You said it all. i agrre

It would be nice if you (The Insider) didn’t stick that stupid WTF banner on top of the car so we could actually see it !!!!

Amen a complete waste of leather/wood/metal/time and money. Total idiot tax for those with no sense or taste

how vulgar is this car let me count the ways

come on the germans own rolls royce and are able to make art. However when they are allowed to roam free they bung as much stuff as they can into it. It is pathetic they should know after the first version tho go subtle, calm and beutiful but they don’t listen to critiscm so what hope is there for them. Maybe we need WW3 now so they will listen

to right this should be the wtf car of the year!! just why would you!! anybody who buys one over the simply amazing but vulgar rolls drophead need to be shot!!! keep voting for this!!

Oh. Dear. Again, it looks like a nasty product of a tasteless tuning company, but it was the main company themselves that did this! What on Earth is going on?!

I hope pidgeons deface the passenger compartment of every one of these, however you pronounce its stupid, French-ish name.

Bad Mercedes! BAD!!

What a creation, i hope dearly that the rich by this car, so i am able to get a good shot at them with an agg. truly something gone very very wrong, whats next a black series.

the perfect car for any goverment or publacist that wants to get there VIP snipered. theres only two people who would need this car, the pope (but not very safe seen as he has a bullet proof phone box on wheels atm). and 2 jeremy so when he gets put in charge off transport in this country he can stand in the back directing idiot drivers to the “weigh bridge” (ie idiot driver culling post). This can range from driving in an idiot like manor or just buying a stupid car , city rover for example. im sure maybach could fit it with a cock-o-meter. and maybe a pop up machine gun wen the roof is down! now were talking! stupid car but great potentcial!

anyone that would buy this or any other Maybach wouldn’t be reading this blog.

It has to be this pile. The only reason this car exists is because people with a lot of money and a tiny penis can feel good about themselves.

3 to 4 cars down and i am already speechless………………….

Proof that money can’t buy you taste, disgusting when you think of the absolutely fantastic garage you could build for the price of ONE of these “cars”.

The definition of snob

I bet really why the rich are buying them so that when they get them they can destroy them like they deserve.

Also why would want to have a convertible limo its like having a convertible taxi (pointless)

That is a waste of materials that could have gone into making a Phantom.

What are u idiots rameling on about???This is the pinnacle of thecnology for the passager.If they ever make a stretch-limo of an S class,this is how it would look.Do you really think the RR phantom is sleek and beautiful? It`s a U.S pimp/rappers car.U brits are narrow-minded about RR and Bentley!

A last comment:If the Maybach was british,u lot would fall over yourselves in pride!”This wonderful brittish creation,and so forth…And cab for the passager?THAT`S BECAUSE IT`S NOT A DRIVERS CAR!!!People who own one of these MASTERPIECES tend to sit in the BACKSEAT!And they do not spend their time walking around it,looking at it.They are INSIDE!the RR Phantom?Please?Pimps and Rappers in L.A drives around in Phantoms with 24″ rims.Thats taste for u.You posh,selfrigeous,stiff upperlip brits.The Bentley Arnage has an 50`s power-unit from chrysler,uppdated ofcourse but still,and last time i checked Crysler was american.So ease up on foreign cars until U can brag about someting you have designed without help from abroad.Jaguar=Ford Aston,well who knows,they change owners once a year.RR=Volkswagen,Bentle y=BMW.Hurts,doesn`t it? HEHEHE

Q. What could be worse than driving in a Maybach?
A. Driving in a one in which everyone can see you, curse you and given the opportunity even spit on you!

no we dnt hate this car just cause it isnt british we dnt just like the rolls royce and bentley cos they have british heritage we like them cos there nicer cars (in our oppinion) than the maybach. yes its gud for buisness men to do work in but u cut the roof off it and ur papers fly away or your laptop gets wet. only time it would be useful would be in some were hot and sunny but most people go to these places to get away from work not to work while been driven passed them. they go to south off france to enjoy the sun and relax they go to claifornia holiday and visit friends then go to new york or go to london or berlin to work were most off the time its cold and its raining. point proven this car stupid and pointless! convertables are a car off pleasure not a car of work. we no longer have dictators and presidents that hand out the roof off cars and limo’s because its not safe nor practical therefore this car has no other use than saying i have a bigger wallet than you in your normal maybach! stare at me! give it a year and ull see it on cribs or on a rap video with pidlly doo dah or 13p (creditcrunch messing with exchangerates).

Want a car which has everything you don’t want? Want you neighbours to kill them selves over the looks of your new car? Buy a Maybach Landaulet, and help destroy our streetview.

I’m guessing not a single one of us writing here have driven one of these or had the ‘distinction’ of being driven around in one. I’m also guessing the makers never thought exterior looks were the key selling point. So judgements on how bad the experience of ownership are seem quite funny. Hands up, how many would decline a free day with the Landaulet and a chauffer?

What about the X6 ? Surely that counts as a nominee.

As for this, I’ll actually say it isn’t all that bad, better than the standard at least (the standard Maybach sucks).

how vulgar do you need to be to buy the ugliest car in the business just because it’s the most expensive.

Definitely Maybach

I guess I can’t hate a car more than the Maybach

This is the winner of this contest. It’s politically incorrect, useless and hideous. Enough said.

“A car with its very own caste system? Made by Germans? Stop there…”
HAHAHA the funniest thing I have ever read on this site. I like the S-class and other large sedans, but Mayback as a brand has no reason to exist.

oops i ment Maybach

Does the driver get a special ‘Maybach driver’ badge that he must wear at all times too?

YES BRUNO!Wich one of us would say no to a day in the Maybach,with a chauffer.And idiots:The top has a futuristic design,for u brits,that makes it go up and shield u from the rain.But some of u are so stupid,u would just sit there in the rain,going:why dont this car have someting over my head that stops me from getting wet?

this car is genius, its the extreme luxury car witch is not a brick, actually looks nice and has a interesting design

And to “True brit”: The Phantom IS already on cribs,with 24-26″ chrome rims and the interior ripped out,and changed to cloth from Louis Vitton or Armani,and P.I.M.P or 50 cent wowen into the headrests.And 25 10″ monitors everywhere.backseat-headr ests,so the person driving behind u,can see,roof,places u cant even see!all hooked up to a PS3.Yeah,the Phantom is NOT a freakin pimpmobile….dah!”and they spinnin,and they spinnin,and they spinnin…”

Buying one of these is loosely equivalent to admitting your parents should have used Condoms more often.

Sorry,but i keep remembering idiotic things on the Phantom for those of u that says the mayback has too much of things u dont need:the RR Phantom has an UMBRELLA that shoots out when u open the suicide-doors!And a humidor for cigars!The maybach altso have this,but if u light up something that smells like its been pulled from “the young ones” Nigel`s ASS in a 400.000 dollar car,well,u deserve to be shot! Last,but not least,my dad drives a Mercedes SLR 300 McLaren.My mom drives a SL 350,me,i drive a Boxter S,and the “family-car” is an ML 63 AMG.Yes,i come from a wealthy family,and CAN afford pretty much any car i fancy.Thats why u lot,with ur toyotas and maybe a used Lexus i.s 200,or a bimmer from the 90`s,tuned and styled to the borderline rediculous doesnt apply to me.I`m sure a maybach 62 Landaulet will make its way to my neigborhood in the forseeable future,while u lot will never come whitin 500 yards from one.It`s good to be rich,and enyone who says it isnt,well,theyre eiter broke or stupid!

Vie:U can only WISH u were me;)

One day I will buy one just to make you peasants angry…Fantastic car!

Boxer? why didn’t you buy a 911?

Just out of curiosity.

Crash it, thrash it, burn it, bomb it. Nuff said. Might be even more rewarding with Autofiliac in the back seat.

My dad paid for a boxter because he had a 911 when he was younger,and since im 20 yrs old and the boxter is mid-engined it`s not gonna kill me,like a 911 will,he thinks,even thou i know all of u would welcome that.Plus the ensurance.But u lot wishing me dead because you love cars that looks like bricks and technology from the 50`doesn`t change enyting for me,other than a good laugh.

Pete:where does it hurt the most?A,your head!Well,that`s because its stuck up ur ass,mate.

Autofiliac, in what way are we living in the 50s driving box cars? Have you seen Jaguar? Aston Martin? Even the Vauxhall Insignia?

Maybe you should stop pretending to know about cars and scoot to the shops in Daddy’s little Boxster.

Oh yeah, this car would make sense in Dubai, where the flashing of cash is quite acceptable, and, to be fair, that’s probably where Maybach were aiming, but over here it is considered vulgar and tasteless.

Cant wait for the extra bling edition… perhaps with an even more over-the-top top? Call it the Mr Trump edition. Package it with apartment of faux classical architecture and a ‘megalomania edition’ yacht and one is set for life. Gold lettering text insignia/crest comes standard on the C-pillar.

Mikeado:Vauxhall Insignia?come on.please?who owns Jaguar?Ford.Aston must have a retard as an accountant,because they go bankrupt twice a year.Vauxhall is an Opel!Morgan?Wood-chassis! I`ll give u the new Jag XKR,but that is really an aston.I like the baby-aston V8.And unlike you,i have aktually driven the cars you only dream about.Do you think i`we never driven my dad`s McMerc? And another thing,is every other brit an illiterate,or do you write like “tat” because u really wish u was a gangsta from Compton,L.A instead of a peasant from Hackney,London?

No, ‘tat’ means useless and rubbish.

Tata own Jaguar.

I concede the Insignia.

Don’t call us peasants and look down on us with a smug face because you’ve got a silver spoon in your arse.

And if I wanted to drive an Aston, I could easily hire one. No, it isn’t like owning one, it’s more like all the sex, none of the responsibility, thus is arguably better.

autofiliac, stop criticising everyone else, a boxter produced today would probably get this award! your spelling is none to perfect: ‘aktually’ ‘u’. there are very few peasants in Hackney anymore. just ‘cos your daddy loans you a ‘fast’ car, doesn’t mean you can rubbish anyone with less money than you.
the Maybach is a truely appalling waste of money, but those with that much, under our political system, can drive anything they want into a tree. how long do you think it’ll take from Theo Paphitis to get this one?

nobody really cares that you can drive ‘cool’ cars ‘cos unlike you most people have a purpose in their life.

Mikado:I like cars.I freakin`LOVE cars!And,yes,my dad is rich and i`m sorry for the peasant-remark.But watching Top Gear,Jezza NEVER (or rarely)has anything nice to say about foreign cars.The Phantom is ALREADY a pimp`s car in the U.S! 24″ chrome rims and what have u.I don`t think the Phantom is a nice car!RR or not.And you must admit that british car-industry have struggeled for a number of yrs? They can`t seem to shake the “man with hat” rep.Jezza loves Ferrari,the F 430 scuderia,specially.And the U.S-made Ford GT?I believe he owns one?Or did.Hamster is a Porsche-fanatic,and May?Well,he`s a vinetaster in a Fiat panda.My point beeing:For the TG crew to like a foreign car,it must be the ABSOLUTE best they have to offer!”Don`t like the Audi RS4!It`s to front heavy” The only way for Audi to shut him up,was to stick him in an R8!”No!Don`t like the 911,it`s a beetle.An upsidedown bathtub!” So Porsche brought out the Carrera GT!THAT shut him up!But when he drives a Vanquish,he has a silly grin plastered across his face.Ferrari 575 does the same job,but jezza wants a Vanquish,with a flappy-paddle gearbox that won`t shift down!Ferraris flappy shifts in 60 milliseconds.Both up,and DOWN!Make me understand this idiotic patriotism.Steve Coogan altso would choose the Vanquish!Why?WHY?The Corvette Z06 leaves the Vanquish for dead on a track….

Maybe if it was called the rolls royce phantom then it might be better that kicks the maybachs german ass, especially seen as though it isnt in a stupid white colour

Here we go again Autofiliac. watch a dvd called clarkson: the good the bad and the ugly. its all about how crap the american car industry is and the fact that the Ford GT has an english design and i think it says english chassis as well, along with other important parts taken from europe and asia. and old men drive corvettes in america, i’d like to see how many more girls you could pull in a vanquish, plus the corvette is faster so you can drive off without anyone noticing you are driving it!

and dont go on about patriotism when you bunch of plebs have your flag on a pole outside of your house. you are a hypocrit and you are poisoning these forums for proper people to have their views without being quashed on. so if you wouldnt mind clicking that obese american flag on the top and ranting about it to your fellow yankees. and im sorry everyone about this it seems you need to shut an american up to get them to F**k off

autofiliac what are you on bro ? what ever it is take less of it or share it amongst your friends and stop being such a peasent ok ? Daddy´s rich right ? Have a nice ride ? Yes ? Go out and get laid in it ! It will help, trust me
c ya & wouldn´t wanna b ya
wnkr

lloydy, let it slide man, this is not the place.. besides I don´t think he´s ami, he´s semantics are too wobbly for a native english speaker..

as for the maybach,both simon cowel and leo pathetic pethitis have one. I rest my case…

This car is probably even too vulgar for
Simon ‘look at me..vulgarity’ Cowell!!!!

Thats a bigger achievement than creating a black-hole machine in Switzerland!!!

FACT! (ish)

My dad is norwegian and my mom is english,so i spend just about an equal amount of time in both country`s.Norwegian is my native tongue.I just wanted to stir the pot:) I like the cars i like,and u like the cars u like,o.k?BUT,i have a Boxter S,and my dad HAS a McMerc.The thing of it is:a car is something for YOU!Chosen on premises YOU set!If u feel good in a Toyota Avensis,go for the Avensis!Family?M5,E63 AMG,Jag XJ-R!GT-cruiser?M6,DB9,SL 65 AMG.There is allways a salesmanship ready to cater to your every need!Sorry people.Agree to disagree?

Proof that taste and money do not often go hand in hand.

og hvad har ” all you brits..” at gøre med alt dette hva´? bonderøv.. for resten boxteren er en tøsse bil jeg ville ikke pralle med hvis jeg var dig.. jeg går ud fra at du har en pik ( selv om den er lille) so c´mon bro drop the scandinavian racist thang and get on with your life.

we agree to disagree… spent 10 years in scandif..kinavia which puts you into perfect perspective. Spend more time over here, it´s mre fun

58.& 59. are ment for autofiliac

ps wasn´t the avensis norwegian car of the year ?

btw i dont even know why I bother, I´ve probably got 100 iq points 15 years on you so I am sorry for trashing your ass.. but seriousley get laid m8.:D

In comment 56 though, you have made a point that ever so slightly made this whole flamewar seem a tad silly: it is all about personal opinions. The whole business of motoring jounalism is based largely on opinion. Ok there are some unanimous ones, for instance in over 130 comments on the Ssangyong Rodius, not one person has denied that it’s uglier than a bulldog with its face pressed against a window.

But we all have our tastes – or if you like this Maybach we’ve all been “voting for”, no taste – and we shouldn’t get this wound up and personal about what we each think, but next time you have a disagreement to make, try to tone it down a little.

Oh, and every car is a pimp car in the US, because, in the US, nothing is sacred except the American flag.

Imagine – hot summer evening, you are sitting in the back seat with sexy babe, drinking whiskey and being chauffeur driven with the roof down…I want that to happen!!!!Taste? Who needs that?

American idol:Dere dansker snakker jo med en potet(kartoffel) i halsen.Men det er sikkert fordi dere er bønder alle sammen.Har DU en Porsche?Har du en Boxter.Vedder på nei.Så hold kjeft,din bonde.Nærmeste du kommer til en bil med midt-motor,er en MK 1 MR2,Og dessuten så er dansker et jævlig stygt folk.0 fine damer.Bare tenna på tørk,alle sammen.Og hvor trasher jeg skandinavia? Juster brillene dine ,ditt rasshøl!

American idol:Do u have a little 50 cent,35 cent maybe,inside,wanting out?The things u wrote to me in danish doesn`t exactly say the same as u write in english,does it?:) You manage to mix danish,british and a dash of gangsta in one retard-mix:) And i write in english,because this is an english site,not because i`m ashamed of my NORWEGIAN heritage!Scandinavia is synanimous with denmark,land of the ugly!

ehhhhh… but you make a statement.

sorry. gruesome.

dear autof..agreed danmark isn´t my fav. place on the planet either and I´m not danish,(pers. info) so far there have been 2 attacks on nationality on these blogs and they were both rooted from scandinavia, one from someone called Lars.. was danish, the other one is you and it´s simply distastefull.. I understand you wanting to provoke converstaion/reaction try to think of other ways to do it and make this blog a better place is my advice.
Cars if you need to know.. for the past 15 years I´ve briefly owned an alfa 156 and otherwise have been commited to bmw, at the moment I own a 330ci it´s 5 years old and I love it, my wife drives an mg tf, my father drives a rangerover and my MUM has a boxter..
I´ve met a lot of norwegians and have been to norway a couple of times both on holiday and on business it´s a beautiful country and the ppl are nice in a norwegian way.. th cars are expensive and everyone drinks home brew for the same reason but I guess your social security system has it´s price, SO sorry for stepping on your toes, pls don´t step on mine or any other persons for that matter and lets get on with talking about cars in a civilized manner if you don´t mind..
best of luck:D
ai

This is the sole reason why people with money should not have it and i should!

They should’ve just got a Mercedes S-Class & cut the roof off. It would be a lot better than that stupid Maybach.

a car is to drive not to be driven.. stupid car.. if you got the money to buy one of those buy a S mercedes , and with keep the change ! lol

I vote for this because at this price you can’t expect to get away with such crappyness. I would not like the people who buy this car.

Vegas valets.. why not ? U´ll either be too drunk or too high while being escorted in it anyway and so it´s most likely to be fun or sickening bottom lines is you probably won´t remember

I would rather spend £300′000 on a douse of syphilis.

Maybach’s are all carp useless and a waste of money,but this car is the worst of the lot!

Maybach’s are all crap useless and a waste of money,but this car is the worst of the lot!

sorry for repeat…

why worse than any other strech ?

^^ Because it’s got a cabrio roof @ the back so every1 can see/hate you.

Why not get a better luxury car like a bentley or rolls-royce,instead of a crap expensive maybach?

honestly, i think i’d rather spend the money on a russian hooker (mail order bride), a VW Anus (Eos) and a lifetime supply of suppositories…

that’s nice…

Perfect for the affluent Saudi teen that is the son of an oil baron. He can grope the willing British girls in the open air, whilst cruising Dubai’s streets. Think of all the Tata Nanos that could be made from one of these.

What a truly vile piece of conspicuous consumption this is.

who in their right mind would design this?????

proof that even a middle schooler can design a bad car.

over the top excess with no redeeming points

Laugh-o-laughs at comment number 2:

“It would be nice if you (The Insider) didn’t stick that stupid WTF banner on top of the car so we could actually see it !!!!”

No. No it wouldn’t.

Burn it. Burn it with fire.

The current incarnation of the nostalgic Maybach name represents all that is good and to a great extent all that went wrong with the marque since its rebirth in 1997. It is a sad fact when companies such as Mercedes Benz – who have huge R&D and design budgets, decide to re-launch such a prestigious name based on run of the mill design themes that have stifled the original intent of the much fabled Maybach name. No doubt the current crop of Maybachs and even the much loathed Maybach Landaulet are marvels in their own right but they fail to deliver the all important Wow factor and instead have garnered sneers. Cars in this rarefied category run a very fine line between being cherished through the ages and being labelled as over the top ostentatious White Elephants – so I guess Mercedes Benz will have be much more imaginative that chopping the top of a Maybach 62 and painting it White which only makes matters worse. I have faith that Mercedes Benz could pull it off given a second chance – every one learns from their mistakes… or do they?

forget the car, just give me the Russian bitches

yup,
ps don´t hijack my screen name again plz

(in response to comment 88)
Great now all we need is for Mercedes to take over Aston…

WTF?

This car shows the enormous gaping black hole between money and taste and gets my vote over the ridiculous BMW X6 (ditto) but only just!!