. Sure, we could talk performance and handling, of which there’s adequate amounts, but in truth this car has more in common with a luxury jet than it does a car, especially for the rear passengers. But who would they use as a tester for this car? Someone with automotive knowledge had to be a must, but someone who is very critical of automobiles, who can pick apart details, and someone who was worthy of the pampering that this sophisticated, luxurious German could provide….who would fit that bill?
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Well, DF does know cars, and he has an errand to run, so why not? If you want to see Freiburger out of his element, sticking him into the back seat of a limo that costs as much as a decent house and showing him a jar of “Mercedes juice” is a good way to start. I’m willing to bet that an exec at Mercedes is going to explode in a fit of rage when he learns that they used the back end of the car to snarf down some Del Taco. And even that didn’t sway David’s opinion, as he traded the Mercedes for a late 1970s Dodge dually for the return trip. Sometimes too much is simply too much.
I’ll take one!
Watched it, hilarious.
Highlight was seeing a peek of Elana’s estate complete with garage/shop/warehouse. So big it requires a forklift.
It’s Brad Pitt!
nup….not my cuppa sorry. I was driving my `newer’ car the other day, the family hack, a 98 Falcon police car with 302 W and all the mod (for`98) cons and I realised its these mod cons that stop me from really liking it. Don’t get me wrong, a/c, cruise and all the bullshit electronic gimmickry are a laugh while they work but frankly they’re just more things to go wrong. I live in Australia, and I’ve been stranded in the middle of nowhere a number of times, always in older cars. Old wiring, fuel lines etc can be fixed with tape and crap and more importantly they are things I can stare at, understand and fix. A little part of my mind, every time I’m in the `new’ car, says yeh but what if the computer / a sensor/ a door actuator / the friggin battery dies and I can’t even get in to the bastard to fix it ( assuming I can even figure out what the hell’s gone wrong with it…. and that’s a basic ( by todays standards) car….so whats this got to do with a Maybach? Really, you NEED a cologne system, opacity level adjustment, blah blah blah?? Sure, your friendly Maybach mechanic can fix all that crap you don’t need and understand, but how far have you put yourself away from noble bangshift values of fixing the damn car yourself when it breaks down or the zombie apocalypse hits and you’re by yourself in the middle of nowhere? Nup, pass. I’ll take the cash and buy 20 or 30 other projects, thanks all the same.