Tom Sederburg

I would like to see a picture of a Maybach key.

If anyone has one please post it.

Thanks,
Tom

MNG

here are some pics

Tom Sederburg

Hey thanks MNG. :-)

Later,
Tom

ruykava

hmm, i was hoping they would come up with something more exclusive for the Maybach! i mean, how hard can it be to redesign the outside of the standard Merc key?

Tree

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I don't think a $30,000 Benz should bear practically any resemblance to a $300,000 Maybach.

AsianML

What do you think it should like like? The ignition system is still the same, so the tip will look the same still. That's what you get, when you get SmartKey.

ruykava

yes of course the tip must be the same, but there's quite a bit of the key left which the designers could have played with. i mean, just make the whole thing out of machined metal, give the fob a sleeker shape... and it would look a lot more expensive yet doesn't cost that much more. you don't even need to think about mass production given the low volume.

if only a few more maybach owners decide to buy because they like the key (i know, not a major consideration of most potential owners, but a nice key says something about the care that has gone into the car itself) i'm sure it's a good business decision as well.

Bentley for example has basically the same key as its parent VW, but a bit of extra work makes it extra special...
http://automobilesdeluxe.blogspot.co...-arnage-t.html

Bluestrike2

The Veyron also shares its key with VW, but its far nicer - its a small thing that really adds a touch of class to a vehicle.

PhilipM1

If the whole key was chrome. It would get figner prints. It would look "ugly". I wouldnt be practicle. And, the MB key looks good. Why change it. Unless they whent with the BMW pocket key. Looks like a credit card, stays in your pocket.

Crazy MB Rob

Who came out with that first??...since Mercedes-Benz has the Keyless-GO system with a card and on the newer models you still get a smart key but either one you can keep in your pocket. Mercedes switched back to the Key instead of the card on Keyless-GO systems because all functions are easier with it and you can still slap it in the ignition if you want to. Has anyone seen the New MB keys with Chrome on the sides? That looks pretty sweet to me, the buttons are still "plastic" where you press all the time so it wont get fingerprints much, but the sides are chrome so it has that HIGH CLASS look to it.

Crazy MB Rob

MB's key for the latest models out:

Tree

The $90,000 S Class looks good. Why change it? Let's just charge an extra $210,000 and call it a day. If I'm (I'm not) paying that amount of money for a car, I want the best key in the world. I want a special key for my special Maybach.

Jblackbelt

i agree that one would expect the maybach to have a sharper key then a benz, but as mentioned before bentley's key is a vw key with a special touch (the bently emblem and i belive chrome sides). the RR phantom key (which i havent seen any pic of, but id like to) ive heard is another verison of a bmw 7 series key. so its not just Maybach, all the car companies do it.

Tom Sederburg

Here's the thing people, as Rob pointed out the standard MB key was redesigned last year to make it more elegant. This being the case, what makes you think they haven't done the same for Maybach?

Perhaps the current Maybach key looks nothing like the one MNG posted?

Think about it.

Later,
Tom

P.S. If it was to be finished all in chrome they could certainly cover it with an anti-fingerprint coating.