wonderbot
07-06-2008, 12:40 PM
Filed under: Concept Cars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/conceptcars/), Coupes (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Sports/GTs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Euro (http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/), Supercars (http://www.autoblog.com/category/supercars/), Daimler (http://www.autoblog.com/category/daimlerchrysler/), Maybach (http://www.autoblog.com/category/maybach/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_450_09.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903090/)
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Maybach Exelero
Big-bucks enthusiasts annoyed that they're not the only ones at the club with a Veyron can now ensure that they arrive in total exclusivity. That's because the one-off Maybach Exelero (http://www.exelerocar.com/), commissioned by Fulda to act as a high-profile demonstrator for its tire line (http://www.fulda.com/fulda_uk_en/our_tires/passenger/overview_summer/Carat_Exelero.jsp) of the same name, is now for sale. The Exelero isn't some delicate flower of a show car. Based on the Maybach 57 and powered by a 700-horsepower version of that car's turbocharged V12, the Exelero reached 218 mph at Nardo. In many ways, Exelero represents what Maybach could have and should have been -- a place where daring styling and incredible performance could merge with extreme luxury to compete with Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Instead, while the marque's sedans clearly get the luxury part of the equation right, in terms of styling, they basically work in anonymity, looking like peculiar old S-Class sedans. There's nothing anonymous about the Exelero, though, and for €5,000,000 (http://www.anamera.com/en/detail/car/25486/index.html?no_cache=1&ret=20&request[filter][offset]=0&request[filter][rowcount]=6) (around $7.8 million USD), you can drive the sybaritic supercar that Daimler should have given Maybach all along.
Gallery: Maybach Exelero (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_12_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903090/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903093/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_08_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903086/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_07_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903085/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_15_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903080/)
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_450_09.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903090/)
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Maybach Exelero
Big-bucks enthusiasts annoyed that they're not the only ones at the club with a Veyron can now ensure that they arrive in total exclusivity. That's because the one-off Maybach Exelero (http://www.exelerocar.com/), commissioned by Fulda to act as a high-profile demonstrator for its tire line (http://www.fulda.com/fulda_uk_en/our_tires/passenger/overview_summer/Carat_Exelero.jsp) of the same name, is now for sale. The Exelero isn't some delicate flower of a show car. Based on the Maybach 57 and powered by a 700-horsepower version of that car's turbocharged V12, the Exelero reached 218 mph at Nardo. In many ways, Exelero represents what Maybach could have and should have been -- a place where daring styling and incredible performance could merge with extreme luxury to compete with Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Instead, while the marque's sedans clearly get the luxury part of the equation right, in terms of styling, they basically work in anonymity, looking like peculiar old S-Class sedans. There's nothing anonymous about the Exelero, though, and for €5,000,000 (http://www.anamera.com/en/detail/car/25486/index.html?no_cache=1&ret=20&request[filter][offset]=0&request[filter][rowcount]=6) (around $7.8 million USD), you can drive the sybaritic supercar that Daimler should have given Maybach all along.
Gallery: Maybach Exelero (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_12_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903090/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903093/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_08_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903086/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_07_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903085/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/07/may_exel_1280_15_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/maybach-exelero-1/903080/)
[Anamera (http://www.anamera.com/en/detail/car/25486/index.html?no_cache=1&ret=20&request[filter][offset]=0&request[filter][rowcount]=6) via eGMCarTech (http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/07/03/have-78-million-maybach-exelero-concept-for-sale/)]
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