TIL Mercedes just started making a "Maybach" S550 4-Matic

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
08/22/2016 at 23:12 • Filed to: None

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For reasons I can’t quite explain I don’t like this. I let the whole “C450 AMG” thing slide, and the numbers-that-mean-nothing switch before that, but this is the straw that broke the opulent, over-engineered camel’s back!

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DISCUSSION (17)


Kinja'd!!! 404 - User No Longer Available > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
08/22/2016 at 23:26

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Something is unnatural in that picture about the chrome surrounding the windows and the pillars. Looks like it was applied cheaply as a “dealer option”.


Kinja'd!!! IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > 404 - User No Longer Available
08/22/2016 at 23:56

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Yes! Chrome pillars are NASTY


Kinja'd!!! V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
08/23/2016 at 00:16

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That's just stupid. The V12 makes the car


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
08/23/2016 at 00:24

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A “Maybach” for less than $200,000? Since when was Maybach for plebs?


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Nauraushaun
08/23/2016 at 01:16

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Finally! Something in my budget.


Kinja'd!!! Textured Soy Protein > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
08/23/2016 at 01:25

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A 450 hp twin turbo V8 still seems quite adequate for a limo like this.


Kinja'd!!! V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > Textured Soy Protein
08/23/2016 at 01:34

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It's not about the power. There's something about a V12 that no other engine can have. Also, you want the turbine smooth power that only a V12 can deliver


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
08/23/2016 at 01:49

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I’ve cancelled my order for a vastly more expensive Maybach, now that I’ve learned they’ve catered to the likes of you


Kinja'd!!! Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Nauraushaun
08/23/2016 at 01:56

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I’ll park it next to my “C430 AMG” and my “A6 S-Line!"


Kinja'd!!! Nauraushaun > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
08/23/2016 at 02:35

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Don’t forget the X5 M-sport


Kinja'd!!! Illegitimus Prime > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
08/23/2016 at 03:15

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Just wait until you see the VW Up! Bugatti Supersport.


Kinja'd!!! 404 - User No Longer Available > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
08/23/2016 at 08:28

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V12s are naturally balanced regardless of angle, V8s only at 90 degrees.

Source: http://www.caranddriver.com/features/the-p…


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
08/23/2016 at 08:29

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Oh I can explain ... it's a stupid idea. I know - let's resurrect a nameplate that no one remembers or associates with anything, and make gaudy cars based on a perfectly good luxury car! It can't fail!! Even though it did once ...!


Kinja'd!!! V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > 404 - User No Longer Available
08/23/2016 at 09:20

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I know: I daily drive a V12


Kinja'd!!! fintail > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
08/23/2016 at 10:30

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I’m waiting for the CLA 250 FWD Maybach, or maybe a B-electric Maybach.

Iwonder if there’s a higher model being planned, and the Maybach name is being moved down a notch. Maybe the top one will be a Zeppelin, no negative connotation there.


Kinja'd!!! hike > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
08/23/2016 at 12:22

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4Matic Maybach for states with snow. But yeah, without the V12 it loses quite a bit of luster.

It also loses Magic Body Control which is what gives it such a wonderfully smooth ride.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Textured Soy Protein
08/23/2016 at 23:51

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True but a big V-12 is more adequate-er