chilledbenz

http://www.leftlanenews.com/slumping...le-values.html

"At a depreciation rate of $500 per day, the Maybach 62S decreases in value by an astonishing $182,500 during its first year on the road"

Holy ***** Batman! You drop nearly $500k on a car only to have it drop almost $200k in value over a years period. That car is in the rare category only for the fact that there aren't very many built and yet it loses that much. Guess if you can afford to buy it you can afford to take a price hit on it as well.

Wonder if the drop has anything to do with the inside reusing old S w220 parts? They really needed to update the interior bits for a car in that price range.

BENZITCH

I think it just deals with the fact that if you want one you only buy it new.

No Market for used hence price loss.

chilledbenz

I suppose your right, people that are buying these cars aren't the used car types.

But hows this for a choice...your in the market for a new S class and you could pick up a used low mileage Maybach for the same money..what do you do lol.

blazinginder

^ me personally, low mileage maybach

BENZITCH

Maybach 4 sure.

Talked to one of the reps a few years back at Amelia Island show, and he was open to letting you play with them.

Ended up with a few of there hats, and a few drinks.

Nice bunch to talk with, but of course the rep was from NJ.

chilledbenz

Well in reality it would most likely be a high mileage Maybach for the price of a new S class, but that would still be an interesting choice. The only thing that really throws me off with the Maybach is all the old recycled S w220 interior parts, they could have at least tried to hide them.

Jon2007E63P30

Maybach sold a total of 3 cars in the US in Jan 2009

ghaffar23

The problem with these cars and all of MBenz's high-end cars is that they cost too friggin' much to maintain. Since it shares the W215 and W220 interior and engine components, it's bound to have the same share of problems. Mercedes cars will always have terrible resale value if they can't step up to the plate with reasonable maintenance costs. Period. It's not that I hate Mercedes, I love them. However, the hassle of having to take in my mom's CL600 every couple weeks for some computer-related problem got old 4 years ago. There's so much money put into that car long after it was paid off. It just totally turned me off from Mercedes for while. They need to get their act right.

CynCarvin32

Welcome to 2007. The MB line has been a leader in quality since 2007. I assume you had a 2001-2003 CL. Those were terrible and no one will debate that.

Every MB I have had sicne 2007 (5 now) has basically been flawless except for a stupid leaking plug in the back of the M272 motor (very common and know issue) and wear items like bushings. Bushing wear out as rubber just degrades with time and use. I cant complain there.

So get a new MB and enjoy it. But the days of everyone spending their lives in the service drive are over. My S63 has had not one trip to the dealership other than for two oil changes in 14k miles.

Fraser

I asked on the W221 forum and it seemed the answer, rather expectedly, was a W221!

https://mbworld.org/forums/new-s-cla...tead-w221.html

chilledbenz

There were some interesting posts there. Funny that no one was a taker on a used Maybach over a new S class. Might have something to do with warranty issues, older MB products can put a major dent in your wallet when things go wrong. So put the out of pocket repair cost and the fact that is reuses so many older parts together and you have me leaning towards a new S class as well.

I will say one thing about the Maybach, its much more impressive in person. No one really knows how big of a car it is till you see it in front of you, pictures don't do it justice. Then you can get the 65 and have even more room, those are more along the lines of a shortened limo. But for the money we are talking about in this thread, a 65 would still be out of reach.

jbondox

I still think the interior is light years above any Bentley or RR.

As for the depreciation... come on, they are making it so rap stars can afford their own now so they can quit borrowing them for videos...

Franman

I see no less than 3 of them every time I'm in Vegas

jbondox

well since it wasn't asked, I am going to give my opinion anyways of the Maybach

First off, it smokes...hands down... any RR or Bentley, I could care less what electronics platform it is on or the so called aging interior. You can only build an interior so luxurious to the point it will look hideous if one more thing was added to it. I have been in pretty much everything, from caddy to Maybach 62's there is nothing that does not compare... hands down.

Second, and what really is the issue with Maybach is that they have yet to step up and control the value of the vehicle. It is not exclusive nor the idea of it being exclusive when it is losing 1/2 of its value over 2 years. I feel bad for those Maybach dealers that have to spend the money for the Maybach studio. The concept is awesome, however it is mismanaged on scale that will ruin the Maybach line further, if not totally kill it. Same with AMG vehicles, very sad!

QQQ

And just 6 across Canada in 2008!

Oxygen

Watch out for used Maybachs... the front control arms are $2600/each, the front struts are $8500/each and the rears are $9200 each!

The water-cooled alternator comes in at a whopping $16,500!

Pavka007

Looks like I will be driving my W140 I love it

Teutonic

Jon, are you speaking from knowledge and if so where did you discover this stat?

rnds

The interesting thing is it is about to get a facelift -- and bizarrely, despite spending many millions trying to create an entirely new brand with its own identity, Daimler appear to be altering the shape of the grille to look more like the S class's. Not only that, they recently have started using standard S class switches in the Maybach, replacing some of the painted wood ones that Daimler made such a big deal about. And further parts sharing can be seen in the S class Pullman where they have used the Maybach's center console for the rear Passengers.

LetsJet

What is the justification for this? Are these actually limited production parts or can they be spec'ed from some other source /car?

dgiturbo

Also, why would one want to "water cool" an electrical generating part?

carsnob

It's all relative. The question one has to ask oneself whether buying a Maybach or Mazda, is how much am I prepared to lose. Of course the first year is the biggest hit. If you can maintain a Benz and keep it then eventually it bottoms out a number and holds that value...

gaazmon

Ya, +1. F*ck paying that kind of money. I'll take a W221 instead.

Btw, Pavka007, nice flag in your sig (check out my avatar pic)

MB_Fahrer

Maybach over S class any day.

MB_Fahrer

I would be shocked if MB actually designed these parts specifically for the Maybach. They are probably left over parts from the S class.