Maybach receives 'Five Star Diamond Award'

The accolade, previously reserved primarily for the world's top luxury hotels and restaurants, has been conferred on the high-end luxury car marque for 'perfectly encapsulating a sense of fascination and legend'.

"The coveted title will be going to one of the most exclusive prestige saloons in the world, which succeeds in harmoniously blending impeccable quality with outstanding technological sophistication and a timelessly elegant design," said Steffen Baumann, Sales and Marketing Director, Mercedes-Benz Car Group, DaimlerChrysler Middle East. "Maybach is also being honoured for its peerless sales concept, which is designed to ensure taylor-made customer service for the extremely discerning clientele."

Just last year, the luxury automobile marque enjoyed a revival that was closely followed worldwide. More than 60 years after the first era of Maybach drew to a close, the newly developed high-end luxury saloons - the Maybach 57 and Maybach 62 - again redefine standards at the pinnacle of the passenger car market. At the same time, they perpetuate the tradition of the legendary Maybach models which together with Mercedes-Benz formed part of the elite of German and indeed international automobile manufacture during the 1920s and 1930s.

The array of sophisticated technological features boasted by the present models serves to underscore Maybach's billing as the ultimate that the automobile industry has to offer. These include the 550-hp 'Type 12' powerplant, whose maximum output and 900 Nm of torque are unmatched by any other series-production engine to be fitted in a saloon car, a 600-watt sound system including Dolby surround, plus the new and immensely comfortable aircraft-style reclining seats fitted exclusively in the rear of the Maybach 62. The very latest in office and communications technology can also be integrated into the Maybach.

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