http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews Car Reviews -- Get the consensus and opinions from TheCarConnection and from around the Web on your favorite car. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:41:06 -0400 Lifestyle/Fashion http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/reviews http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_62_2005 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_62_2005?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta (2004 model shown) Type 62 The Type 62 is the largest Maybach is largely intended for the seriously wealthy who can afford to have chauffeurs at their beck and call. As in the smaller Type 57, a twin-turbocharged V-12 engine generates 543 horses and is fitted to a five-speed automatic gearbox. The Type 62 coddles its rear-seat riders ...]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_57_2005 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_57_2005?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta (2003 model shown) Type 57 The Maybach line of uber-luxury cars is sold via select Mercedes-Benz dealers and is marketed to those rarified individuals who would otherwise find Bentleys and Rolls-Royces to be simply too common. Customers don't merely "buy" a Maybach, they "commission" them to their own specifications. At over ...]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_62_2007 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_62_2007?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta The Maybach sedans are DaimlerChrysler's ultimate expression of elite luxury-car splendor. Unveiled in 2004, the Maybach comes in two basic configurations: the standard-wheelbase 57 and the ultra-long-wheelbase 62, which stretches the already impressive 225.3-inch overall length (and 133.5-inch wheelbase) of the 57 to 242.5 inches ...]]> Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_57_2007 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_57_2007?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta The Maybach sedans are DaimlerChrysler's ultimate expression of elite luxury-car splendor. Unveiled in 2004, the Maybach comes in two basic configurations: the standard-wheelbase 57 and the ultra-long-wheelbase 62, which stretches the already impressive 225.3-inch overall length (and 133.5-inch wheelbase) of the 57 to 242.5 inches ...]]> Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_57_2007?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta Type 57 The Maybach line of uber-luxury cars is sold via select Mercedes-Benz dealers and is marketed to those rarified individuals who would otherwise find Bentleys and Rolls-Royces to be simply too common. Customers don't merely "buy" a Maybach, they "commission" them to their own specifications. At over $300,000, the Type 57 sedan ...]]> Thu, 30 Sep 2004 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_62_2004 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/maybach_62_2004?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta Related Articles: Maybach Learning Some Costly Lessons by Paul A. Eisenstein (3/22/2004)Slow start leads DaimlerChrysler division to rethink long-term strategy. GET CURRENT PRICING GET AN INSURANCE QUOTE Somewhere out ...]]> Thu, 25 Mar 2004 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1005767_maybach-learning-some-costly-lessons http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1005767_maybach-learning-some-costly-lessons?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta Related Articles: 2004 Maybach 62 by Marty Padgett (3/25/2004) Back-seat drivers, rejoice! Your first-class nagging conveyance has arrived. Two-Tone Ready for a Comeback? by Paul A. Eisenstein (12/29/2003) Paint isn't what it used to be - or is it? Life's little lessons can be costly -- especially when you're ...]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2004 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1005767_maybach-learning-some-costly-lessons?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta sponsored by Mercedes-Benz USA GET CURRENT PRICING GET AN INSURANCE QUOTE The big sedan is idling on the tarmac as we step off our Gulfstream G4. No mad crush at the gate, no waiting in line for luggage. This is how the other half lives. Or more precisely, the other tenth of one per cent, the folks for whom money really is no ...]]> Mon, 04 Nov 2002 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1003924_maybach-lands-in-nyc http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1003924_maybach-lands-in-nyc?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta Related Articles Bentley Prepping for Change by Paul A. Eisenstein (2/25/2002) Carmakers in a Horsepower War by Paul A. Eisenstein (5/13/2002) The massive liner carves its way into New York Harbor just as the first light of dawn fills the morning sky. Under the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge, past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis ...]]> Mon, 08 Jul 2002 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1003924_maybach-lands-in-nyc?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta Too Many Ultra-Luxes? by Paul A. Eisenstein (3/18/2002)Q&A: Maybach's Prof. Gaus by Paul A. Eisenstein (3/18/2002) With the coming of the all-new Maybach, Mercedes-Benz's super ultra luxury sedan this fall, at a price between $250,000 and $300,000, we wanted to look through a microscope at the DNA of this long-dormant brand to see ...]]> Mon, 13 May 2002 03:00:00 -0400 http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1003591_qa-maybachs-prof-gaus http://www.thecarconnection.com/article/1003591_qa-maybachs-prof-gaus?utm_source=Yahoo&utm_medium=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta&utm_campaign=Yahoo%2BBuzz%2BBeta Too Many Ultra-Luxes? (3/17/2002) He's no stranger to the concept of high-end luxury. Until a few years ago, Prof. Hermann Gaus was in charge of developing the most expensive product ever to carry the Mercedes-Benz tri-star, the current generation S-Class sedan. But in 1998, he was given a new assignment that Gaus says will cap and ...]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2002 02:00:00 -0500