Daimler AG, Dieter Zetsche officials said that the Maybach brand fate will be decided next month. But it seems the company will take a positive decision, as expressed by Zetsche told Automotive News.
Fate of Maybach Brand will be possible to be determined in Next Month
Have long heard that Aston Martin has conducted discussions with relevant Maybach many things, one exchange business machines and hybrid technology to cooperate in the development of a new luxury sedan and crossover.
For Maybach own, the latest sedan joint development results will be used instead of 57 and 62 models that have long remained unchanged, while for Aston Martin, he could sell the new sedan was later to revive the Lagonda name.
Aston Martin also seems to be launching new crossover Lagonda taken from the same platform with the Mercedes-Benz M-Class 2012 which was recently launched, or using the platform model Mercedes-Benz GL future generations.
Other news also mentioned that Aston Martin is considering the engine of V8 and V12-engine Mercedes-Benz once owned by 7-speed automatic transmission it for their use on vehicles Aston Martin in the future.
Indicated by the positive news Zetsche own statement which confirms that it is developing a new generation of Maybach but not yet certain when will be finished.
He also expressed and acknowledged that the Daimler has made a mistake by spending more than $ 1 billion for the development of Maybach. "The move was not a good investment for the vehicle with small volumes."
As an illustration, the Maybach produces only 157 cars last year, 63 units were thrown to the U.S. market. Compare with Rolls-Royce that sold more than 2,000 units of cars in the same period.
If finally Maybach second generation is produced later, hopefully the designers do not make cars that have similarities with the current model, and not even look like models of Mercedes-Benz. Because consumers want super luxury vehicles are different and have their own class.
