View Poll Results: Do you like the MAYBACH???
It's 100% ugly
1
4.55%
It looks like a Hyundai
2
9.09%
It's a disappointment
4
18.18%
MB could have done better!
2
9.09%
I hope the S doesn't follow it!!
1
4.55%
It's okay
6
27.27%
It's the nicest car I've ever seen
6
27.27%
Dispose of it
0
0%
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Do You Like The Maybach????
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Do You Like The Maybach????
It seems that people are questioning the Maybach's exterior styling (from germancarfans). People are saying that it's bland, ugly, looks like a Hyundai, etc. What do you all think? I truely think it's 100% ugly on the outside and it's a real disapointment!
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DOMINIC
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From: Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada
2005 smart cabrio; 2008 Mercedes-Benz B 200
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The exterior of the car is bland. Honestly, it's hard to make a land yacht like a Maybach look elegant or even beautiful, and it is neither.
It's not really like a Hyundai or anything else, just an amalgam of all bland designs I've seen before, a sort of pastiche of a blancmange
The only thing impressive about the appearance of the car is its MASSIVE size, this thing makes a 1974 Caddy Sedan DeVille look like a puddle jumper.
Yes, the new Roller is ugly, but at least it's distinctive and demands attention due to its imposing road presence. A better job than the M-B, I think.
I have seen some very pretty large show cars such as the Pininfarina Nautilus (it's a shame that Peugeot did not build it), so it can be done.
Why M-B did not go to an outside design house such as Pininfarina (my favourite), Bertone, Ital Design etc for the Maybach is beyond me.
When creating a new marque (which the Maybach essentially is; let's face it, it has zero in common with the ur-Maybach), a distinctive brand identity is required. To me, the Maybach looks like the obese, uglier brother of the S-Class. Clearly it was done by M-B stylists. In this case, it's not a good thing.
It's not really like a Hyundai or anything else, just an amalgam of all bland designs I've seen before, a sort of pastiche of a blancmange
The only thing impressive about the appearance of the car is its MASSIVE size, this thing makes a 1974 Caddy Sedan DeVille look like a puddle jumper.
Yes, the new Roller is ugly, but at least it's distinctive and demands attention due to its imposing road presence. A better job than the M-B, I think.
I have seen some very pretty large show cars such as the Pininfarina Nautilus (it's a shame that Peugeot did not build it), so it can be done.
Why M-B did not go to an outside design house such as Pininfarina (my favourite), Bertone, Ital Design etc for the Maybach is beyond me.
When creating a new marque (which the Maybach essentially is; let's face it, it has zero in common with the ur-Maybach), a distinctive brand identity is required. To me, the Maybach looks like the obese, uglier brother of the S-Class. Clearly it was done by M-B stylists. In this case, it's not a good thing.
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From: MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA
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interior does look awesome although has been criticism that too many parts have been share with the S class etc.
Can you argue that the lwb version is worth like 2.5 S600;s??
Exterior especially the front looks like a Hyundai...
hyundai
Can you argue that the lwb version is worth like 2.5 S600;s??
Exterior especially the front looks like a Hyundai...
hyundai
