2005 Maybach 57 from North America - Comments

Isn't this always the problem with these sorts of websites? Almost no one visiting this site has the means (including myself) to purchase a car like this, but curiousity gets the best of us so we check out the reviews of supercars...

Anyway, I don't own a Maybach, but I was fortunate enough to ride in the back seat of one, on my honeymoon, while my fiance and I were in Dublin on our way from the airport to the Clarence Hotel.

I would give anything to have such an automobile in my garage. Seriously, the interior is exceptional. The rear seats were akin to Laz-E-Boys and there were so many buttons and knobs that I couldn't figure it all out in our 20 minute ride. From my brief experience, Maybachs are NOT drivers cars. If you have that kind of scratch and want to drive yourself, you'll get a Bentley, high-end Mercedes, Ferrari, etc.. Not a yacht on wheels that rivals a limo in dimension. It's absolutely quick from what I've seen in it's specs, but it's a car designed for people to be seen getting out of at desired locations, not piloting. Just my thought though.

Long story short, you don't have to own the car to comment on it, but please leave the BS at home. I enjoy reading about experiences people have had in rare, exotic cars.. even if for a moment, but these juvenile, ostentatious postings just ruin it for the rest of us car lovers.

I do not own a Maybach, never been in one, or seen one in real life, just seen the pics, and I am a fan of it, from what I hear from reviews and its pretty looks! Now I just want to comment on people, who say interesting things like, oh... why spend so much money.. when someone here and someone there is suffering and has no food? or when you can buy a house! The truth is there are so many trade offs in life, you may only earn $60 000 dollars a yr, and someone else earns $60 000 000 dollars in a yr, he gives, $60 000 to charity each yr, and you earning minimum, are too busy complaining about Mr Maybach and how his money could go to a good cause when you don't give much or any money to all these causes you talk about!

If I earned enough money to buy one, I would, and don't you ever dare judge me for buying the car! cause you are bitter you are not in a Maybach! and don't bring up that charity nonsense up, cause till you know what that guy gives you have no right to judge him.

Have a good X mas and a happy new yr.

Sorry, but cars are bought on psychographics and Maybachs are bought by rappers and others will new money and zero taste.

But the point is moot since Maybach sales are abyssmal and Mercedes will probably kill the brand since it is not really profitable.

I do agree with you that the Maybach is bought by celebrities with little or no taste, but then again perhaps it is marketed to the rappers. When the Maybach was launched in the US, Daimler Chrysler invited rich rappers like Jay Z to their launch, and they even "sponsor" rap parties, till this day, so you wonder who has no taste the manufacturer or the celebrities who have the cars marketed towards them! The only serious problem I have with the Maybach is its identity issues, sure its hard compare an S-class Mercedes, to a Rolls Royce Phantom, or the Bentley Arnage which both respectively are in a class of their own identity wise, but then you get a Pullman S class, and you wonder which car to buy between it and a Maybach 57s? I hear they are trying to fix this problem by creating a mid size Maybach no bigger than a Bentley Continental, we have to wait to see if that will help! So now I pose the question, if you had the money, would you buy the 2007 Maybach looking Mercedes S600 or pay ridiculously more for a similar featured Maybach?

Neither, I'd either get a Bentley Flying Spur or a Maserati Quattroporte.

But your point is 100% spot on since the Maybach really doesn't "say" much and people aren't going to know you spent nearly double the price of the most expensive Mercedes (and anyone who owns a Maybach is looking for people to praise their decision).

And if you want to approach this argument from a practical standpoint (which no one does, of course, when discussing cars in this price range), the now gone VW Phaeton offers the same luxury features for a 1/4 of the price or more. Even the new Lexus LS has a rear-seat airline option like the Maybach 62, although it is only the passenger side - and the Lexus is still way under the $100K mark.

I used to run a serious of bowling centers, and I one of my customers drove one. The first time I saw it I was confused because I had never seen one before. I knew it was an expensive car, but in person I was very unimpressed. It might have been the fact that the owner parked in the middle of the parking lot surrounded by ordinary cars in Annandale (a poor Korean area), but I when I really think about it, the car just wasn't that impressive. I have seen a Rolls Royce when Pharrell came to rent a video at blockbuster in Virginia beach, and I will tell you that that car is much more impressive.

With the reveal of the Ocean Drive four-door convertible concept, Mercedes is sending a clear signal that Maybach's days are numbered. And none too soon.

I sold my Maybach and bought a Mini Metro. High life just aint for me!

Something has been bothering me for quite some time now. Some surely undeserving rapper kid cruises up and down my lower-middle class street in a brand new maybach every once in a while. Does any one have any idea how this could even be possible?? Could it really be that easy to get one?

According to research the rappers only consist of a very small portion of Maybach purchases. It's usually white upper aged males that usually owns a company or two. AKA, the guy that own the rapper.

I've only seen a Maybach at the auto show in chicago a few years back and it was roped off then, but it was 1 guy who was allowed beyond the ropes along with a salesman, and everybody were wondering just who he was, he looked like he was pretty well off, and the salepeople were really sucking up to him. I just wish I can ride in one someday, because I know I'll never be able to buy one unless I too won the lottery.