life is difficult:
first they went almost broke by listening to the engineers, now they almost go broke by listening to the marketeers

It seems to me that having a dealership for this type of car is pretty much guaranteed to be a money pit. I mean, I know someone who owns a Bentley Arnage and he didn't buy it after browsing around at a dealership...

Kinda hard to sell a car no one can afford.

First, Maybach needs to be more expensive, not less. There are plenty of people who can afford it, but one thing hurts sales more than anything: rap artists buying the car. Now it hurts Maybach none at all that Jay-Z or LA Reid or Diddy or Damon Dash would drive a Maybach: that is the cars target audience, the Executives. But when T Pain or Plies, fresh-faced rappers who have not had the same lives as those who really had to build to come up in the game (whatever game it is they play, finance to hip hop even), then the car looses its image. It becomes a item of "bling," not one of status and it tells little of ones journey through life anymore.

An Executive who started out an Associate and moved up to the top would much rather have an S-Class or Maserati sedan than a Maybach anymore. And it does not help that the Type 57 and Type 62 both have not changed styling in the what, 7 years they have been on the market? Also, the drivetrains are the same even. Where as once a Maybach was seen as more than the King of Mercedes, now its more like "eh, it has a somewhat bigger looking interior than an 07 S-Class." And really, the S-Class looks better.

In other words, for the few people who can afford these cars (the sales goals should still be more like 200 a year for the whole brand), there is little reason to buy more than one of them. And if thats not bad enough, why are there options on this car that are options on cars that are cheaper than it?

Everything on the S-Class should be standard on a Maybach. I mean, that just makes sense doesn't it?

Never really been an attractive design, and poorly proportioned considering the price. If I had that kind of money I'd much prefer a Bentley Continental GT or the like. The Mayback looks to me like an oversized Hyundai from the late 90's.

it's a triumph of common sense over vulgarity. lets hope it gets discontinued before the end of the year

The two tone paint job looks UGLY and too flashy for Executives; no wonder the RAPPERs take this car. 7 sales in 5 years? wow what a joke. Might be better to just have a My-be-atch dealer within a Mercedes dealership.

These are the things that makes a job in marketing very short. Where did they come up with 600/year? is it what the CEO wanted to hear or real number someone derived from demand of such a car? I have only seen two on the road so far and that is in the Mercedes capital of the world.